How Would You Know?

The problem with an ‘ideal’ week is that you are very unlikely to know it is happening. You have to be entirely present in everything for seven days in order to achieve that level of ideal. I think you can have ideal days and, at a stretch, an ideal weekend, but an ideal week is out of the scope of most of us.

Even if you could have things come together, you are not likely to be able to see the ideal nature of a period of time until afterwards. Then, are you judging it properly? Are you looking back through rose coloured glasses? So many questions, so much over thinking! I guess that’s the problem isn’t it? You need a level of simplicity and level headedness that most of us don’t share. With all of the caveats above, the weekend just gone was pretty much ideal. We went to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to watch Arsenal Women win 4-1, then took the train down to Eastbourne and had a very pleasant late afternoon and evening there. The following day we started with a lovely walk along the beach, explored the town and then went to Eastbourne Town Ladies ground to watch my daughter’s team win 6-2 in the First Qualifying Round of the Women’s F A Cup. Today we are back home and my wife and I are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary – Coral apparently – with a quietish day.

So, there you have it. Sometimes you can get close to ideal if you don’t plan, don’t have preconceived assumptions and just take life as it comes. Trying to plan for an ideal week cannot work in my opinion.