We can plan them or not. And if anything many of us need them more than we know.
I didn’t realize how much I was needing a halt with life until it snuck up on me and smacked me in the face. I was busy doing my thing and keeping up with the routine of life and then it hit me, hard, and put me down on the floor. The past 2 weeks have been some of the hardest I have experienced and also two of the most needed. I have had to S-L-O-W down and just take a break. I didn’t realize how quickly my routine was taking me captive and how other things were left to the wayside. It has been in the slowing down that I have come to value the importance of each day that I have been given and each life that has been placed in front of me.
Kevin and I took a weekend getaway (Ok a long overdue anniversary trip) this past weekend and hit up one of our favorite places in Minnesota, the North Shore. Usually see it in all its fall beauty in September (our anniversary month) and do a bunch of hiking. Because our schedules did not mesh at all this past year, we decided to try something neither of us have done before; Snowshoeing! It was an absolute blast and we had great hiking weather. Besides the enormous blister I got, we had an amazing time and both are feeling so much more refreshed and ready to go.
I would highly advise an planned break if you can get one, but if you are like us and get one that is unplanned; take it for all it’s worth.
Have a great weekend.