Setting Intentions
March 2023 Slice of Life challenge
I’m such a homebody that when I go out of my house at irregular times I always think to myself “Oh? People go out at this hour?“ For instance, last night, a Friday night, I opted to go to the mall to return some things in order to avoid the weekend traffic and shopping mall rush. As I walked the mall I thought it was odd that so many moms, dads and kids were populating the play area in the center of the mall. Not odd for them of course but strange for me as I would never have the idea or urge to bring my kids to the mall play area on a Friday night. I’d hands down choose staying home before venturing out. Then I remembered back to last Thursday night when my family was out to dinner to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. I thought as I walked out of the restaurant, “Boy, a lot of people sure do eat out on a weeknight.” This is something I am almost never be able to fit into my weekday schedule so I find it odd that others do.
It’s funny because I think this thought a lot during the summer when I am not working. Like when I get a pedicure in the middle of a work day, go out to lunch or take a midday yoga class. Why can’t my brain warp itself around the fact that people are out doing different things than I would do at different days and times. I’m just baffled by the lives that other people live in my absence.
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3/7/2020 03:41:24 pm
I completely relate you and going out on a Friday night. Funny how things change though. I always used to go out, and now I just want to go home. And am very happy to do so!
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Mirielle Strasser
3/7/2020 04:22:50 pm
I like getting out of the house but then I am always irritated that there are other people out there as well...
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ADRIENNE GILLESPIE
3/7/2020 06:02:37 pm
" I’d hands down choose staying home before venturing out. " Me, too! I am always surprised at the hours people keep and how much they go out. I am happiest at home.
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3/7/2020 06:25:17 pm
Written like a true homebody. I would have never thought to take my children to a mall play area on a Friday evening. That seems odd to me. :-) I enjoyed how you let us in on your thoughts, like "Oh? People out at this hour?"
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3/8/2020 11:46:36 am
I always think this way in the summer because you'd think people are all working when we are off school, but there are so many people doing the same thing I am! We can't all be teachers...lol
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3/8/2020 01:36:40 pm
I'm always shocked when I have a day (or a morning or an afternoon) off work and I stop by the grocery store and realize that other people actually go grocery shopping during the day. It's something I almost never get a chance to do, so it's shocking to realize that it's other people's normal life.
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