Weekend #2 Post-Move is approaching- what to do, what to do, what to do?!?!?

In a previous life I would have been almost entirely consumed (and anxious) at this point in the week in ensuring that the approaching ‘free’ time was thoroughly and actively accounted for.

50% of the time would have been taken up with ‘necessary’ activities; 25 % would have been ‘planned fun’ or ‘enrichment’ or ‘experience’ activities, and 25% would have been busy because I couldn’t imagine not having something slotted in. Needlesstosay, a lot of energy was wasted on the planning of planned stuff.  Plan, plan, plan.

I’m not suggesting that overnight I’ve transformed into a ‘go-with-the-flow’ free-spirit, instantly freed from my planning instincts.

But going through a change like we’ve done with this move has forced a reflection on what sort of activities your life involves. We’ve had no choice but to focus and simplify where our energies have gone, and many of the things that I was filling our lives with previously simply don’t work in this life <right now> where we’ve had to reestablish the basics, like ‘hunting and gathering’ in a grocery-shopping system that is unfamiliar and tricky to navigate, for instance.  Eventually we’ll figure out all of these new systems, but what do I do to avoid slipping back into a lifestyle where open, unplanned time caused a panic, a nervousness, an unease? How do I remain a bit more grounded in deciding between what we really need to busy ourselves with, and what i’m adding to my life to complicate, crowd and stress our family?

All that said, i’m still taking some time while I eat a delicious falafel for lunch to plan out at least a few things this weekend. We are living in New York, after all…