10 Ways to Let the Sunshine in (Making the Most of Your Time)

It’s true for all of us that we are getting hooked on work – especially work we love – could be a problem. The addiction might exact a toll on our relationship towards the ones we love and to people close to our hearts. It pushes us towards burnout. We would just realize that what we need to do: less.

Work in everyday is endless. We all need to recharge and renew our own reserves, and there’s no better time than on long, warm days when nature beckons us outside, ayt? ^_^

Let me share to you a to-do list I sourced out from a world magazine I love to read and it goes like this:

1.Get up an hour earlier. Step outside, smell the air, listen to the birds, meditate, fix yourself some pancakes. Try to remember to give thanks for what’s going right in your life.

2.Stay out of the malls’ supermarkets. Try to shop for fruits and veggies at local farmers’ markets or at the palengke. Take time to savor the colors, textures and smells, the taste of fresh produce and thank the farmers for growing beautiful food.

3.Pick fruits/veggies/flowers from your yard or small garden patch. Nothing tastes like the goods and entices the eyes that you labored with your own hands.

4.Bake. Make homemade bread, pie, or brownies. It’s a work of art and an act of love.

5.Eat outside. In your favorite restaurant or have a picnic. More picnics!

6.Say no. Save time for yourself to toll, nap and daydream.

7.Get on–or in–the water more. Let the water wash away the stress of the day. Ride a boat over the sea or river or have fun snorkeling. Take a dip in a pool before going to sleep.

8.Walk in a field. Sit in a spot; breath in the sweet, green fragrance of the fresh air.

9.Go outside at night. Walking around after dark, admiring the stars, how the clouds look in the moonlight. Walking outdoors at night heightens the senses, and moonlight is a powerful aphrodisiac.

10.Let go. At least a little. Sometimes we feel paralyzed by all the suffering in the world, the pain of family and friends, and our own struggles at home, work, relationships and in everything. When we make the time to replenish our reserves, we find new energy to reach out in ways large and small, to change the world, to change ourselves.