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Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 

For whatever reason, I feel as though I've gotten ill in 2022 more than usual.  Yes, I do attribute it to the global population being masked-up for a year+, and then de-masking and a whole host of illnesses (that one might have been used to/partially-immune to or otherwise more ready to deal with, all of the sudden get sneezed, coughed, laughed, etc. into our faces.

I traveled for work on Tuesday of this week, by Wednesday afternoon (one week ago today), I could feel myself crashing.

All this to say that, part of my nature is to have a high-standard of myself; when I don't keep myself to a high standard, I feel blue.  While I've been unwell the past week, I haven't really stayed on top of chores, general house-hold cleanliness, etc. and I haven't done any sort of physical activity........I overeat (what else is new) because I say, "I'm sick....I deserve this soup and sandwich",

I should say that, without starting my day on my mat, I'm not what I could have been that day.  

Time to begin...

Part II:

This morning's practice was weak, and slow, but the version coming off the mat is always superior to the version that got on the mat. 

Namaste

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