Night 1 of 52

I bit the bullet and I can’t be more excited.  During the day at work I thought about all the different things I might try to do that evening to pass the time and I realized the following:

 90% of my stress was GONE - By taking my computer out of the equation, I no longer had to worry about filling my time with something that felt productive or that I “needed” to get done.  I can’t pay my credit card bill, do my finances, look for a job, etc.  I have the ultimate excuse to relax.  I would have procrastinated anyway, and just wasted the evening away on the stumbleupon.

 Empty time - It felt like I had this HUGE void of time coming up that was me time.  And I couldn’t feel guilty about using it the way I wanted to.  I felt like, finally I have the time to start that project.  I always say to myself, “Its too late to start that.” or “The prep time will take too long.”  But not tonight.

 So, what really happened?  I ended up reading…a lot.  But, I also started and finished a ton of small projects that I felt I never had the time to do. I framed a newspaper clipping that I’ve had for 13 years and never took the time frame and hang on the wall.  It took 2 minutes.

However, not having a plan for the evening caused me to look for things to do.  I cleaned, organized, found old memories.  I also implemented projects that I’ve been putting on the side-burner. But I also felt I may have read too much, and I was replacing my computer and tv with another time sink.  I’m going to be more careful about the amount of time I devote these nights to reading fiction.

The more interesting side effect was that I slept wonderfully.  I think it was the best night’s sleep I’ve had in a long time.  I went to bed without a care in the world and woke up ready to go.

 For this project to be most advantageous to me, I’m going to have to spend some time planning for projects to do those evenings.  I think I’m going to try and build something.