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posted on 7/1/09 by ldelaney

"If you don’t have an activity in your life that causes you to lose track of time, you need to find something."--Gordon Livingston, psychiatrist and author of Never Stop Dancing

I am a sucker for a good quote. I read entire books just to find the one nugget ... and I collect them all in a word doc on my computer (some make it into the magazine). I love this one. It's a reminder that the things we call "hobbies"--knitting, painting, reading, running, swimming--are not the trite time-wasters that some people think they are. In fact, many of us who love these things call them "guilty pleasures" ... but I think, as Dr. Livingstone, I presume (!) does, that they are NECESSITIES. They are essential parts of a healthy life. I don't have enough of these healthy pastimes, really. Reading and running are really the only things I can get lost in. But most of the time when I'm doing them, I'm not lost enough--my head is to occupied with what to have for dinner, when I have to pick Johnny up from wherever he is, what's next on my agenda. But it's those moments when I'm transported out of the day to day that I truly cherish. Here's a promise I will become more single minded, and get lost a little bit more often.

What causes you to lose all track of time???? Share!

Lisa D

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TO LOSE TRACK OF TIME , I WILL BURY MYSELF IN A GOOD BOOK, IN THE RECLINER WITH MY FEET UP, AFTER RUNNING ALL DAY AT WORK,,GO PULL WEEDS IN MY FLOWER GARDEN,WHICH FOR ME IS RELAXING CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR, OR I WILL PLAY A GAME ON THE COMPUTER TO "UNWIND" MY BRAIN..
brandyn
7/8/09 9:06 AM
Hi Lisa,
I have signed up for The Big Weigh In Newsletter two times now and each time it says to click on the link in my e-mail. I have done this for a week now and there never is an e-mail that was sent. I have checked the junk box as well as old mail and new mail but nothing from you guys. Can you tell me what is happening and is this site still in operation?
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chesleyj
7/18/09 10:24 PM
I have signed up two times for the magazine and have yet to recieve an e-mail stating this is valid. I have also posted e-mails asking questions about this over the last 2 weeks and have never received a response. Does anyone out there know if this site is legit or not?
chesleyj
7/22/09 2:23 PM

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