I always told myself that I could never work in an office…the last three months, I’ve not been working in an office. Or at least a professional one, but I have been working what I consider an “office job.”
After working inside jobs, outside jobs, desk jobs, active jobs, mentally tiring jobs, physically exhausting jobs, I’ve figured out little balances that are really important for me in each of those jobs. Today I was really able to get outside and expend energy. Even though I was able to get outside last week, I didn’t feel like I actually worked that hard, so I don’t think I got the full experience.
After being outside most of the day, swimming, hiking, jumping into the water from rope swings and cliffs, I feel completely energized. I think I’d forgotten over the last couple of months just how much I love not only being outside, but working outside…though I admit, maybe not the “normal” idea of working outside. I simply mean the idea of expending a lot of energy while outside.
This evening, even though I feel a lot of physical exhaustion, in some ways I feel so full of energy. Maybe energy isn’t the right word, but it’s so nice to want to go do things now. I think the last couple of month of quarantine have not affected me as poorly as most people, but now that I feel like I have tasted a little bit of freedom, I can’t wait to get into some of the old rhythms of life, even looking back to my rhythms of last summer when I first moved to Austin.
I need to take this time to get outside because I love it so much, I just can forget when I give it too long in between times.
I hope you get a chance to do that thing that helps you feel rejuvenated soon too. Seek it out if you can. It feels great.