What a lovely Sunday I just had! Doing (and you'll never believe it…) nothing. Simply sitting and being for a change. I usually fill in my Sunday journal and give myself an hour's Reiki and think about what I've got to do in the next week or maybe read a self-help book or whatever, but this time I simply 'chilled' and really enjoyed myself too.

This was a real change for me, not having to think about or do anything. Somehow I just didn't feel the need. I figured that the jobs that needed doing would still need doing the next day and it wouldn't make any difference whether I did them today or tomorrow. I suppose if there had been anything urgent to do, I would have done it, but there wasn't. Not really. Most of the 'stuff' I had to do would wait, I thought.

And I really enjoyed the feeling of having not to be anywhere, not having to do anything, not having to contact anybody. This, as you will realise if you've read the journal this far, is something fairly alien to me. Usually, I'm full of busyness and things that need doing or seeing to.

Last week I had a friend visiting me from London and he stayed for nearly a week. I thoroughly enjoyed that. We went out to the market and out for lunch a couple of times. We went to the pub and enjoyed seeing a local band I'd never seen before. We sat and chatted too, and made time for the inevitable catch-up session. So, of course, I was busy then, and afterwards, as I had an extra pile of washing and cleaning up to do when my visitor went home.

So I've been doing something a bit different to my usual thing this week, and having a beautiful lazy Sunday was a great way to finish the week off for me. And now I'm back to my usual Monday routine of updating the web site and other things. And how I love doing this too.

But it's interesting how I'm enjoying it even more this week after my week doing different things. I truly believe that variety is the spice of life and I encourage you all to take some time out from your routines once in a while and discover hidden treasures in your lives. And you will find, when you go back to your routines again, that you enjoy them even more for having had a change.