How to spend your Sunday.

Have no weekend plans? Don't wanna end up sitting on a bar stool for hours or sitting on your couch watching TV while trying to think of stuff to do? Try being productive. And surrounding yourself with motivated people. Not indecisive people who are just content sitting still doing nothing all day. I find that to sort of bring me down.

Try making a list. And then just start doing things. But don't sit around planning them too much or overthinking them.

I made a list Friday and I accomplished everything on my list (except for getting a cat... because the cat owner was working). By Sunday night I felt so accomplished.

If you live in the Central Florida area and haven't been to Gemini Springs, you should check it out. It's in DeBary. Good for a low-key day when you don't really want to deal with a busy Springs and you don't need to go in the water. (I'm told the Springs there used to be for swimming but have since become contaminated.) Anyway, you can enjoy walking and biking trails, fields where you can play ball, playgrounds and animal watching. We saw plenty of fish, birds, squirrels, etc. I'm also told there are peacocks there. And gators. But we didn't see any.

It was nice to be outside all day. It rained for a bit but playing in the rain sort of reminds me of being a child so I enjoy it--as long as there's no lightning.

Another thing I would like to stress is to just allow yourself to be free. Just because we aren't children anymore doesn't mean we can't sometimes act like we are. Today I described our hangout time as "playing" and I was sure to hit up the swing set. My friend and I, ages 29 and 26, ended up on the swings where a boy, no older than 8, soon joined us. It felt so good to be doing something so carefree.

Playgrounds are a good way to reduce stress and act like a kid again. (This photo is not Gemini Springs. It's a different playground I enjoy.)

After Gemini Springs and yoga, I saw the film Food, Inc., which reminded me of The Future of Food. Both documentaries were informative and made some good points. You might want to check them out if you're interested in health and where your food comes from. Warning though, Food, Inc. might gross you out if you happen to be a meat-eater.

This is sort of backtracking but another suggested activity for feeling like a kid again is coloring. Or painting. If you haven't done either of those things in a long time, you should try it. There's something therapeutic about it. Something we all probably did as kids but might never think of doing. You can purchase coloring books at the dollar store. You can purchase crayons there as well but you might want to get some Crayola if you don't want too many thick waxy streaks.

Remember, Frank Sinatra sang it best:
"Fairy tales can come true,
It can happen to you,
If you're young at heart..."