Comments on: Find The Fun in 2009 http://julesritter.com/2009/01/find-the-fun-in-2009/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nadia http://julesritter.com/2009/01/find-the-fun-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 Nadia Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:25:55 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=1233#comment-1730 Don't despair, Jules! One problem with all those books / videos / seminars is that for the off-days, they generate tremendous guilt, because things AREN'T always together, moving forward, being creative, successful, etc. etc. According to those books off-days (which we ALL have!) mean we're wimping out, missing the point, not to mention failing completely... Guilt guilt guilt! If you really want to get the fun back, build a great big cheerful fire with all those wonderful self-help books, and make baked marshmallow s'mores over the flames with the girls. Don't burn the DVDs, they're probably toxic. Use them to play frisbee with the dog. You'll be surprised at how light you feel afterwards... and how much easier it will be to just... well... smell the roses, and smile. But just when you feel like it. Don’t despair, Jules! One problem with all those books / videos / seminars is that for the off-days, they generate tremendous guilt, because things AREN’T always together, moving forward, being creative, successful, etc. etc. According to those books off-days (which we ALL have!) mean we’re wimping out, missing the point, not to mention failing completely… Guilt guilt guilt!

If you really want to get the fun back, build a great big cheerful fire with all those wonderful self-help books, and make baked marshmallow s’mores over the flames with the girls. Don’t burn the DVDs, they’re probably toxic. Use them to play frisbee with the dog.

You’ll be surprised at how light you feel afterwards… and how much easier it will be to just… well… smell the roses, and smile. But just when you feel like it.

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