I totally share your "staying in" shame on beautiful days. It feels like the sunshine is so limited, it's like a "use it or lose it" situation. I'm glad you're embracing your ideal day though and dismissing the feeling of what you "should" be doing!
Thank you for putting words to what I struggle to put words to. I enjoy being outside, but I get very, very anxious (and depressed) when spring rolls around. I live in a small coastal town where boaters abound. Spring and summer bring incredible pressure to go boating. I don't mind it every now and then, but friends and neighbors (and my husband) would go boating every second if they could. I have a jet ski that I enjoy, but not every weekend. I try to say yes a few times, but mostly I say no. And it's hard to say no. So, I find myself wanting to pull the covers over my head most sunny Saturdays.
Hah YES! I feel this. I also love being outside, but it can be a lot of pressure, especially as a writer! I felt what you're describing when I lived in SF, every weekend people wanted to go camping, it was fun sometimes but not all the time. I hope you're able to avoid boating as much as your heart desires this season! :) x
I feel this exact same sunny-day pressure, like whatever I am doing is not good enough for the beautiful weather outside. (Of course, I am also very cranky, so if I'm outside I'm too hot or too cold, and insects are biting me and I'm probably getting sunburned.)
I totally share your "staying in" shame on beautiful days. It feels like the sunshine is so limited, it's like a "use it or lose it" situation. I'm glad you're embracing your ideal day though and dismissing the feeling of what you "should" be doing!
Yess, exactly Jill! And thank you! :)
Thank you for putting words to what I struggle to put words to. I enjoy being outside, but I get very, very anxious (and depressed) when spring rolls around. I live in a small coastal town where boaters abound. Spring and summer bring incredible pressure to go boating. I don't mind it every now and then, but friends and neighbors (and my husband) would go boating every second if they could. I have a jet ski that I enjoy, but not every weekend. I try to say yes a few times, but mostly I say no. And it's hard to say no. So, I find myself wanting to pull the covers over my head most sunny Saturdays.
Hah YES! I feel this. I also love being outside, but it can be a lot of pressure, especially as a writer! I felt what you're describing when I lived in SF, every weekend people wanted to go camping, it was fun sometimes but not all the time. I hope you're able to avoid boating as much as your heart desires this season! :) x
I feel this exact same sunny-day pressure, like whatever I am doing is not good enough for the beautiful weather outside. (Of course, I am also very cranky, so if I'm outside I'm too hot or too cold, and insects are biting me and I'm probably getting sunburned.)
Hahah yes that, too! Sunny-day pressure is exactly it!
The real true flex is being content in the world of your own making! This was reassuring, honest, and hopeful. Thank you!
Here’s to comfy beds, and the extroverted-introverts who lose time putting dreams to the page in them. This was wonderfully relatable.