Break Chronicles: Day Seven - Break Is Ending

Break is ending. This is an inevitable part of every single break, and it is always the worst part of break for me. I go back to work on Monday to work for two weeks before going to my one conference this year. After that, I have another week off before the regular school year starts up again. That will be good to have time off after the World Congress and before the return to five day weeks and my church job.

As I look around my office/craft space, I can see some progress. I've hung some pictures, moved things around, labeled things, and moved piles of stuff from one place to another several times. It is not finished yet, but there is progress. I moved things around in the music therapy room and in the entertainment room as well. I still have WAY too much stuff, but I know where things are at the moment, which is very nice.

Break time leads me into thinking about stuff and ideas and plans for the future.

I haven't been as detailed about plans and goals and all that sort of thing during this break. I have just focused on breathing and taking medications. It has been somewhat strange to be quiet and allow myself to simply rest over the past week. I have not done anything remotely music therapy based. This is very unusual for me. I typically go into making videos or products or quests for the future. My focus on health this week has kept me from dreaming too much. Not that dreams are bad, but there is a time when rest has to be the priority. If I don't take the time to rest, my body forces me into rest. It is a never ending cycle.

When I am rest, my goblins come out to play. "You SHOULD be cleaning/working..." "You COULD be making more of this experience if you WOULD only..." I feel guilt when resting which is ridiculous but part of who I am. My mother is like this, and my sister is like this as well. We don't "rest" well. Even when we are just sitting and watching television, we are still doing something. We rarely just sit and watch. We always have a project going. If I do not have a project, I feel that there is something wrong with only watching television. There isn't anything wrong, but those feelings persist.

So, when I sit down to watch some television, I am almost always working on something. I am either brainstorming or designing things or sorting beads or laminating projects or ... you get the idea.

There is always something to do.

Speaking of something to do, I just uploaded a new file to my TPT store - a communication binder set that I am getting ready for my clients to use during music therapy sessions. I will print out and laminate these pages and then add them to the emotion options that I already use. For $4.00 USD, you can add this to your communication options for your clients as well. Thanks for at least looking at my store - it helps me out a bit.

I spent some time looking at the World Congress schedule yesterday. I have a timeline developed of what I want to hear about and what I can skip. I have a sense of when I will be at the conference and when I will be able to be out and about with my family members. I am looking forward to it all!

Time to get going on my day - time to combat the goblins that are starting to whisper that I should be doing something other than what I am doing right now...

See you tomorrow??