We have choices when given the gift of slack...spare time. We can find solitude, make use of silence…reflect and rest. We can level up…improve our strength and skills. We can find entertainment for a brief moment of joy. Or, we can waste it…do something menial…merely to get to the next thing.
No matter the noise from outside (or within), the fact is the world is generally better today than it was yesterday, last year or a thousand years ago. It’s safer, people live longer and there’s more opportunity for of all us. It’s better because people chose to make it better. They decided to go somewhere. This forward motion comes from intent. And intent isn’t reserved just for periods of work. It also shows up in everything else we do. When we go to bed at night, we intend to rest. When we go for a bike ride or a walk we intend to get healthy and to have fun.
What if we applied the same intent, the same zest for better, to our spare time? What if some of the slack was harnessed into periods of learning, doing, creating? What additional change could we make? It’s worth pondering. It’s worth choosing. Choose wisely.