OK, true confession time Friends. Today, I called in sick from the job search. I can honestly say this is one of the very few times that I let myself relax about the job search for most of the day. Weekends, holidays, even if we’ve done a bit of travelling, the job search is always at the forefront of my mind, even if there is logistically nothing I can do about it during that time.
Good friends of ours invited my husband and I to the Phillies game today. The game started at 3:00 p.m. so we headed down early to enjoy the beautiful day, the amazing Citizens Bank Park and our favorite team. The Phillies received their 2009 National League Championship Rings and that event brought back the excitement and joy that we experienced last year and made us look even more forward to the upcoming months of Phillies baseball.
Spending the day in the middle of the workweek with my husband and my friends in the warmth and sunshine while watching my favorite team is priceless for sure, but I would also call it “decadent”.
Whatever you’re going through in life, allow yourself a little decadence. Don’t apologize for it and don’t feel selfish about it. Close your eyes, feel the sun on your skin, the light breeze blowing from center field, listen to the crowd, the vendors, the crack of the bat, smell the peanuts and Cracker Jack (and no, I don’t care if I never get back), root root root for the home team, and if they don’t win it’s a shame (they didn’t).
And just like the Phillies, tomorrow I will do my job and step to the plate again in the game that is the job search.