Today's Friday Five is about taking a break, so I'm taking one. My "to do" list includes 3 pressing items (3 sermons--one for this weekend, one for a Monday funeral, and one for Ash Wednesday) and LOADS of other important things that are just going to have to wait. Maybe this break will be just refreshing enough to get that first sermon done!
So...I would spend...
1. a 15 minute break ~ doing suduko or kakuro or a crossword puzzle or some other word game
2. an afternoon off ~ reading a book for fun
3. an unexpected free day ~ sleeping interspersed with reading and games and tv watching
4. a week's vacation ~ catching up on home organization and tasks around home that get neglected (with healthy amounts of sleeping and reading and games and tv watching)
5. a sabbatical ~ no idea...but I've been thinking that I need to convince my congregation to create a sabbatical policy (more for senior pastor than for me right now) and that any future congregation needs to have one before I'm in the position to need/want one
I realized that as I answer these questions, I answer as if these breaks are breaks that I get alone--with no other responsibilities (namely work or the care of my Baby Girl). These are things that I need for me...things that get are the first to get dropped. I keep being reminded of my need for some 'me' time, but don't know when or how that's going to happen.
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#5 is really good sense, I hope you can hold that thought. Also that all the job/call/parenting stuff works out soon.
Keep the idea of "me" time, it will come again, but only if you remember!
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