Heavy Lifting

I am in the midst of a huge moving project. My parents have passed onto the next adventure and left us a house packed with treasures, trash, and lots of history. Our task has been to sort, toss, distribute, donate, and preserve what needs it, consolidate and move out of our house so we can sell it. To that end, we are always moving things, sorting things, cleaning things, and looking them over.

This weekend was particularly productive, but I am going to need help with some of the heavy lifting. Fortunately we can move all the lighter things and leave the heavy pieces for a group of hired helpers with a truck. Somehow that still leaves me doing a lot of lifting, bending, stooping etc. and somehow I am not getting more limber, younger, or skinnier.

I wish you could really work your ass off, and other body parts as well. That would be a handy body hack. In fact, I would bet lots of people would be willing to work physically hard if certain parts of the body would shrink in repayment. Now there is a concept that should be in a story. Who should I talk to about negotiating that?

Back to the original idea; with all the heavy lifting I have been doing, sitting in my recliner at the end of a long day feels amazing. While I am looking forward to being settled and not in the midst of a huge project, I wonder if I am going to miss it? The last time I went to the doctor, she recommended 30 minutes of walking. I haven’t had time after doing everything, but I will when things settle down again. I wonder if that will feel half as challenging.

In any case, enjoy the heavy lifting in your life. We all have big projects and small ones, never ending tasks, and the thing that gets you up in the middle of the night. As aggravating as it may be, enjoy the journey to finding a solution. Embrace the challenge of working your heart out, and emerge victorious!

When you get a chance to kick back in your recliner, sprawl and enjoy. You earned a rest and pick up a book to transport you to somewhere fantastic, maybe even a green sky world where humans and dragons are becoming friends.

Happy reading!