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Monday, January 28, 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019
Woke at a slightly earlier time than usual.  4:30AM.

I usually get up at 4:45AM and, even though that's only a 15 minutes difference, it will allow me to gain a bit more time for blogging before and after; all of my post-practice posts this year have been brief, picture-less, and hurried.  I want to provide more than that.

Physically, I'm feeling good.  Ate a perfectly clean diet last week until Friday night hit, and that went out the window.  Saturday and Sunday were equally shameful, as far as clean diets are concerned, and now I'm on my mat on Monday morning, bloated squeezed into all of my clothing, torn between shame, self-loathing, and "you deserved it....no shame".  Circle of life...

Spiritually, I'm feeling eager to accomplish something today.  I'm proud of the physical/real-world work that I've accomplished this past week, and over the weekend, and I want to reap some of the stress reducing benefits of it by telling myself to remain calm and go into the world today with no fear and no anxiety; there is nothing to fear, and nothing to feel anxious about.

Monday, January 28, 2019 (Part II)
Started at 5:30AM and it's 7:10AM as I type this.  Still no time!! lol

Feeling great and will try and speed things up again tomorrow to post a better post-practice post.

Namaste

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