How we Spend our Days

There are seasons that require adjustments and I am smack dab in the middle of one right about now. I realized that I have been so busy with everything that I didn't even tell you all about my Lifeways of North America Waldorf training, which is a huge deal to me right now. It is a huge deal because I am studying, because I am doing something that is not directly related to my children -yep, you better believe it, and because I have loved Waldorf education for quite some time.

In our last conference call, we all discussed rhythm and the importance of it. Mary McConnell, one of our great mentors and teachers read a quote by Annie Dillard that just hit it home for me.

The quote, one of my favorite of all times goes like this:

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living.”

― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

Annie Dillard's quote made me question various aspects of my life, especially since COVID 19 began. 

Questions that I have reflected on are , do I love/value certain things or do I feel afraid to live without it? Or When was the last time I read or went for a walk alone or (fill in the blank).

Whether  my lifestyle's in line with my values, is one thing. Am I living life to the fullest? At my highest potential? That remains to be seen.

Please read my article written for LifeWays of North America here.