Category Archives: Time

Adventures

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Who doesn’t love a great adventure!?! I enjoy traveling, finding new fun things to do as well as visiting old favorite spots. It often takes time to plan and execute, but it’s always worth the effort! I find I feel more rejuvenated about the monotony of everyday life when I make the time for these fun adventures for me and/or my family.
I remember one spring feeling particularly guilty for not getting up to the snow to go sledding with my kids. I thought the window of opportunity had past for that year; however I discovered snow still covered enough of the Sierra Nevadas that all hope for that year was not lost. On the last weekend of March, we packed our car up and headed up the hill to find some snow!! We eventually found a small sledding hill mostly in the shade that provided us with an afternoon of snowy delight in a North Tahoe Recreation and Park area. The snow was too crunchy for snow angels, but still good for making a snowman and sledding. Snow sprayed us as we laughed, played, and climbed in the snow all day!!

© all images and writing by Cindy Albrecht 2014

Carve Out Time

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Carve Out Time: A Necessity

In a world of instant messaging, virtual games and worlds, online shopping, streaming entertainment, and portable cellular technology, it’s easy to remain plugged in 24/7/365. However it’s important. No it’s imperative that we carve out time in our lives for things apart from this constant technology connectedness. We need this time to be more present with those we love. We need this time to let our creative juices flow. We need this time to settle, calm, and quiet our souls. We need this time to enjoy and hear what the silence has to teach us. We need this time to rest. To restore. To find stillness in a world of perpetual motion.

Carve Out Time: clockfaceA Survival Tactic

As an introvert, I need to carve out time to survive, to recharge, and to keep balance in my life. When I lived alone, prior to marriage, prior to kids, making time for those necessities in my life came without too much effort. If I wanted time alone, I didn’t make plans. I simply didn’t answer the phone. Or I walked out for a run after work when I wanted. If I wanted to read a favorite book or take a nap, I snuggled up under the covers in my bed and read or slept. I enjoyed meeting up with friends without concern for a sitter.

Now if I want to run, or rather take a yoga class, it takes considerably more effort to do so because when I arrive home late in the afternoon I have kids in two with needs to finish homework, to go to soccer practice, or to piano lessons. But I find the time for yoga (or my other necessities) because I need it. When I don’t, I don’t sleep well. When I don’t sleep well, I feel more stressed and tense, which all makes me more crabby and cranky. Crabby and cranky is not great way to make it through life, so I prefer to carve out time for my necessities to avoid grumpville.

Carve Out Time: A New Discovery

New post coming soon!