I get the majority of my energy from being around people, but I also need a fair bit of alone time. Tonight D is out and I’m having a me time night.
Life in London can be rather hectic. Long commutes combined with full days in the office five days a week means that there is little time left once I get home in the evening other than have dinner and get ready for the next day. I don’t know what I would be like if I worked in Sweden but I imagine that I’d need a little less me time. Over here I need a fair bit in order to get a break from all the hustle and bustle, and I generally know when I’ve had too little time for myself as I start getting frustrated and feel that “I-don’t-have-enough-time-to-do-the-things-I-want-to-do“.
On Anna nights, like tonight, I try not to call anyone or be online on Skype. I make it my priority to just be and do what I want to do. Sometimes I open a nice bottle of wine and have a glass or two which, the light drinker that I am, usually results in me getting a little bit tipsy. Generally I have some desert, a little something special to make the night feel even more like a treat.
On Anna nights I catch up on things I want to do, be that reading, watching a program or a film that I like or something completely different. I may write, work on byflock or one of our products. Not because I have to but because I love it and really look forward to it. And that’s the point of those nights.
Anna nights are about treating myself to an undisturbed break where I get to do whatever I want to do at that moment in time. I clear my evening from any life or work admin and just free it up. As soon as I get home I put on pyjama bottoms and crawl up in the sofa with a nice dinner and that thing or two that I’m really looking forward to doing with my evening. Quite often I go to bed early with a book or a something I want to watch on the iPad and the spotty one normally follows and lies down on top of the duvet next to me.
As much as I love D I do really look forward to my Anna nights. They are good for me, and for us, and thought they don’t happen every week, nor do I need them to, I do cherish them and will always try to get some me time in. Even in the future when we have little feet running around in the house, causing all sorts of lovely chaos.
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