My Perfect Day

Frugal Dreamer suggested this thought exercise - What is your perfect day?

The idea is to close your eyes, imagine it’s a Friday morning a few years from now (2 to 5 years from now). Now think about exactly how you’d want to spend the day, keeping in mind that it is a weekday. The idea is to plan your perfect day, using the following questions…

1. What time do you wake up, and how are you feeling as you greet the day?
2. Where are you?  If you’re at home, what does it look like?
3. Who is with you?
4. What kind of work are you doing? (if you have no idea what kind of work you’ll be doing or want to be doing, list the qualities you want to find in the work you do and the kind of work environment you want.)
5. As you head out to face the day, how do you look?  What are you wearing?
6. How do you get to work?
7. When you’re done with work, how will you spend you spare time and with whom?  What activities do you enjoy?
8. When is your evening like?
9. When you go to bed that night, how are you feeling after spending the day doing exactly what you love?
10. What are you most grateful for and what are you looking forward to as you go to sleep?

Mine looks like this ... which is honestly not much like what I am doing right now.  I know I should rethink my priorities and see how to get there, but right now, I am having enough trouble just putting one foot in front of the other.  But I thought I'd put it up for myself, just as a reminder.

1.What time do you wake up, and how are you feeling as you greet the day?

Whatever time I  feel like – there is no alarm clock.  Probably somewhere between 9:30 am and 11am.  I have time to get up, do my stretches, do some aikido drills, take a shower, and eat breakfast before I have to worry about getting anything done. 

2.Where are you?  If you’re at home, what does it look like?

I’m at home – in the same house I live in now, except that I have a workroom / dojo space in a building outside that also has a bathroom and a shower.

3. Who is with you?

Mr. Goat is puttering around the house somewhere.  My parents are just down the road.  My little brother is back living in his place, hopefully with a spouse and family.

4. What kind of work are you doing? (if you have no idea what kind of work you’ll be doing or want to be doing, list the qualities you want to find in the work you do and the kind of work environment you want.)

I am a sci/fi fantasy writer.  Or possibly a short story writer.  Something between Terry Pratchett  and Robert Heinlein.

5. As you head out to face the day, how do you look?  What are you wearing?

Like I do now, but slightly more muscular.  Jeans or yoga pants, a t-shirt, and wool socks with crocs.

6. How do you get to work?

I wander from my bedroom to the computer room.

7. When you’re done with work, how will you spend you spare time and with whom?  What activities do you enjoy?

I’ll wander over to the farm and see if our farm family needs any help with anything.  Or I’ll head over to Philippe’s and get some wine and cheese and hang out.  Or I’ll do some aikido, either by myself or with friends.  Mr. Goat and I will play our favorite video game together or go out to dinner someplace fun.   I’ll go shooting or hunting, either with Mr. Goat or other friends and family.

8. When is your evening like?

I’ll have an hour run right before sunset, in between doing all the stuff I was talking about above. 

9. When you go to bed that night, how are you feeling after spending the day doing exactly what you love?

I’ve put in a good day’s work and am proud of what I have done.  I am looking forward to completing whatever writing project that I am working on, and sure that reading it will be enjoyable to someone.

10. What are you most grateful for and what are you looking forward to as you go to sleep?

That I am healthy enough to run and do aikido.  That I have disciplined myself enough to write every day, so that I can become the best writer possible.  That I have Mr. Goat and my family to be a reflection of Christ’s love for me.