Post 1384, Day 68 of 2015
- 1,529 days since I started this blog -
- 1,529 days since I started this blog -
Have I mentioned before that Daylight Savings Time is not my friend?
The 'Spring ahead' deal does nothing but give me a one-hour shortened day that, historically, has taken weeks to recover.
As my physiology changes with age, I chronically sleep less, partly because I stay out late playing on work nights. This is my doing. It has become habitual, and affects me even when going out isn't a factor.
DST makes my all-the-time sleep deprivation worse by an hour.
I may not be coping well with this lack, because I haven't figured out a solution that doesn't entail reducing my playing time or retiring now. The incentives to keep playing (joy) and keep working (money) are too attractive to let lost sleep interfere.
What to do? Basically, I just excuse or forgive myself for doing what I love and selling my time to enable me doing more of that other thing.
I forgive myself for all the things that I screw up from being sleep-deprived, such as forgetfulness, impulsiveness, overeating, general sloppiness. At least in part because they aren't one-source screw-ups. It's more complicated than that.
In short, I forgive everything, including lack of sleep. I forgive the United States for Daylight Savings Time - and Standard Time, as well.
Forgiveness just feels better.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 206.2 lbs
Today's Weight: 206.2 lbs
Previous Weight (3/6): 207.0 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: - 0.8 lbs
Diet Comment
A little loss over the weekend. I'm not surprised by the direction or the amount.Diet Comment
A couple of Quest bars.
Lunch
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| Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix, black beans and balsamic vinaigrette. |
A Quest bar.
Pepperoni and cole slaw. And a Quest bar.
A Quest bar.
Coffee: 28 oz. Water: 112+ oz.
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Whatever works for you. I think that there are as many paths as there are egos. The destination is the same, though. We're here, now, whether on automatic, or consciously. We have no control of the conditions and situation that we operate within. We can automatically respond as we're programmed, or not. It seems to depend on how conscious we are. How conscious we are depends on the three aspects of being that I've indicated previously, namely understanding, attention, and compassion (none of which are to be found in time/space). I don't believe that the key is in what you do, but the awareness through which it is done. As "they" say, "Whatever gets you through the night is all right".
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DeleteI just noticed that even though I am typing a lower case I, the computer is publishing it in upper case, as proper grammar requires.
Lower-case or upper-case, the perception of 'i' is the same to me. When you use it, I know who and what you're talking about, and love you the same. I agree with you. This blog is entirely an ego-construct. It is as interesting as I can make it, but its value mainly serves the walking-around-in-semi-awareness me.
ReplyDeleteYawn!
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What is in it (reading what you write) for the reader that isn't fascinated by your dreams? Why do you want any one else to read it?
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