{"id":2422,"date":"2016-11-29T19:02:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T19:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/making-time-to-do-nothing\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:11:46","slug":"making-time-to-do-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/making-time-to-do-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Time to Do Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWords: Christen Hammons<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\tPhoto credit: Joanna M. Foto<\/a><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n

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My life seems to be busier than ever these days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Between long workdays, family obligations, and household chores, the days just fly by. While I used to look at a full calendar and feel pleased and even excited, I now feel a small sense of dread when I see all the squares in my planner filled up.<\/p>\n

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I know my husband has been the feeling the same way. It\u2019s obvious when he asks, \u201cWhat do we have to do this weekend?\u201d instead of \u201cWhat do we want to do?\u201d Lately we\u2019ve both been expressing our desire for just a day at home.<\/p>\n

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An entire day with no plans other than to stay in the comfort of our cozy house, doing whatever we please.<\/p>\n

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So, we chose a day and marked it down on the calendar. If people asked, we were busy. We promised to the other that we would decline all invitations. It was officially a \u201cstay-at-home day,\u201d and we both needed it desperately. It\u2019s amazing how excited I got about the idea of an entire day with nothing to do other than exactly what I felt like. You would have thought I was about to leave for an exciting vacation.<\/p>\n

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As luck would have it, when we awoke on our stay at home day, we were greeted by the sound of raindrops. I walked through the house, turned up the heater, lit some candles, and put on a pot of coffee (the first of many) to brew.<\/p>\n

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The morning passed slowly as I finished up a book I\u2019d been dying to get through and my husband researched some electronics he was interested in. I had plenty of time to not only paint my nails, but also to apply a face mask and cover up the sparkles of gray that seem to be appearing in my hair at an alarming rate. I finally completed a few knitting projects that were half done. We queued up several of our favorite movies, those we have seen countless times, and had them on in the background while we went lazily about our day.<\/p>\n

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How refreshing it was to spend the day doing exactly what we wanted.<\/p>\n

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When bedtime rolled around, we marveled at how the day was just what we needed and that the day felt longer than usual. This stay at home day wasn\u2019t a guilty pleasure for us; it was something that was needed. Because of this I didn\u2019t feel bad when I pulled out my calendar and blocked off another day next month to do just the same.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m already looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

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My best,<\/p>\n

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Editor-In-Chief, Bella Grace Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is your idea of the perfect stay-at-home day? We will share our favorite responses in a future issue of Bella Grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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