Strange days are surely upon us. It is eerie and surreal. The energy passing from person to person, from car to car is almost tangible. Yesterday (as I write this) the Idaho governor just passed a stay at home order and asked that all non-essential businesses close for twenty one days. The pie shop has the ability to provide carry out and delivery so, thankfully, we are allowed to operate. We are an essential business.
It is definitely slow and we have shortened our operating hours, leaving me with extra down time. Down time makes me think too much and become anxious. I am not the best idle person in the world. I do not sit still well.
So, even though we are an essential business we have abbreviated our operations. The obvious reason is because business is slow. The other reason is because we want to cut back on the interactions we do have with the community. This leaves me with some time on my hands. Too much? Well, there is never enough time, stay at home order or not, time truly is the most valuable commodity.
In a perfect world I would get as close to caught up as I could on that “to do” list that never seems to end. I would fix this and finish that. I would put the final edit on the book I thought I finished over a year ago, Hmm, is it even still relevant today? Maybe I should take some time, dust it off, and do a quick review.
I probably should but instead I simply find my spot on the couch and sink into the black hole of whatever is currently being binge watched in our house. And let me not forget the list of greasy, fatty, sugary, comfort foods that take seat with me to enhance my viewing pleasure.
Before this whole pandemic came to be you might have caught me complaining that I don’t have the time to ride or run every day like I used to. You might find me reading a page or two a day instead of a book or two a week. You might find me doing a lot of things except something about that for which I complain.
So how about now? The days are getting longer providing the time to exercise when I get home from work. I have more time at home so why not crack those books more often? How about now I take the time to do a little more to enhance my life and those around me rather than wallowing in the panic, fear, and negativity streaming on every platform available today?
I am working on it. I think I have read more in the last week than I have since we bought the pie shop. I am pushing myself harder to go for longer runs and rides to get back into the shape I was before. The food? Well, that is still on that “to do” list. I am working to get back to my better eating habits but man, junk food tastes so much better when sitting on a couch watching TV.
The truth is, I am human. I often look for the easier softer way, especially in unknown like the current one we find ourselves in today. Therefore I try to be gentle and not beat myself up too much, I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and strive to do better. I do not like to sit and wallow; I like to do. I like to do things that are positive for me and others. So for now, I am trying to get back to the things that make me me and fuel me. I am focusing on things that will feed my mind, body, and spirit.
So…
How about now we start doing something we know is good for us.
How about now we start something new we always wanted to do.
How about now we do those things we put off until we had time.
How about now we stop letting the panic take over.
How about now we stop feeding the fear.
How about now we stop hoarding toilet paper.
How about now we start doing something that truly makes us human.
Because when this all passes, I want to see the better me looking back at me in the mirror, not the one I’ve worked years to leave behind.
How about you?
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator
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