Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Adult Recess
What do you know about this "Adult Recess" thing? And, if you forgive me for asking how often do you get it?
And when you do get it, do you think it's what this article in Natural Awakenings Magazine means when the events planner says she gave herself a very adult recess, once a week, at least, for the last eight years:
Or maybe this kind of recess like what my friend Christopher Noxon describes in Rejuvenile? The Capture the Flag and Kickball kind?
Or are we talking about the whole thing? The entire range of the Adult-perpetrated Recess-like, actual time spent doing only what you want to be doing experience?
How often do you get to take recess? Adult recess. Of any kind. Enough? Alot? Ever?
Hmmm?
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
And when you do get it, do you think it's what this article in Natural Awakenings Magazine means when the events planner says she gave herself a very adult recess, once a week, at least, for the last eight years:
"I’ve made a weekly date with myself to do what feeds my soul. I start with a fun-to-do list that changes as I change. As I add things and cross things off, it punches through the inertia of 'Someday I’ll do that when…' It feels good when I look at how much I’ve done. And I can always repeat special treats. There’s no set time. I just fit it in each week.Or do you mean the kind of adult recess that this article describes as taking place for 15 minutes every working day when " workers at Masel in Bristol, PA., (are) engaged in outside water-balloon tosses and basketball...indoor remote-control-car races, electric-slide dances in the lunchroom, and games of Simon Says."?
"Nothing I do depends on another person’s schedule or preferences. This is guilt-free soul food and mind candy that inspires and makes every day more productive. One afternoon I splashed around acting silly at the water park. One week I recorded my favorite television show and gave myself a manicure and pedicure while I watched all five episodes. I like to make appointments with friends on the other side of the world simply for the joy of conversing. On an Alaska tour I visited the Anchorage library to look up things just for fun, not because I could use them at work. My latest craze is sudoku number puzzles."
Or maybe this kind of recess like what my friend Christopher Noxon describes in Rejuvenile? The Capture the Flag and Kickball kind?
Or are we talking about the whole thing? The entire range of the Adult-perpetrated Recess-like, actual time spent doing only what you want to be doing experience?
How often do you get to take recess? Adult recess. Of any kind. Enough? Alot? Ever?
Hmmm?
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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