"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." -John RuskinSometimes Labor Day means picnics, BBQ's, or a day at the beach but yesterday's Labor Day was literal for Brent and I! We labored throughout the day!
Actually it started with a lululemon half marathon race that Brent entered and Andie and I just ran parts of the course for training. It was a low key and fun race, I think I'll officially sign up next year.
So, post race we'd decided to tackle some home projects that always get put aside for "another day." Labor Day seemed as good a day as any to take on those tasks we keep avoiding! We even scheduled the "Got Junk" folks to come at 5 pm which gave us a deadline to get our debris collected!
"What this country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds." -Will Rogers
And it turns out that hunkering down and working hard can be every bit as fun as the beach (no traffic to contend with, no parking frustrations, no crowds, no sunburns). Plus, at the end of the day, you've got a few things checked off the "To Do" list! Which is always a good feeling; okay, maybe even a great feeling!
"This is the real secret of life - to be completely
engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.
And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." -Alan Watts, Work as Play
