We’re entering a rare stretch of calendar calm.
Today is Victoria Day in Canada.
Next Monday, Americans will observe Memorial Day.
Two weeks, two countries, two holidays—each one offering a gift we often ignore:
Empty time.
Not idle time.
Not wasted time.
Not time to catch up or get ahead.
Just… time.
Without plans.
Without pressure.
Without productivity attached.
That’s the part we struggle with.
We’re conditioned to fill time the moment we see it.
Even holidays come with to-do lists: errands, cleaning, socializing, “finally getting around to…” something.
But what if we let at least part of these holiday stretches be empty on purpose?
What if we treated time the way James Taylor once described it—not as something to fill, but something to float in?
“We’re so used to stuffing time, packing it tight with tasks, that when we see open space on the calendar, we panic. We either fill it… or we flee from it.”
Empty time isn’t passive. It’s powerful.
It’s time that invites us to be—not to do.
It’s where rest meets reflection.
Where presence meets potential.
Where nothing needs to happen… and that’s what makes everything possible.
So if you’re reading this on a holiday, or near one—notice where the space is.
Then don’t fill it.
Feel it.
