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    Day trips into the simple life

    Okay, admittedly I am not sure if I am putting this thread in the right category but give me a chance.

    Many of our lives are more complex than we want, and that is out of our control. Things like work, for instance, can complicate our lives messily.

    We may have much of our lives simplified but we still want to take brief forays into a much simpler life -- like an RV trip or going tent camping for example.

    What I am wondering is what others do when you just need a day -- or maybe one day is all you have -- and you want to bask in some deep simplicity.

    Obviously I will take my canoe out and go fishing for an entire day. That is an example.

    I am sure others have their methods. Please share!

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    I just take a daypack and go hit a trail I love. It's a place that feeds me a great deal. I think of it as My Place. I take my time and try to plan to eliminate time constraints.
    My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!

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    This sounds boring, but I love to putter and just go where the day takes me. I might stay inside and read a book, or even tidy my office, I might go to our co-op farm and stroll or volunteer, I might sit outside in my own backyard and watch kids play ball in the field behind my house.

    Just puttering is the ultimate freedom to me.
    "Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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    Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
    Just puttering is the ultimate freedom to me.
    I know I need at least one of these types of days a month.

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    I like to putter too in the quiet of my house and gardens. Having a day or two without expectations like that is very stress relieving.

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    Bike ride

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tammy View Post
    Bike ride
    I would never have guessed this from you!

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    take a day trip to museums a few hours from here, like Mass MoCA and the Clark. Free passes from the library and I'm set. It's like a re-set button for me.

    Boy, I haven't done this in a long time and can't drive that far although I prefer going alone. Time to suck it up and go with somebody like-minded.

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    I need a half day every week that I do almost nothing interactive (especially electronic). So I don't check email or FB or this group, I will take phone calls but not too many people call me, I don't run errands during this down time either. I can have music on, a movie, sit and crochet or clean and do laundry. There is a set of things that feel ok and another set of things that feel stressy but it doesn't make sense to explain it. All I know is that it is deeply restorative.

    And then a couple times a year I do my best to go on retreat! (like silent buddhists hanging out )

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    You know me....I can be kayaking with 5 minutes. I can find a quiet cove and almost doze off.
    Napping outside. I have a very private back yard with 40 acres behind me. I take my fold up suntanning chase and a blanket, find a sunny spot and wrap up and sleep (I don't do this in the heat of summer but spring and fall are perfect). It's kind of like being a cat.
    I've got several places I can take a quick hike and find a secluded spot with great views. In fact this afternoon I'm planning to hike on the highest point in the area, sit on the cliff and watch the trout fishermen way below me and the turkey vultures and hopefully an eagle at eye level or above. Tomorrow we plan to hike to the cliffs on an old homestead that is now a park. There are thousands of iris that should be in the early stages of blooming. There is space to find a quiet place and sit on a blanket, rock wall, or bench and just enjoy.

    I connect with dirt, rocks, moving water. I can sit by a spring and be mesmerized for hours. That's partly why I enjoyed the diamond digging last week so much, just sitting in one spot running dirt through my hands is very calming.

    Sometimes just closing my eyes and remembering some of my favorite times. I had a giant 5 gated horse named Stone that was so quiet and smooth. There was a dirt road up from my house that I loved riding him on and I can close my eyes and feel his gates, watch his ears moving (he was a joy to ride instead of the thoroughbred that I had to be very aware of everything that might spook her at any time or my quarter horse that was great for pole-bending and barrel racing but had a horrible bouncy trot). I basically rode from the time I could sit on the saddle in front of my dad till I was in college and I still miss that part of my life very much...memories and visualizations of that sometimes get me through a bad time.
    Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.

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