It’s such a confusing time of year. The short days and endless nights send a message to our innocent little bodies that it’s time to shut down. And yet this is the busiest time of all.
Which is why it seems especially appropriate that I took an autumnal hike yesterday while schlepping my laptop in my backpack. What kind of idiot goes hiking with a laptop?! THIS ONE. I felt guilty enough taking a personal day to soak in the fresh air that I brought my laptop along in the hope that I’d do some writing on the train. Reader, I did not. Instead, I marched up the path Benedict Arnold took as he tried to sell us out to the Brits with my albatross of anxiety on my back.
So as not to feel like a total moron, I jotted down a few ideas upon my triumphant MetroNorth return in the Oyster Bar (a true New York gem, by the way, a perfect place to do things like eat fish tacos by yourself at 3pm) to ensure that I did not, in fact, merely take my laptop out for a walk in the woods. There are quite simply too many things to do, so one ends up doing strange things like taking computers hiking.
As we are consider all of the Things To Do this week, their weight and their buoy, while remembering to feel GRATEFUL for them, I want to scream from the rooftops to recommend:
The one worthwhile and time-tested habit I have developed in adulthood, a text thread of gratitude!
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