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Finding the edges
This week has been another busy time, which continues to feel like it takes more time and energy than event-based-chaos and activity did in the past. I suspect it has a lot to do with aging and perspective, but I’m also feeling like I’m getting a sense that the ways in which I want to focus and spend my time are getting more specific, which sometimes leads to more questions, and other times leads me inward.
In the past, I would not turn to contemplation first, I would usually turn away to other activities, as there are endless things to get lost in that constantly need to be done, especially these days. Now I feel more of an inclination to examine what is leading me inward and question whether or not this is related to something about which I have not been honest with myself in the past.
I continue to practice making time to contemplate, since that has not ever been a process I have practiced regularly, so still feels like a challenge.
As I examine what I want to be spending my time doing, and what I want my focus to be, the involvement I have with the regional safety teams that volunteer for local events seem all the more important as I find situations where the financial strain the US system is under shows more and more symptoms of desperation, to the point where I myself am experiencing attacks first-hand. Whether it be a case of mistaken identity, wrong place, wrong time, or just having made uninformed choices about where to change trains, the stress on systems is high enough it is affecting more people more keenly than ever, and it’s never fun to be one of them.
Progress on list items continues, if slowly. Physical activities continued some, with daily rucks underway and a 5K on Saturday. Rain has been more of a constant this week, making it more challenging to get out for longer walks, but at least it has not been such bad weather that a 10-20 minute daily ruck has not been possible. Saturday also saw the collection of another Cosmic Tripster passport stamp, which was a lovely lunch with friends after the early morning 5K shenanigans.
I’m bummed I missed the chance to catch Yoga next week before the class filled, but I may take the time to complete the February Physical Challenge instead, and see if there are any other McMenamins locations to visit before whatever we figure out for the weekend.
Preparations for the April convention are definitely spinning up to a faster pace, with orientations to host and plans to make for all the ways to keep an intense weekend survivable, and ideally something we can enjoy in multiple ways.
While next week seems much less busy than last week was, I expect plenty of things will come up to fill the week quickly, so I will keep a closer eye on how things are feeling, and whether or not I’m feeling the singe of getting too close to the edge of being too busy to enjoy the times I am getting to have, so I can reschedule or let some things pass by, to ideally not get too overdrawn.
In the past, I would not turn to contemplation first, I would usually turn away to other activities, as there are endless things to get lost in that constantly need to be done, especially these days. Now I feel more of an inclination to examine what is leading me inward and question whether or not this is related to something about which I have not been honest with myself in the past.
I continue to practice making time to contemplate, since that has not ever been a process I have practiced regularly, so still feels like a challenge.
As I examine what I want to be spending my time doing, and what I want my focus to be, the involvement I have with the regional safety teams that volunteer for local events seem all the more important as I find situations where the financial strain the US system is under shows more and more symptoms of desperation, to the point where I myself am experiencing attacks first-hand. Whether it be a case of mistaken identity, wrong place, wrong time, or just having made uninformed choices about where to change trains, the stress on systems is high enough it is affecting more people more keenly than ever, and it’s never fun to be one of them.
Progress on list items continues, if slowly. Physical activities continued some, with daily rucks underway and a 5K on Saturday. Rain has been more of a constant this week, making it more challenging to get out for longer walks, but at least it has not been such bad weather that a 10-20 minute daily ruck has not been possible. Saturday also saw the collection of another Cosmic Tripster passport stamp, which was a lovely lunch with friends after the early morning 5K shenanigans.
I’m bummed I missed the chance to catch Yoga next week before the class filled, but I may take the time to complete the February Physical Challenge instead, and see if there are any other McMenamins locations to visit before whatever we figure out for the weekend.
Preparations for the April convention are definitely spinning up to a faster pace, with orientations to host and plans to make for all the ways to keep an intense weekend survivable, and ideally something we can enjoy in multiple ways.
While next week seems much less busy than last week was, I expect plenty of things will come up to fill the week quickly, so I will keep a closer eye on how things are feeling, and whether or not I’m feeling the singe of getting too close to the edge of being too busy to enjoy the times I am getting to have, so I can reschedule or let some things pass by, to ideally not get too overdrawn.