Head Space Daily Words...

As Charles Bradley - the screaming eagle of soul - accompanied me on my train journey on Wednesday, I took a moment to rest my pulsating, multi tasking brain and consider the future joy of relaxing on holiday - doing nothing but contemplating beer, wine, food, sun, sea and a good book. The only real task is remembering how to put the tent up. In between writing these words, as I traveled towards a work meeting, I would pause to bite an apple, resuming writing as I chewed each mouthful. Do we ever focus on just one thing at a time anymore? In the morning I tidied the house, dropped my youngest son at school, sent some work e mails, took the car to the garage, spent 20 minutes on hold to HMRC,  composed an e mail to the parents of my Under 10s football team, completed a tax return, attempted to collect a parcel from a shop  which was closed, picked up the car, then found myself en route to the aforementioned work meeting, writing these words and munching an apple at precisely 11.42. With the meeting over by 12.45, my next appointment was for my sons sports day at 2PM. Lunch was eaten on the train journey home and after arriving bang on time, I witnessed hearty sports day fun. With sports day over, I collected the parcel, cooked dinner, read to my son, sent more work related e mails, then attended a meeting of our football team in a local bar, so the day was rounded off with a beer. In a few weeks time, several days will be rounded off with a beer, feet up, listening to the sea, my multi tasking brain relaxed for a short time at least...