Ecosystem Notes #9
Social Leadership Daily - Day #833
Yesterday was an unusual day, in that I did not leave the house. A storm had blown all night, and the rain was still lashing the windows until the early afternoon. Not that this would normally stop me.
River had been keen to get out for another Forest walk, but gradually, woven between us, was an apathy that descended into laziness and culminated in sitting on the sofa, watching the world outside as if on a screen. Observant of it, but disconnected from it.
Abstracted from the wet on our faces, from the cold, from the mud and the wind. We experienced the weather stripped of it’s texture, bereft of it’s voice.
There was, instead, a separated comfort and tempo to the day. Tea, snacks, some baking, some reading, some wild running around waving a guitar over his head, some demands for entertainment, a bit of paperwork, a chance to clean the cooker, and an early dinner. A day of almost no achievement at all, in either the productive or aesthetic sense. We did not make anything or experience anything, but we were, at least, together.
Not every day is an adventure day but still it feels like a day unlived. A day unloved.
Sounds like a productive day to me! Things fall apart if they aren't maintained, eg cleaning the cooker, paper work. Cooking is an amazing experience for kids - the texture of the raw ingredients, using basic maths, and producing something at the end that they can eat! And boredom and freeplay are essential for development. I disagree. This was a good day.