So much of what we do is being busy. We really are compulsively busy - over commitment, movement, full schedules.
Being busy is a status symbol - we wear it like a badge of honour.
“How are you?” we are asked. “Busy” we reply and then proceed to list the 100’s of things we have to do on our list.
Imagine taking a break from it all, just for a day - taking a Green Day.
Now a warning here - if you are a busy person then this is going to give you the sweats - so hold on.
Green day was slang in the San Francisco Bay Area (where the band Green Day originated from) for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana.
Perhaps not the best way to spend your “Green Day”and not a practice I am encouraging.
But I do love the concept and idea of taking a Green Day - giving yourself a reset day to attend to you, recharge your batteries and restore yourself back to factory settings.
Just be with you. Just do you. Disconnect from the world and reconnect to yourself.
Give your brain downtime to process the data we are deluged with.
So how do we have a Green Day?
Simple - temporarily withdraw from the responsibilities and obligations of everyday life - work, home, social, family - all of them.
The first step is to unplug - put the phone down, take the smart watch off, close the laptop, temporarily refrain from using all devices and just be.
After you unplug from technology, step outside, breathe fresh air, and engage in activities that invigorate your body
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Think of yourself as a human being instead of a human doer and make a conscious effort to unplug and recharge.— Bryan Robinson
When you turn off distractions you mind expands and you become more creative and inventive. You give your imagination space to run wild and dream and do the things that make you feel happy, whole and your best self.
We rarely, if ever, do nothing. Really nothing.
A Green Day is all about doing nothing.
You can’t fill from an empty cup and you can’t run your car on fumes. A Green Day gives you a day where you can unplug and purposefully and deliberately set aside the time to fill your cup. It is a chance to step back from the chaos and create space mentally, emotionally and physically - recalibrate where things have gone a little pear shaped.
When was the last time you sat down, stared into space and were alone with your thoughts?
If it is time to clear out the cobwebs and recalibrate then take a Green Day - a solid 24 hours where you unplug and create space, giving yourself a clean slate.
Sit there and just be.
As Epictetus once said, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” - take a Green Day to listen to you.
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