Silence is golden
There are times in my life when I just don’t feel like talking. Or listening. Today is one of those times. I’m not particularly sad or upset; as a matter of fact, I feel pretty peppy…it’s just that sometimes you need silence in order to recharge your batteries.
So, I’m on radio silence for the day. If my phone rings, I’m not going to answer it. When you have the ‘cool quiet and time to think’ that you crave, you can interact in a much healthier way when you have to be around people. Take some time for yourself.
Turn your mobile phone off, turn the ringer down on your landline and pick up a book or your journal. It might encourage your creative side. It might be the best thing you’ve done for yourself all week.
May 6th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Yeah. I take a lot silent days. I used to have time for more when I was single and now I only get them when the tot is with her pop for the weekend.
I think this practice began for me when I started working in offices and all day the phones rang and people came floundering into my office with this crisis or that problem. When I would get home from work, I did not want to hear the radio or the phone, or even myself talking out loud.