Thank goodness we are in the home stretch! Only another week and a half of school until we reach the blessed time of summer vacation. My kids have been waiting since we finished Passover break in April. I've been waiting too! Early wake ups and the stress of getting them out of the house is just not fun. NOT FUN. So of course, every conversation revolves around what we are going to do with all our free time.
It's incredible to have so much time to ourselves - but it's a really important question. Most adults don't have "free time" and what do we do when we have a few moments? The honest answer is - not much. We end up "doom scrolling" or "killing time". It's actually crazy because one day we're 18 years old with our lifetimes ahead of us and the next we're turning 50! I'm afraid to turn around again!
So let's consider thinking and planning ahead - kind of like the conversation we're having these last couple weeks of school. What should we do with the time available to us? When a free ten minutes pops up unexpectedly - do we have a book we would like to enjoy in those ten minutes? Or a friend you've been meaning to call to check in? Or perhaps read a short passage in a Torah book. I've been slowly working through Rabbi Joseph Telushkin's The Book of Jewish Values - excellent for when you have very little free time but still want to take a moment to learn something new.
Time is a gift whether it's a two month break or a ten minute break. Let's take a moment to prepare ourselves to use the gift of time so we don't squander it when it happens.
What do you plan to do when the gift of time lands unexpectedly in your lap?
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