TIME

[buckwilk]

What do you do with yours? Many in this life have a lot of time on their hands, tell us how you fill the hours in the day. I am blessed with so many interests, some days I run out of time. I read, research, hike, climb, boulder, bicycle, write, explore, yoga, swim, kayak, raft, backpack, cook, eat, 4x4, volunteer. I'm sure I forgot some, a lot depends on the time of the year. How about you?

 

[SoulRaven]

I spend much of my time volunteering in helping the homeless.

 

[buckwilk]

That's great! This past summer I was able to spend 30 days volunteering in food kitchens and homeless shelters in 9 western states. A real eyeopener.

 

[Spirituallifetime]

This is what I like about this life style is the free time people have living it! I once talked to a guy he said his son challenged him to live bicycling without a home for a year. He discovered how much free time he had and loved it and still lives this life style!

 

[buckwilk]

I could not agree more. I tell people the things I've done in the past months and they think I'm lying. They don't do that much, see that much, live that much in years much less months. I tell them that my dog Kate and I have swam in every great river in 9 western states and start naming them. They have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

[SoulRaven]

I once kept a log for several days of how I spent my time. The result very clearly proved that I spend all my time doing living essentials, necessary errands, doctor's appointments and stuff necessary for minimum mental wellbeing. The days I calculated it in that was with no panic attacks/meltdowns, and only eating once or twice a day spending approximately 10 minutes in the actual food consumption process. When I'm eating more and/r having bad days, it's even worse.

I am extremely busy just trying to stay afloat and and awed when people talk about having lots of time on their hands to do whatever. Then again, I am too disabled to care for myself yet stuck attempting to, which means taking care of myself becomes a full-time job with no time off that I manage to do inadequately.

I recently had a flurry of attempting to prioritize getting a job or other income possibilities. The way I managed to obtain time to do this was to completely let go of hygiene and careful food selection, inevitably resulting in significantly worsened health and a breakdown in sanity-preserving physical contact.

On a good day, my time is fully occupied doing the basic things most people take for granted.

 

[WheelEstate USA]

I spend much of my time with an oxygen hose plugged into my nose and do not walk very far or often. I take care of cooking and Margie handles most of the physical stuff.

We both still find time for enjoyment. She volunteered at an animal charity thrift shop right after we got to Q. I tinker with little projects and spend lots of time reading or just loafing. We like museums and historic stuff.
Days just seem to fly by but we find joy in each one.

 

[buckwilk]

I spoke with a lady yesterday and this subject came up. She told me that in spite of health challenges she tried to take a few moments every day for herself. She said even if it just was taking time to enjoy a cup of tea while listening to her favorite music. I think there's always a way to find time for pleasure and believe that's important.

 

[DannyB1954]

I probably spend the majority of my time procrastinating from doing the chores I should be doing. That keeps me pretty busy. To prove my point, today I will not weed my front yard. Maybe tomorrow.

Someone once told me that to some extent with everything that I own, it owns me. If you have it, you have to maintain it. We buy things that we feel will serve us, but then spend a great deal of time and money serving it. Take a vehicle for instance. We have to spend time earning the money to buy it, earn the money to insure it, repair it, register it, maybe even park it. So lets say I use the vehicle 10 hours a week. How much time did I spend earning the money necessary to do that? It works like that all the way down to the clothes on my back. Buy them, clean them, store the ones I am not wearing, etc. I haven't gotten to the point to where I want to be completely free and run around naked gathering fruits and berries.

I got too much stuff, but that doesn't keep me from shopping. Just bought a new metal detector in the hopes of finding gold to buy more stuff. One more year until I can collect Social Security. Just think of the stuff i can buy then. Maybe a van and hit the road with just what it can carry.

 

[GrantRobertson]

I probably spend the majority of my time procrastinating from doing the chores I should be doing. That keeps me pretty busy. To prove my point, today I will not weed my front yard. Maybe tomorrow.

The trick is to use "creative procrastination." Add other, even more important things to your list and you will find yourself weeding the lawn just to avoid those doing other things.

 

[DannyB1954]

The trick is to use "creative procrastination." Add other, even more important things to your list and you will find yourself weeding the lawn just to avoid those doing other things.

I didn't even want to think about those other things. That's why I worked my way down to the weeds. Still haven't done them. Maybe tomorrow, (or the next day).

 

[Silver]

" too disabled to care for myself "
My Mom is in a wheel chair now. She still cooks for 4 people.
Dad fixes the house & cars & goes to the gym 4 hrs / day.

Lil Bro has his online business but usually doesnt help with the chores.

I'm healthy enough to work 40 hrs / wk & go to the gym.
There's others out there worse off

Actually, because I work out 80 mins / day ,
my friend says I'm in the top 5 % in USA in terms of fitness.

Vegetables are important.

 

[SoulRaven]

At the present time, I am overwhelmed with things to get done and 75% of those things can be eliminated when I am able to break free hopefully in this coming spring. I had always planned to full-time eventually and always sooner than later. I always read that you must take time for yourself but that is much easier said than done. I like spending time outside with my son and my dogs, playing board games and cards, thread crochet and weaving with my new pin loom and it is my demand for that which is driving me with great determination, most days, toward a life with actual time for those activities.