I need more time in the day. Who doesn’t? I mean, how often do you think to yourself it would be amazing if there were 3 of you, or if you could just push pause on your day to get everything done before you push play and do all the great stuff you’re always meaning to get to.
So if you had three extra minutes in your day, what would you do with it? I can think of a lot of things right off the top of my head, can’t you? I know, 3 minutes isn’t much but it’s something. If my day had 24 hours and 3 minutes I would:
- pluck my eyebrows
- paint my nails
- sleep in one extra snooze
- trim my bangs
- read a magazine article
- sit down for a quick cup of tea
- stay in the shower 3 minutes longer
- sit. and do absolutely. nothing
- knit a couple rows on a blanket
- walk in my garden
- sit on the front porch in the sun
I could list things endlessly. Call a friend, send a quick keep -in-touch email, call my mom, etc. etc. But what I’d really love to do is have an extra 3 minutes at the beach with my family.
There is literally not another place on this earth my family would rather be than on a beach somewhere, playing in the sand.
Viktor spent his teenage years surfing every chance he had; he kept a surf board on top of his car and swim trunks in the back, just in case there was an opportunity, say in English class last period *cough, cough* to head to the beach and hit some waves.
I spend my childhood driving across the Mojave desert in an 11-passenger powder blue van with seven siblings on our way to Monterey, California and all beaches south. I lived for our annual trips to the ocean.
We’d really love to be living in a beachfront cottage somewhere warm, but we’re landlocked in Utah.
So in the end if I were somehow miraculously granted an extra three minutes, I’d happily spend it toes in the sand, family by my side.
What about you? What would you do with an extra three minutes? What about an extra 15 or even an hour?
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Allison
Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
I hear you! Just never seems to be enough hours in the day, and to top it off I heard this morning on a TV show that not enough sleep can reduce the collegen in your face. Ugh!
That’s hilarious, I read that in an article last night! It’s true, among other terrible things lack of sleep does, it makes you look old!
I am a beach gal too — I would spend it in Dewey Beach with my entire extended family … just soaking in the sun and sand and eating ice cream with my kiddos!
Oh man, I’m aching for the beach now! I can almost smell it….
I can smell the salty sea, and sand, I feel my toes in the squishy moist sand just at the edge, smell the seaweed, I just knew that was Huntington Beach! Scrolling down I said wait a minute! I know that beach! Thats Huntington! Not very often you find seaweed at Huntington Beach though! Or I should say in the past, I grew up in Laguna Beach, moved and went to high school in Arcadia, moved back to the beach in my 20’s, 1st Huntington, worked right on main st a block from coast hwy, then Newport and worked my way back to Laguna, then met and married my husband and we traveled and had children and moved to Asheville NC! Been here 30 yrs. Brother loves in Huntington, go there when I can. Had to tell all this, don’t know why!
Love your blog, your children are adorable, and no it doesn’t matter what they wear, within reason, as long as they are happy! My granddaughter walked up to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s the other day with everything backwards! (age 3) I just laughed and said oh! we’re having a backwards day! How fun! Life needs to be full of fun and laughter! We grow up to quick!
Live well Laugh often love much!!
Carol, thank you for the comment! I’m so glad you said something.
It is Huntington Beach and I’ll tell you what, it’s my favorite beach ever, as long as Monterey isn’t in contention. HB is such a great family beach though, so fun to watch the surf contests and play in the shallow water and search for shells, and at the end of the day we all put sweatshirts on over our sandy bodies and head to Ruby’s at the end of the pier for hot chocolate and dolphin watching.
It’s magical.
S did NOT put that giant seaweed thing on her?! What?! I would be shocked for life. They need to add another phobia to the list, and that thing would be on my list. :)
…seriously!
ps. me…live for the beach!
She totally did! My kids are totally animal creatures at the beach. They roll around in the sand and put it in their hair, and then get sticky in the water and do it all over again. It’s hilarious.
That picture probably gave you shivers, right?
We need a girls beach trip. YES? Yes.