Friday reflections everyday life are not always about plans or energy, but about rest, coughing and a body that sets the pace.
🇸🇪 Read the Swedish version here
➡️Fredagstankar – två veckor sjuk men ändå i rörelse på mitt sätt
This Friday I land softly – in the small things, in the unfinished and in a week that did not turn out the way I had imagined.
And maybe that is where life happens sometimes.
In the little moments.
In what never became.
🤧 Friday reflections everyday life – a week in fever tempo
It has been a rather dull week here at home.
Not because of conflict or unpleasantness, but because I have been sick – just like last week.
Runny nose, coughing and fever on and off every day.
In the morning I wake up thinking: now, now I’m well.
I drink my coffee and quickly realise I fooled myself, because soon I need the blanket again.
I have become so sensitive to fever.
I freeze deep in my bones when it rises and feel completely drained.
Still, I am grateful for the time.
Days where I have let go of the structures I usually hold on to.
My body longs for swimming, but right now I don’t have the strength.
Training with fever is not wise.
And maybe it isn’t my body that misses it – maybe it’s my thoughts.
Two weeks of aches, fever and a cold where my nose runs, I sneeze, cough and simply think: I want to be well again.
It is strange how Friday reflections everyday life are often born in these moments – when the pace slows down and the body says stop.
🚗 Friday reflections everyday life in small steps
Still, we managed to get a few things done.
Two painkillers and a trip to Uddevalla to sort out an ID card and a quick visit to the bank.
But that is about it.
Studying – nope, not at all.
Instead, I have been updating and polishing old blog posts. Quite a lot actually.
How many posts have I written over the years?
Around 3,500.
And there, between tissues and coughing, I find something comforting.
Dusting off old words.
Seeing that I have been here for a long time.
👉 A bit like in my library posts where old texts get a new life.
➡️ The workplace, responsibility and the courage to be an adult
🌮 Friday is still Friday
And in the middle of all this, something warm remains.
This morning we are picking up a little boy named Alfred.
His mum is working and I haven’t seen him in a while, so it will be lovely to have him here.
He has already decided that grandpa will make tacos.
Friday tacos.
And there must be nacho chips with melted cheese – I think that is what he is really looking forward to.
And suddenly, Friday feels warmer.
💭 Friday reflections everyday life – reflection
This week teaches me something I already know.
Life does not always move forward.
Sometimes it is rest.
Sometimes it is tissues, coughing and a blanket around your shoulders.
But also old blog posts, small errands and a child longing for tacos.
And maybe that is life.
Not what we plan – but what happens anyway.
Perhaps that is why I write my Friday reflections everyday life.
To notice what would otherwise pass unnoticed.
❓ A question for you
What are you like when your body says stop?
Do you listen, or do you keep pushing forward?
💛 Between the lines – my voice
This post is not only about being sick.
It is about not losing direction.
I rested.
I dusted old words.
I stayed close to everyday life.
And I reminded myself that warmth can exist in something as simple as melted cheese on Friday nachos.
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🌱 Final words
Yesterday has already come to rest in history.
Tomorrow waits somewhere ahead.
But right now – this is where life happens.
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