One of my new year resolutions was to strive to do something useful every day. I did not define “useful” on purpose; I decided that useful would be anything that deemed useful to me.
Over the last three or four weeks, I did do a couple of useful things. I took a vacation. I swam with manta rays and snorkeled in the Bahamas. I organized one shelf of my yoga pants. And today, I watered the garden.
To some, all of this might seem menial and not really useful, but to my overwhelmed brain, every one of these things was useful.
My brain has been in overdrive for the last couple of months — family health issues, work, and everyday life. Sleep has not been good, and worry took over.
So taking some time off has been useful, including “just” watering the patio today.
Make your own useful to-do lists. Make sure they work for you. And take mental days as well — trust me, they are useful.
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