My perfect day
September 28th, 2018 by Bob Bly
Surely there are some days you feel are just perfect days for
you.
I am no different. I have perfect days. And recently, subscriber
BG asked me, “Bob, what does a perfect day for you look like?”
That’s easy to answer, because I have the scenario of my perfect
day well-established in my mind. So here it is.
To begin with, I wake up very early — around 6:30am — feel full
of energy and enthusiasm, and can’t wait to rush downstairs to
my office and get started.
When I look out the office window onto my acre of woods in the
back yard, the usual deer show up and parade slowly by.
Sometimes a fox or coyote, too.
It’s raining. The weather is cool. The sky is gray. Cloudy. No sun.
I open the window a few inches so I can better hear the sound of
the rain as it strikes the leaves on the trees and also enjoy the
cool air.
I have no phone calls scheduled. I have no appointments, which
means I do not have to leave the house, and I can work on what I
want that day, when I want to.
I have plenty of deadlines, but nothing due that week, adding
another degree of freedom to my schedule for that day.
I fire up the CD player so there is music in the background as I
work. I have wide-ranging tastes, so it could be anything from
Brahms to Barry Manilow, to John Williams and Wazmo Nariz, to
Jimmy Smith and Ian Dury.
There is left-over coffee in the pot, which I microwave,
eliminating the need for me to brew a fresh pot; I actually
prefer the day-old reheated.
My work schedule is filled with a variety of interesting and fun
projects: copywriting for clients, writing my current book, and
working on my online info marketing business.
My wife, sons, daughter-in-law, and sister are having relatively
good days with no major problems, and seem happy and in a good
mood. No one has a cold, flu, or is otherwise sick.
There are no headaches that day, such as the internet not working
or a shingle blowing off the roof or a tree falling and crushing
our fence — which happened recently.
I have no social engagements, so I can just concentrate on work.
I almost never socialize during the work week.
I work about 11 to 12 hours and knock off at around 6pm EST.
Then, I read a book and, if someone picked it up from Walgreen’s,
the newspaper … and, if I have it, the latest issue of the New
York Review of Books.
My wife is either cooking or we have prepared food to heat up —
something I really like, such as eggplant casserole.
If there’s a TV show or two my wife enjoys, I sit in the living
room and we watch it together, though I read at the same time.
The Middle was a particular favorite, though it was just
cancelled.
I go to bed early, around 10pm, so I have good energy when I wake
up early the next day.
And that’s my perfect day. What about yours?
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