My husband and I went to see the newly-released disaster flick, ‘2012’ last weekend.
What an amazing epic! It was as far-fetched as they come, and packed with incredible special effects – California breaking up and sliding into the Pacific, tectonic plates and magnetic poles in uproar, quakes, floods, fires, tsunamis washing over Everest – the works. It was ridiculous. I cried at least four times, and was completely absorbed, to the point of being almost disoriented when we emerged from the theatre at the end of the movie. After a busy week, it felt terrific to shelve ‘real life’ for a couple of hours and utterly escape, mentally.
When was the last time you allowed yourself to escape into a fantasy world?
What activities work best for you in engaging your thoughts to the point of blotting other things out? Movies, books, music, dancing, meditation, exercise, time with friends or something else?
We’re heading into one of the busiest times of the year for many people, and it’s easy to allow stress to creep up on us. Protect yourself from this by building in a few ‘buffers’ between now and Christmas that will allow you to escape, unwind and give yourself a mental ‘mini-break’. Schedule them in your diary today.
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