Post 1443, Day 159 of 2015
- 1,620 days since I started this blog -
- 1,620 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
Heavy weekend playing schedule is now behind me. I did debut a new song in the acoustic-vocal set I did at the open mic that stiffed me last Sunday: "Waiting For a Friend". It was a big hit.
All three of my gigs went very well, from a playing perspective. What that means is that I was, for the most part, able to get into the 'zone', where I'm playing with joy, and without thought or artifice. That is the thing I look for when I play these days. It is the major contributor to my current happiness.
It motivates me like nothing else! Sometimes, I have an 'out-of-body' experience when I'm in that zone. I look down at my bass, not to control my playing, but to see, visually, what I'm doing! It has that semi-conscious awareness that feels like I'm not doing anything but am completely involved. I'm looking with curiosity to see what's going on.
Crazy stuff, and I love it!
While two of the gigs had great numbers, as far as audience, the last of these joyful gigs was very poorly attended - about as bad as any gig I have ever played. I am very proud that the band turned in a very good performance for the few who were there.
That last gig started at nine-thirty Saturday evening, after a day spent recovering from the work-plus-back-to-back-gigs Friday, and ended at two o'clock Sunday morning, and I didn't get to bed until after three!
Sunday recovery time from that wasn't as bad as I thought, although I allowed for plenty on both Saturday and Sunday.
Then, Sunday evening, I went out for more playing. I didn't hit my stride until about nine Sunday night - then I played my acoustic set at one open mic, and played bass for a couple of really fun sets at a different open mic after that.
That's a lot of joy.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 209.0 lbs
Today's Weight: 209.0 lbs
Previous Weight (6/5): 206.4 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: + 2.6 lbs
Diet Comment
I think all the weekend's damage was done Friday night/early Saturday morning, but, well, there you are. It's a new week, I can bring the weight down.Diet Comment
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, celery and stevia-inulin blend.
Lunch
A Quest bar.
Snack
At Core: A cup of Hearty (beef-pork) bone broth.
A cheeseburger on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread with guacamole and a kale, spinach, chard and cabbage salad with balsamic vinaigrette and a Quest bar for dessert.
Snack
Pepperoni.
Liquid Intake
Coffee: 28 oz. Water: 80+ oz.
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Nice!!
ReplyDeleteJoy or happiness? In the way i use the words, there is a difference. Joy is a state of consciousness, independent of external circumstance. Happiness is an emotion, depending on reward obtained in very specific circumstance. Joy is receptive mind. Happiness is active mind. It seems very possible that you feel both at the same time, with joy not limited to time and space, Joy is not limited to an individual. Happiness is
ReplyDeletenot shared.
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i wrote the above to say something more than my initial reaction, which was pretty much the same as Joan - Nice !!
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I am using joy and happiness the same way as you. I, too, see them as different, and I hoped to convey that the pursuit of happiness motivates me to stay in Syracuse and to keep on doing the same things that bring me joy.
ReplyDeleteWell said. I would like to point out, additionally, or emphasize that things don't bring us joy. Joy , to me , is an always immanent, potential state of mind, with no relation to the things that we do or don't do, staying or going. It is transcendent of happiness/sadness. Despair is the failure to raise our heads above the illusive waters of duality and ego and fear.
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