I am getting ready for a long weekend and realize that the “long” in long weekend is giving me anxiety.  There’s definitely the influence of technology and constantly being plugged in to email, internet, text messages, etc., but this has that scared feeling that I know city dwellers get when they spend the first night out in the “quiet” country.  What was I going to do with myself when I shut everything off?

Interestingly, I came across Ruth Fowler’s article on thefix.com, “The Art of Doing Nothing.” She doesn’t hand out solutions but it’s always a very good thing for me when I know someone else is in the same boat as me.  It’s a thoughtful piece and I helped me understand how my alcoholism/addiction impact me in subtle and not so subtle ways, even twenty years later.

Wish me luck this weekend; my goal is not bliss and happiness but comfort and ease.