It was one of those days. Hard to get out of bed in the morning (brrr the floor was cold) and I was almost leisurely in my approach to the whole day.  I bundled the kids off to the bus, took the dude to preschool and came home to a quiet house.

And then . .  I was pretty unproductive the whole, entire day.

I spent over an hour “waking up the critters”. Let the chickens out to free range and cut up a cabbage for the ducks.  Tossed some old apples to the rabbits. Shared around pats and hello’s and checked everyone out.

See. Leisurely.

sat down. did a few work things. Chatted with friends. Made tea.

Changed laundry. got groceries. Might even have dozed off for a sec.

Had a shower.  yawned (must be still tired from that nap)

A throughly unproductive day.

I didn’t even get the dishes done before i had to pick the dude up at pre-school.

Oh. and I went to town and bought an apple corer. That was a big moment.

For a moment I felt bad about my “wasted day”. And then I shut that down. I ticked a variety of teeny, tiny “not urgent” boxes off my list.

It made me realize it isn’t about how much you get done in a day, it is about how much you do. 

I didn’t get a lot done. I didn’t cross a lot off my list, or check a tonne of boxes and I certainly didn’t change the world today, but I did do a lot.  I enjoyed every morsel my day brought to me without the panic of rushing through to get it done.

The next time you are feeling un-productive with your day, change your focus and start seeing what you did do.. NOT what you didn’t.

I had a wonderfully productive un-productive day.