Time Thief

From Fishing Without Bait 256

"I think for me I'm in recovery from busy culture for sure. I mean every second of every day was filled, and I'm not exaggerating. I can't tell you the last time I took like a real vacation. I can't tell you the last time I sat around and did quote-unquote nothing. Right? And then when this pandemic hit and I found myself at home suddenly, it was like I was grounded right? I mean I wasn't going anywhere I wasn't doing anything. My whole life was just shut down. And I was so happy and it was weird. My husband was saying to me you just seem so happy. It's been really great for my marriage because I really he we've always had a great relationship, but I did not realize how much I was kind of just taking it for granted that it was just going to stay that way because I was just I felt like well he can't get mad. I'm working he can't get mad I'm working but really when I look back I'm like, what was I doing all of that for?" "You were a time thief." "I would yes. I was. And you know, after you lose people people that are close to you, you know, I lost my dad and then my grandmother three months later in 2019, you really start to look at time differently and the perspective on everything changes and all of a sudden the things that seemed really important to me didn't seem important at all. And the things that I wasn't really giving much mind to all of a sudden were very important like my garden all of sudden became something I really needed to focus on. It was something I needed to give time to that. I would have never you know, thought about 2 years ago."