I’ve gotta take a break again.
After a day of feasting, on both food and favored intoxicants, I need to give my body a reprieve.
Maybe not an all-out detox or cleanse, but I am enough out of balance that I need to take some time to give my body a break.
I am doing a lot of yoga, preparing to amplify my gymnastic training, and I will be moving into Crossfit within the month. Â This is not a stage when I need to be battle for consciousness in the morning against the intoxicants that helped lull m,e the night before.
I need to treat my body like a finely tuned instrument, since I am about to go into one of the most physically demanding periods of my life. Â Add to this that amount of projects I am undertaking, and I need to be sharp and productive at all hours of the day. Â Too many times I have found myself with a basic level of energy at night, and the kids are happily playing, while I have my laptop open. Â While I could be combining these disparate moments into time building an online business and amassing my fortune, instead I am playing strategy games or puttering on facebook.
I do not putter.
I am a man who has great things to accomplish in this life, ands in order to make this happen, I need to focus. Â All those activities which dull my focus must be shed.
So, no drinking or smoking for me for a while. Â I am not going to be stringent about this; if I have a drink on a special occasion in the next few weeks, so be it, but I won’t be quaffing half a bottle of wine when I get home just to dull the edges off of my life. Â That’s not where I live; I live on the edge, I profit from contrast, so I need to keep this difficulty and use the other tools I am developing in order to manage my modds.
every morning, I will warm up. Â Not necessarily exercise, but I will warm up for the day. Â Some light stretching, maybe some juggling, some breathing exercises; dedictaed time every morning, of at least a half hour. Â This will center me throughout the day.
I also need either naps, guided meditation breaks, or coffee slingshots. Â These 4 pm rituals will allow me to continually return to my center in the midst of a hectic day, as well as ground me in the absence of intoxicants. Â I must look at these activities as essential and not as scheduling difficulties. Â Remember, Caelan, it is those that think that get ahead in this life. Â You are never wasting your time by producing those activities that make you think better.
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