MLK Holida Went By Like A Flash

I woke up this morning with sort of a mantra in my head. I Thank You for the weekend. I thank you that I don't have to work today. And then I did a meditation right in bed before I ever got up from it, the one with my own affirmations about WEALTH with the Alpha waves backdrop. And I did that for an entire hour. The first time I did that. Even before I got started with anything else. Since I had the day off today I got clarity on my intentions: I wanted to get momentum on any one of the things I had started to delve into over the weekend. It could be learning more about the stock market trading... after all I need to do something with my money. It could be the Bradley Nelson Emotional Code videos... as I needed to continue to work on clearing out blockages to the outcomes I want.  The more I did meditation, the more it is clear that I do still need to work on clearing these blockages, and clearing them on a daily basis. What ended up happening was that I got into my old A-HA journal that I had started way back in 2005. What I discovered was that the material I am trying to master now, is the same material from back then... even down to the author. I found an article from Teal Scott in 2012. The significance? I still listen to her videos today, only today she is known as Teal Swan. So what do I need to do? Work on consistency, on routine. on habits. I put that material together. But I never acted on them in a consistent, significant way. THAT is what I must do in order to break through. THAT and to work on my confidence and to strengthen my own beliefs. By the time I got through all those articles, I had barely finished breakfast and I was still in my pajamas. And it was already 11 AM! Wow does time fly by?! And so I needed to get myself kickstarted with my exercises too, reminding myself that Mondays are now usually my heavy exercise day. And so I took a walk before lunch... just around the neighborhood. It had warmed up considerably too, just like yesterday. It had to be 80 degrees when I took my walk. At least I got the first block of 5000 steps all done, all before I did lunch. I still INTENDED to do 14,000 steps today. Why not? I did it the last 3 Mondays didn't I? 

By the time I got back I made myself a shrimp salad for lunch and then threw in a tuna sandwich too. I mean I did just walk almost 3 miles right? And then right after lunch I finally did catch up on the afternoon nap that I had been trying for the last 2 afternoons. And this time Fitbit recorded me having a full hour. NOW I'm refreshed. Now I could go back to doing some of that internal work. I mean what am I supposed to do moving forward? Be even more cognizant of my time? I mean I get Johnnie again starting tonight right? And actually, right now MrDistraction rears its head yet again. I was so irritated when I felt the back of my head and my unruly hair that I sheared it off right then and there in the bathroom. I needed a haircut badly. And so I gave myself one. Actually it wasn't bad at all. Except that by the time I got THAT done and gotten the bathroom all cleaned up it was already almost 4 PM! W-h-a-t? Where did the day go? I immediately got back to doing aerobics in my living room with my exercise playlist. And I did not stop until I was at 12000 steps. And it was already 5 PM! Yep, I'm going to get to 14000 steps tonight damnit. And I got 100 active hours in already. And over an hour cardio minutes. I sure got my exercise in alright. By the time I picked up Johnnie it was like last week at Lisa's. Same old dinosaur parade museum still out, needing to be cleaned up. Still with the feeding of the gecko. I don't understand why Lisa can't get all this stuff done before I get there. I mean I've only been picking him up at 5:30 for more than a year. And Lisa knows by now how much a stickler I am for routine. But I also reminded myself that everything I experience is something I can control, or at least the reactions to the experience I myself chose, either consciously or other-than-consciously.  And so I chose NOT to experience any irritation at the situation, just to get on with it and help Johnnie clean up. And we were home by 6:10. At least she fed him dinner already. Gotta be thankful for that. It is not always a given. And I made a stop at Chipotle to get myself a steak-and-rice dinner. It's all good. Only when i got home did I think of doing something work-related. It's TEch Council Meeting week after all. I have stuff to do. Boy this day went by in a hurry didn't it?!