Most people in Sydney complain about their commute to work. I have to say that I think my husband and I have made a good thing out of a potentially frustrating thing.
A couple of times a week J runs to his stored kayak and kayaks across the harbour to his work. Of course this is the labour intensive way to commute but he loves it. He gets his 'me time' and gets fit too. My one day of work has been a blessing after four years of full-time parenting. I love going to work. I get brain stimulation and adult contact. My Thursday is also my Monday and my Friday wrapped in one!
I have to leave the house just before 7am to get across Spit Bridge before it gets really hectic but I am not complaining. Each work day (when I don't get a lift with a friend) my 'me time' is in the car with a podcast - usually from Conversations with Richard Fidler - and this morning I stumbled on a beauty!
"Hara Estroff Marano is Editor-at-Large of Psychology Today in the US. She argues that modern attitudes to parenting mean anxious mums and dads are crowding out the unsupervised play that kids used to enjoy. As a result children don't get much opportunity to solve their own problems, to practise co-operation and to test their leadership skills. She is the author of the provocative book A Nation of Wimps." (http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/03/10/3160467.htm, [n.d.])
Hara's podcast was based around the fact that unsupervised play
You can listen to the podcast (or download it) here.
A couple of times a week J runs to his stored kayak and kayaks across the harbour to his work. Of course this is the labour intensive way to commute but he loves it. He gets his 'me time' and gets fit too. My one day of work has been a blessing after four years of full-time parenting. I love going to work. I get brain stimulation and adult contact. My Thursday is also my Monday and my Friday wrapped in one!
I have to leave the house just before 7am to get across Spit Bridge before it gets really hectic but I am not complaining. Each work day (when I don't get a lift with a friend) my 'me time' is in the car with a podcast - usually from Conversations with Richard Fidler - and this morning I stumbled on a beauty!
"Hara Estroff Marano is Editor-at-Large of Psychology Today in the US. She argues that modern attitudes to parenting mean anxious mums and dads are crowding out the unsupervised play that kids used to enjoy. As a result children don't get much opportunity to solve their own problems, to practise co-operation and to test their leadership skills. She is the author of the provocative book A Nation of Wimps." (http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/03/10/3160467.htm, [n.d.])
Hara's podcast was based around the fact that unsupervised play
You can listen to the podcast (or download it) here.
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