These Are the Days Of

Blog-tember Challenge prompt: Describe your ideal day.

My ideal day starts with a late and easy morning. Poached egg, fresh fruits, and a warm chocolate croissant with a cold glass of apple juice. Devotional at a terrace overlooking a beach or countryside…anywhere with fresh air because I live in the city and have asthma. This week alone, I’ve already used my rescue inhaler 4 times. I would move in a heartbeat to get away from pollution!

Then I would stroll around this ideal pollution free place. Buy fresh groceries at a farmer’s market. Wander around a museum. Then meet some friends for lunch because of course, our schedules are open at the same time.

I would read and write the afternoon away in a coffee shop or in my home office that looks like this She Shed:

At night, I would leisurely cook dinner before catching a movie or a show like a musical, a ballet, or Shakespeare in a park. After the show, I would buy dessert at a food truck, head home, and enjoy said dessert while reading a book or writing in my journal.

It would be wonderful to have days like this. May our ideal days put a fire in our bellies to make them happen.

I’ve had late and easy mornings that start with fresh pluots at a farmer’s market and wandering in a museum. But the afternoons were something else. I’ve also had horrible mornings with afternoons of reading, writing, and productivity. No She Sheds yet!

I tend to forget, though, what my days have been about so I’m following Emily’s advice to bullet journal and make “These are the days of” lists. It will help me remember and reflect.

Emily spoke about “These are the days of” lists in one of her videos for Simply Tuesday. It’s to basically list what your days have been about. It can be literal (these are the days of traveling, school supply shopping, etc), or it can be internal (these are the days of finding grace, forgiveness, practicing patience, etc).

For me, these are the days of growing up, planning, and preparation. It’s exciting and a little painful.

[bctt tweet=”Growth is exciting and painful at the same time, but totally worth it.”]

When my brother was little, he would complain about aching limbs and joints. I thought was making it all up and wasn’t very sympathetic until I learned that “growing pains” is physically true. Children’s bones sometimes develop a little too fast for the rest of their bodies and it hurts. They’re growing and it’s exciting, but it’s also painful.

These are the days of me being stretched beyond what I think I’m capable of. I’m excited because God is doing something, but it’s also painful to wade through the confusion and make changes.

However, down the road I can look back and marvel at where God has taken me. I hope that being more intentional in remembering my days will help me do that. Then maybe I can look back and see that I’ve had a lot of ideal days after all.