Sometimes we all need a round tuit

Thirty-some years ago the father of a guy I was dating gave me a round tuit. I wish I still had it. It was a disk that said in small letters around the edges, “When you need to get…” and in larger letters in the center it said “A Round Tuit.” I’m sure I speak for many of you when I say sometimes we all need to get a round tuit. We have “so much to do” in regards to work or other stuff (a lot of which are time wasters, such as spending too much time on social media) that doing little things like saying “I appreciate you” get lost in the busy-ness of our lives and are not said or done. Which is sad.

“We need a little prodding to get out of bed, get things accomplished, and be productive. It’s natural to slack sometimes (to be “lazy” as some people will put it, though I prefer to say “motivationally challenged), but other days we want to get up and be Productive, with a capital P. Or, to quote my 20-something year old son. “Get Shit Done!!”

While millions of people are practicing safe distancing and staying home, they may feel some days that there’s really no point in getting up and about, though holding the couch down all the time is not a good way to spend one’s precious time. In this time of stay-at-home orders, we could all be clearing off our to-do lists. Maybe keeping an image in our heads of that cute little keychain with the positive motivational message “A Round Tuit” will help.

As it happens, life often doesn’t allow us to wallow in bed (ok, pre-pandemic this was more the case than it is now…