Honey-Doing
Hi ho, MMMLogerinos!
The DH and I decided that if we did our own yard and housework, we could stay in better shape and save a good bit of money, too. Like most of our ideas, it sounded like a good one at the time. As has become our usual, we work through the weekdays, play on Saturday and then hit it hard in the yard on Sunday. Oh. My. Then we awaken on Monday stove-up to the point of extreme bodily anguish, which lessens during the week and by Saturday we're feeling really great for Sunday gardening or painting or countless other home upkeep chores.
Yesterday I was in the front yard, cleaning the flowerbeds and sweeping the walks and porch. I looked up and the DH was pushing the mower like mad behind the fence in the side yard and he was toning. I mean the guy was doing OHMMMMMMMMMMMM OHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. He gets into the physical work and then to control his ever drifting toward work mind, he initiates a pattern interrupt or redirects/focuses his mind on something calming because he's a clever fellow and knows what he needs to do. After all, he has a hypnotherapist for a wife who's always going on about controlling one's own thought or someone else will. Like so many today, he's in a high stress job and must find an outlet for that stress. Physical movement always helps bleed off stress, but you've got to control your mind while you're walking those ten miles on the treadmill or pumping iron or you'll get little lasting stress relief.
When you're keeping your body busy with physical activity, you're generating a different sort of mental energy as well. You can use this time, I've found, to continue to worry about or obsess about your work or your problems. Or I've learned that I can gently redirect my thought to something that makes me feel good and creative and excited. I get a lot of mental writing or project creating done when I'm doing housework. That's fun!
So, we may be stove-up on Mondays, but we're probably nicely de-stressed as well as thrilled that we can actually do the hard physical work and are pleased with the pretty great results.
Mmmmmmmmmmmelinda
The DH and I decided that if we did our own yard and housework, we could stay in better shape and save a good bit of money, too. Like most of our ideas, it sounded like a good one at the time. As has become our usual, we work through the weekdays, play on Saturday and then hit it hard in the yard on Sunday. Oh. My. Then we awaken on Monday stove-up to the point of extreme bodily anguish, which lessens during the week and by Saturday we're feeling really great for Sunday gardening or painting or countless other home upkeep chores.
Yesterday I was in the front yard, cleaning the flowerbeds and sweeping the walks and porch. I looked up and the DH was pushing the mower like mad behind the fence in the side yard and he was toning. I mean the guy was doing OHMMMMMMMMMMMM OHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. He gets into the physical work and then to control his ever drifting toward work mind, he initiates a pattern interrupt or redirects/focuses his mind on something calming because he's a clever fellow and knows what he needs to do. After all, he has a hypnotherapist for a wife who's always going on about controlling one's own thought or someone else will. Like so many today, he's in a high stress job and must find an outlet for that stress. Physical movement always helps bleed off stress, but you've got to control your mind while you're walking those ten miles on the treadmill or pumping iron or you'll get little lasting stress relief.
When you're keeping your body busy with physical activity, you're generating a different sort of mental energy as well. You can use this time, I've found, to continue to worry about or obsess about your work or your problems. Or I've learned that I can gently redirect my thought to something that makes me feel good and creative and excited. I get a lot of mental writing or project creating done when I'm doing housework. That's fun!
So, we may be stove-up on Mondays, but we're probably nicely de-stressed as well as thrilled that we can actually do the hard physical work and are pleased with the pretty great results.
Mmmmmmmmmmmelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 7:33 AM
