Dear Monster,
I think it's important that you understand quiet time as you grow. Quiet time is something you will need your entire life. Whether it's to slow down and recharge or kick it into high gear and power up, silence is something that you will need to learn to appreciate. There use to be a lot of "quiet moments" in my life. I would read, or spend some time snuggled up on the couch with your Dad, call a friend, watch a movie, play a game, browse the internet, or just enjoy the quiet. Since you have joined us there are very few quiet moments. This is okay though. I actually enjoy the little sounds you make, and the words I get to say to you. I love that every moment of my life feels full and complete now...even if they're not so quiet anymore. ;)
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Hello again my, now faithful, readers!!
Now that I've drawn you in, I'm going to flip it on you! HaHa! I am issuing my first challenge!
I'm challenging all of my readers to be silent for 3 hours today. Now, there are no restrictions on how to break up or clump the time. There is no limit to what you can do during your silent time. You just need to be completely silent then come back and tell me how you broke up your time and what you chose to do with it. It can be chaos or calm, it just needs to involve you being silent.
Did you have an epiphany? Did you have some silent reflection time? Were you lazy? Did you go for a run? Did you watch a movie? Play a game with family? Stare at a wall? Did you do it in one giant chunk? Did you break it into 20 little bits of silence?
I have absolutely no idea where I am going to fit in 3 hours of complete silence into my life today. I guess that is part of the experience...and why it's called a challenge!
Enjoy your quiet time and I can't wait to hear about all of your days!
For me my silent time was spent in hour long chunks.
10-11: Making faces as Liam and watching his reactions. Developmental play with Liam, mainly involving changes in music. Surprise from this hour: Liam is more relaxed when listening to heavy metal than when he is listening to classical music.
12-1: Cleaning the house, while listening to Kelly Clarkson. I haven't listened to her consistently since Sean and I went through our "dark period" (will go over this in a later blog) so her music has always brought up rough feelings for me. I listened to her while cleaning so that I could just scrub through my feelings and work toward enjoying her music again!
2-3: Talking to Moms on CafeMom and doing research for my next blog.
The main reason that I posted this blog was because I read somewhere when I was young that what you do during your Intentional Silence defines who you are and helps you know what you truly need in your life to make you more happy!
That being said, I hope your quiet hours were happy ones. Thanks for following through and telling me all about your experiences! Happy Hump Day everyone!
I think it's important that you understand quiet time as you grow. Quiet time is something you will need your entire life. Whether it's to slow down and recharge or kick it into high gear and power up, silence is something that you will need to learn to appreciate. There use to be a lot of "quiet moments" in my life. I would read, or spend some time snuggled up on the couch with your Dad, call a friend, watch a movie, play a game, browse the internet, or just enjoy the quiet. Since you have joined us there are very few quiet moments. This is okay though. I actually enjoy the little sounds you make, and the words I get to say to you. I love that every moment of my life feels full and complete now...even if they're not so quiet anymore. ;)
~~~
Hello again my, now faithful, readers!!
Now that I've drawn you in, I'm going to flip it on you! HaHa! I am issuing my first challenge!
I'm challenging all of my readers to be silent for 3 hours today. Now, there are no restrictions on how to break up or clump the time. There is no limit to what you can do during your silent time. You just need to be completely silent then come back and tell me how you broke up your time and what you chose to do with it. It can be chaos or calm, it just needs to involve you being silent.
Did you have an epiphany? Did you have some silent reflection time? Were you lazy? Did you go for a run? Did you watch a movie? Play a game with family? Stare at a wall? Did you do it in one giant chunk? Did you break it into 20 little bits of silence?
I have absolutely no idea where I am going to fit in 3 hours of complete silence into my life today. I guess that is part of the experience...and why it's called a challenge!
Enjoy your quiet time and I can't wait to hear about all of your days!
***UPDATE***
Good evening readers! It's check in time for Silent Wednesday! How did you spend your quiet time? How did you clump it or break it up?For me my silent time was spent in hour long chunks.
10-11: Making faces as Liam and watching his reactions. Developmental play with Liam, mainly involving changes in music. Surprise from this hour: Liam is more relaxed when listening to heavy metal than when he is listening to classical music.
12-1: Cleaning the house, while listening to Kelly Clarkson. I haven't listened to her consistently since Sean and I went through our "dark period" (will go over this in a later blog) so her music has always brought up rough feelings for me. I listened to her while cleaning so that I could just scrub through my feelings and work toward enjoying her music again!
2-3: Talking to Moms on CafeMom and doing research for my next blog.
The main reason that I posted this blog was because I read somewhere when I was young that what you do during your Intentional Silence defines who you are and helps you know what you truly need in your life to make you more happy!
That being said, I hope your quiet hours were happy ones. Thanks for following through and telling me all about your experiences! Happy Hump Day everyone!
Okay, I've been going at this silence thing since 8:30 am and so far I've blogged and cleaned. One hour down, two more to go. I plan on slapping it all into one lump...until Jonah wakes up. :) Even when he does, we may practice a little low-key time...whispering??
ReplyDeleteThanks for the challenge! I'll let you know how the rest of the day goes!
P.S.-I like the new font. Much easier to read. :) The other one wasn't bad, but fr us old blind-bats, this one is perfect! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I spent, literally, half an hour trying to find one that I liked that was easy to read! I love all of the fancy ones so...it was hard. ;)
DeleteThanks for the challenge today!! I enjoyed it!!
ReplyDelete12:30-1 I came home for lunch and did the dishes. However instead of just doing them I turned on the ipod to shuffle! So nice and rejuvenating....not to mention I was kinda rocking out and dancing lol.
7:30-9:30 Went over to my mom's house since we are both "husbandless" this week and we watched a total girly, love movie in silence! Was wonderful mom and daughter time....but made me miss the hubby!
10:30-11 Took a long hot bath with candles!!! Wish I would have remembered a glass of wine then it would have been perfect!
Thanks for the challenge. Was a simple reminder today that I need to take a little "me" and quiet time each day!! Thanks lovely friend :)
You are so very welcome! I'm glad it went so well! I love the mother/daughter time and the hot bath! Sounds like a perfect girlie, reflection-filled kind of day! Unfortunately, I can't support doing dishes. ;) You're a wonderful woman for being excited and having fun while doing dishes! lol
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