Not Mickey D's. well.. I guess it could be.... Just a break anywhere even if you're mated... a mini one..
Victor?
Yes?
WHO are YOU to give RELATIONSHIP advice? NO. NO. NO. NO. And besides... do you think you're Dear Abby or something?
Well... no.. Just relating what I see, and, what, to me, helps along life's path. Googling about the benefits of 'a break' brings a long, long list of benefits.
Breaks help prevent and reduce stress.
What's so stressy Victor? Ahm, when's the last time you had your buddies over for burgers? Did you have to take out a loan? Steal from your IRA?
Breaks can enhance your mood.
Victor, if you're gonna talk R rated (again) I gotta warnya, there ain't been a woman to read this blog in three weeks or so prolly. I know I know, and I'm not. I speak to current mood. It seems we're all on edge (and all, or most of us, guilty). Pleasant conversations, especially social network ones, go astray in a heartbeat. Mudslinging, defriending, "snooze for 30 days on (so and so)".. I think we, most, have been there. It's trying.
Breaks help improve your physical health.
I know personally, I will never gallop the 600 yard dash or do many pull-ups - but, the saying for us old farts, "If you don't move, you die" I really think is true.
Breaks restore your motivation.
I resemble needing that. Old age makes "No" easier to say on invites. We shouldn't so much, and really I ain't trying to be Joel Olsteen, just trying to help us all.
Breaks fuel your creativity.
Victor? Yeah? You've been blogging damn near every day. OK OK OK, I get it, and you're right. I will take one, no promises on improving creativity, that's a tough one for me.
Breaks improve your memory and learning.
Cant hurt, huh?
Breaks allow you to reassess and keep an overview.
OK Google, I call BS on this one. Sure, maybe this fits the working world, whippersnappers.. us old folks, that sounds too much like "Linkedin" or, "When's the last time you updated your resume'? Not no's but hells to the no's. Gee Officer Krupke, you've done it again.
Breaks prevent fatigue and improve concentration.
I can go for that, oh oh oh........ Ahm, Victor. You've butchered the lyrics to that Hall and Oates song for years. It's "I can't go for that, no no no.." I dunno about your fatigue, but mebbe a break could improve your damn concentration.
Breaks improve your mental health and overall wellbeing.
OK, joshing aside - I think we have a huge mental health issue today. Who knows 'the why', and I'm certain the reasons are many. From personal observation, better healthcare, easier access too could, would certainly help - but hey, a break is inexpensive, I think we oughta heed.
Breaks increase your productivity.
Again, sounds kinda Linkedin, resume'ish, go, be an atta boy, but too... I put things off (cleaning, laundry, everday stuff...) then, worry about it twofold. A break certainly couldnt hurt..
Of breaks: You fer sure don't need my help here. For one, it may be a trip to the Library and that real comfy easy chair they got there, a good book and quiet.. For another, it may be a week in St. Thomas.... to yet another, maybe a spin to Lexington MO to see the cannonball that's lodged in the courthouse column.... or, mebbe a month or three in Mehico.
Or, maybe even simply McDonalds. Ahm, among my McDonalds visits I remember:
1. Learning I was old... "Black coffee please...." "Thanks, and here's your Senior Coffee!"
2.A four year old grandchild, maybe three, don't remember, in the playroom, standing up, holding the plate of pancakes I just helped 'em get two tubs of syrup on, look me in the eye, and flip it over so it all falls on the floor.
3. As the order taker gave me my total and said "Please go ahead and pull to the first window" so... I did. And I hear the lady in the adjacent lane holler "IT'S EVERY OTHER CAR YOU IDIOT".
4. Ordering from the app, then pulling up to the speaker... "BN47 for Vic, and, can I get a small water with that?" The speaker lady says "I cant add to your order, you'll have to tell them at the window".... and, this stressy old fart thinks to himself, a multibillion dollar industry and there ain't no way to notify 'em I want a water? Two tin cans and some string mebbe? So's, I gets to the window... "Here's your buy one get one sausage biscuit sir.." Hey thanks, can I add a small water to that? "OK, but I'll have to ask you to pull forward to stall number two and we'll get it."
Maybe Burger King would be better anyways. They're flame broiled too.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em. No, that ain't it. Just take a break, perty please. We all need 'em.
Love, Victurd
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