Such a Monday! I did start with Baron Baptiste’s 15 minute equanimity mediation recording, and then pretty much got to work and kept on chugging all day til dinner, glass of wine and bed.
Stewing a lot on the idea that NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME….
What a mind/spirit blowing concept for me, when I’ve felt my whole life like I’ve been in a constant state of repair and improvement.
I feel pretty checked out of the 40 days process today, despite my thinking I’d get back on track. Nevertheless, there is something to be learned in all experiences, and I’ll keep logging my experiences here. I think if I had attended the meetings or if my small group had been more engaged, I would…
Today is the first day of full-time with JHU. I have a work scheduled of 8:30-5 with 1 hour lunch break. I haven’t really worked someone else’s schedule in a LOOOOONG time with the exception of the 2.5 years I was teaching in a school. Yikes. I’m a little anxious about that. So, I’ve got…
Started the day with mala meditation which is a good thing because I’ve just been in scattered pieces of busy-ness since then. Meeting on a Zoom chat with family at 3pm so after that hoping to be a bit more focused…. I’ve also completely dropped the ball and thrown it down the road on the…
This morning I did make time for meditation, and since my mala meditation is only about 5-6 minutes, and Week 2 requires 10, I did a mindfulness sitting meditation for the remainder of the time. I kinda sucked at getting present, but the candle I had lit helped me return. I wrote up all my…