Sometimes We Just Need A "Do Nothing" Day

[HobieMarty]

Yep, we all have things that we feel need to be done like yesterday, but sometimes we just need to rest and do nothing and that's okay.
I have to keep telling myself this so I will actually believe it, lol.
Happy Saturday y'all!!!

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[masraum]

I don't need convincing, but my wife does...

[LWJ]

Agree!

Also, I have seen on many occasions that we need permission from someone/somewhere to do something.

I think a do nothing day is awesome. Maybe tomorrow?

[sc_rufctr]

2 or 3 days a month. Any more than that and I start to get behind.

[oldE]

Cue up Gordon Lightfoot's "Another Lazy Morning "

[HobieMarty]

Haha, so much for that. I was asked to take a look at my mother-in-law's car, wouldn't start and she said it was leaking something. So, off I go with some jumper cables and a flashlight. She just had a transmission installed in her car a couple of weeks ago, had not driven the car since last Tuesday. I got to the car and she already had the hood up so that was nice. I looked under the car and sure enough, there was a wet spot on the pavement which turned out to be transmission fluid, and I found the source of the leak to be the upper transmission cooling line. I also checked the lower cooling line and it also had some fresh red transmission fluid on the underside of it as well, not sure if it leaking there or if fluid had run down from the top line and this was just residual fluid. Anyhoo, the car will go back to the shop that installed the transmission and they will fix it next week. I jumped the car off and let it run a while, shut it off and started it right up so, she may need a new battery. The battery is from Napa and it has August and 6 punched out but not sure what that means exactly, 2016? 2026? Anyhoo, it is hot out there and now I need a nap, lol.

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[herr_oberst]

Sometimes when "the projects" aren't "working" and things just go downhill, I'll step back and ask if it wouldn't be better to just try again when the planets are closer to alignment. I know that there will be days when "the projects" are "working out" so well that I can do way more than I'd planned because things just fall into place almost without trying.

[Por_sha911]

It was already suggested thousands of years ago. It is called Sabbath.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

It was already suggested thousands of years ago. It is called Sabbath.

Truth!!!

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[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Sometimes when "the projects" aren't "working" and things just go downhill, I'll step back and ask if it wouldn't be better to just try again when the planets are closer to alignment. I know that there will be days when "the projects" are "working out" so well that I can do way more than I'd planned because things just fall into place almost without trying.

And here I thought I was the only one who felt like this. There are times when, say for instance, I want to do some yard work and everything is fighting me, nothing wants to run right and it feels like a battle. Sometimes I will fight through it and other times I will leave it to another day. It can be very frustrating to say the least.

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[look 171]

Originally Posted by HobieMarty

Haha, so much for that. I was asked to take a look at my mother-in-law's car, wouldn't start and she said it was leaking something. So, off I go with some jumper cables and a flashlight. She just had a transmission installed in her car a couple of weeks ago, had not driven the car since last Tuesday. I got to the car and she already had the hood up so that was nice. I looked under the car and sure enough, there was a wet spot on the pavement which turned out to be transmission fluid, and I found the source of the leak to be the upper transmission cooling line. I also checked the lower cooling line and it also had some fresh red transmission fluid on the underside of it as well, not sure if it leaking there or if fluid had run down from the top line and this was just residual fluid. Anyhoo, the car will go back to the shop that installed the transmission and they will fix it next week. I jumped the car off and let it run a while, shut it off and started it right up so, she may need a new battery. The battery is from Napa and it has August and 6 punched out but not sure what that means exactly, 2016? 2026? Anyhoo, it is hot out there and now I need a nap, lol.

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A little accomplishment without a getting oil running one's arm pit, beating on bolts without success and lots of cussing is a great. I call that a none productive day.

One of the reason I am lnot retired is that, by the second or third day, I go nuts.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by look 171

A little accomplishment without a getting oil running one's arm pit, beating on bolts without success and lots of cussing is a great. I call that a none productive day.



One of the reason I am lnot retired is that, by the second or third day, I go nuts.

Yeah, I didn't have to do much and the wifey was happy so... all good. Lol.

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[porsche tech]

There’s been a lot of do nothing days around here lately…too hot to do anything outside. Extreme heat warnings every day. Went out this morning and fixed 3 leaks in sprinkler drip lines (stupid squirrels chew them). Came back in drenched and not from the sprinkler.

[Por_sha911]

and the wifey was happy

"When momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"
In your case, you got rest from an unhappy household member. That is a win.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

There’s been a lot of do nothing days around here lately…too hot to do anything outside. Extreme heat warnings every day. Went out this morning and fixed 3 leaks in sprinkler drip lines (stupid squirrels chew them). Came back in drenched and not from the sprinkler.

When I was checking out my mother-in-law's car today it was very hot. The heat index here in Alabama was 103 today and expected to be hotter tomorrow.

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[wdfifteen]

"The problem with doing nothing is, you never know if you're finished."

[flatbutt]

Sometimes I actually have nothing to do, so that's what I do.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Sometimes I actually have nothing to do, so that's what I do.

Doing nothing is still doing something!

Hey that needs to be on a t-shirt!!! Lol.

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