staying at home more

I am a big fan of staying at home. I like to go out, but once home, I like to stay home. In today's fast speed world, sometimes we all feel overscheduled, and I wonder if this is good for us as human beings. I think it is healthy for kids to have unscheduled free play time, and the same for parents....that we way can calmly get our life chores done, without the hazzle frazzle hurry up and rush cause I gotta go somewhere as soon as I fold this laundry....stress.

With my son, I encourage him to do extra curricular stuff, but only one at a time....right now he is doing a martial art.

Dad is doing trailrunning.

I teach Cardio Bellydance and attend Zumba.....

I wish we had more down time though. Does anyone else feel this way besides me?
But what to take out?? Nothing! Mike needs exercise, as do I, so we can live long and have a quality life in our elder years....excercise IS the fountain of youth!.... and what would we tell our child, only we get to do stuff not you??

When the little girl joins some ballet class as soon as she is old enough to walk (ha!) then we will be even busier....where does it end??

I am very careful about not doing too much, but even in being careful of this, I don't think I am reaching my goal here.

I know you are waiting for the point, and the big solution...but I JUST don't have one..... do you?? What would YOU take out of your week??

100 years ago, we wouldn't have a choice, because we probly didn't have a car...so going anywhere involved a long trek in a wagon or on a horse....maybe that is the solution? Get a horse, lose the car, save the world and not need oil that pollutes the beaches when someone screws up and breaks a pipe?....It sounds great...you go first though, let me know how it works?? How would dad get to work in the winter??

I just want a calmer slower life....anyone else?