Taking Care of Yourself

What's the first you do you have a spare moment? Well, I guess that depends on your stage in life.

When you're very young, you probably do what you love most, play. And play with whatever, it doesn't take much, does it? A cardboard box is plenty, and your imagination does the rest.

When you're a little older, you probably hang out with friends and do what you love most, play. Cardboard boxes and your imagination aren't enough, those are so passe, boring, and played. We need the coolest, latest stuff, hang out with the cool people, look good, go to the coolest places, do the coolest things.

When you're a lot older, you're done playing, you have no time, you're busy with so many things, can't even afford to have lunch you're so busy, can't even afford to say hello or call or email a single friend, much less your group of friends. Being cool? Forget it, no time. Your vacations, how infrequent they are, are your one chance to have fun again, and you do it for 1 week, then get back to the grind.

Through it all, take care of yourself. Have fun and enjoy life, it's ups and downs, it processes, it's change. But take some time out for yourself. Buy yourself something nice, say hello to an old friend, go for a nice walk and enjoy the sunshine or rain, do something just for you, something you love to do. Pat yourself on the back. Smile. Find a cardboard box, use your imagination, and have fun.

I forget to do this sometimes, I get caught in the vortex that is life. And going to the gym, doing my routine, etc. doesn't count. I'm talking about more than that. I forget many times what is was like to be a kid, to enjoy life to the fullest, with any care in the world, without any need for material things.

Whatever it is that makes you happiest, do that for yourself.