The Single Best Way To Fill Gaps In Your Day

Murder hornets. Betty White. Lizard brains. Letting love win.

David Hewlett
5 min readOct 13, 2020
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash.

If you are anything like me, 2020 has left you with some extra time you didn’t have before.

Right now I don’t have to commute to work, which is a huge relief in itself, and I don’t have a tenth of the social commitments I did this time last year. Excuse me while I mourn the loss of Fall house parties and the death of my Halloween couple’s costume. It was supposed to be a taco and hot sauce; I’ll let you guess which one I was going as.

While the chaos of the year has certainly brought more of, well, a lot of things we didn’t want…

Social Division…

Racial Injustice…

Wildfires…

Anxiety & Unease…

Murder Hornets(???)…

to name just a few.

It has also brought with it…less.

Less meetings. Less pressure to say “yes” to obligations. Less time spent shopping. Choose your own adventure here — what comes to mind that you have devoted less time to as a result of the events of this year?

My guess is you also have gaps in your schedule and have been wondering the same thing I have:

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David Hewlett
David Hewlett

Written by David Hewlett

Storyteller, adventurer, and trampoline enthusiast who loves to ask and discover answers to the question: How can I craft the best story possible with my life?