This is one of those posts where I’m lecturing myself. Maybe some of you will also benefit from listening to me fuss at myself.
There was a time when I took vacations. Real vacations. I would disconnect from my normal environment, relax, and get a totally fresh perspective.
I don’t do that anymore. Of all ridiculous things, I’m retired and don’t do that!
Oh, it’s not that I spend all of my waking hours being productive. Not by any stretch of the imagination. But, I always feel a “need” to be doing something. Maybe it’s the “restless soul syndrome.”
I guess what brought this to my mind is that Barack Obama is taking a week-long vacation, a week before the Democratic Convention, and I am thinking to myself: “that’s admirable.” He has worked very hard for over a year and a half, and has decided he needs to recharge his batteries. Good for him. To me, that makes a lot more sense than to keep on slogging away. Yet, over the past several years, I have become the kind who keeps on slogging away.
This has gotten me to think back on how much Covey talks about re-creation in his classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
So, if I disappear for a while, don’t worry about me. It just means that I finally talked some sense into myself.
I do have a book review I’m committed to do, so I’ll work on that when the book arrives. But, other than that, I am going to just do something different for a while. For example, I just got one of Buster B. Jones’ DVD’s and I am learning some new guitar licks from watching it. He’s the most incredible guitarist, and I love to watch him play.
Anyway, if you have been like me about not giving yourself some real re-creation time, this is as good a time as any to begin changing.