Finding Solitude
Posted on July 31st, 2008 | by dzoi |I always find great articles and photos from Alpha’s blog. Here’s another one that she got from The Inspired Room.
I’m copying those that apply to me.
Try doing one less blog post per week or read a few less blogs in busy seasons. Blog world will still spin without our constant communication and participation. Your true friends will be there when you return.
Save up your emails and deal with them all in one sitting to avoid the constant interruptions.
Get up one half hour earlier to enjoy the quiet of the morning.
If you have children at home, shut the door to your bedroom or bathroom for a short time each day or evening (if your husband is home or your kids are old enough to be alone!) and tell the children mommy is in quiet time.
Set appointments with yourself to do something different each week with some quiet time. Wander through an art museum, read a book at a new coffee shop, walk through a botanical garden, listen to music and daydream.
Create a special place for solitude. A clean and inviting bedroom can be a private sanctuary. Put on fresh sheets, pull open a window and a set a bouquet by your bedside.
Create rituals for your private time and look forward to those experiences. Light candles, journal your thoughts in pretty notebooks, meditate on gratitude, pray.
Make ordinary moments more special. A morning cup of coffee can be a memorable daily ritual if we slow down enough to savor it it solitude.
Let go of the guilt for things you can’t get to and things you cannot control.
If only things were that easy. Whenever I stop what I’m doing either to reflect or rest, I can’t help but think of all the things that needed to be done immediately. Perhaps I should try to be more laid back once in a while.
