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Down Time

Maybe it's age, or maybe it's pure necessity, but I truly love my down time.  As I reflect backward over the last 30 years of my life, I remember fondly the anxiety I once felt to be sitting still - always needing something to do in my waking hours. In the last year, I crave down time,even sneaking in a nap on my days off occasionally.  My down time is highly treasured and almost violently protected.  If I manage to have a three day weekend, then I feel I can venture out, maybe even experiment with a new routine. In every way possible, I am tired. At times, I can get enough rest in one part of my life, but pure relaxation has not happened in a very long time.  My spirit aches to feel peace.  When I say to myself that I am drowning, I know its truth perfectly. I've been here before.  I have survived this before.  It just seems so abnormal to be repeating this yet again.  Is that what life is?  More and more, the words of the "Serenit...