My NOT To Do List

Ya know, there's this struggle here in New York. The " OH MY GOSH HOW CAN YOU JUST SIT ON YOUR COUCH?! YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY AND THERE"S SO MUCH TO DO!!!" struggle...

Now I've lived in St Paul/Minneapolis, Charleston, SC, and Charlotte, NC all places that have tons to do, but I never felt bad for staying in on the weekend until I moved here. According to many of my friends, this is a common occurrence with the locals and maybe part of the reason everyone is so crazy up here. There's just too much going on and too much to miss out on.

As many of you know, this is been an emotionally exhausting week. Lots of changes going on with my current job, future plans, family, ect and it also happens to be the 2 weeks that I can't talk to Peter.  Last weekend I was feeling super motivated and energized (hence the lengthy bike adventure) but this weekend all I want to do is sit on the couch and watch mind-numbing television while eating Lucky Charms. That's not so horrible is it?

I'm sure I could delve into this topic even further and discuss the contributions of an increasingly "pressure to be active and fit" culture... but that would just take too much work. And yes, I understand this post might seem contradictory to this entire Blog, but seriously, sometimes you just need to be lazy for a weekend and there's nothing wrong with that. 

I'm big on lists, so here's my list for this weekend:

My Not To Do List:

Clean, in any way (other than dishes)

Grocery shop

Laundry

Anything active

Change my clothes (this is just economical)

Budgeting of any kind

Planning of any kind

Worry that I'm missing out on something fun somewhere in the city

Worry that I'm not making good use of my time

Worry... about anything

Yup, I'm going to be lazy and I'm going to feel good about it! Maybe I'll finally finish the second Game of Thrones book too! Don't worry though guys, I've already got some adventures planned for this coming week. I promise I'm not giving up on my original "To-Do List"

To week full of adventures... but in the meantime extreme laziness... Cheers!