Definitely leaning hard into finding space to decompress and not rush.     Hi everyone.  I have been taking rest very very seriously. And not doing anything I don’t absolutely have to do or don’t want to do.   Gym days are still happening and I am trying to be more mindful while I am there.  I have also added my shoulder and neck exercises back in as all the hours at my work desk are aggravating it. And for meals I am just staying the course so I don’t have to expend any extra mental energy.   During this period of “rest” I am slowly integrating two new practices to help balance my mental load.  I am a glutton for information/random readings, and I have way too many hobbies and side projects. I finished “Build a Second Brain” and have implemented the PARA (Project/Areas/Resources/Archive) and CODE (Capture/Organize/Distill/Express) methodologies in both my work and personal life.  So far it has allowed me to focus and carve away things that are not important and feel less stressed at the volume of random garbage that enters my purview.     The second practice is actually implementing a Bujo.  I bit the bullet (pun intended) and bought an actual Bullet Journal and borrowed the book from the library.  So far I am on my second week ( and first month) of just following the process.  I can say with some confidence so far that it has allowed me to actually think about what I add to my daily personal and work life. It has also led me to really think about what to add back after this time of rest and what to really focus on.  I didn’t really have this in past attempts and rather just used it as a tracker.  I may implement that later on a collections page for certain things, but for now I am focusing hard on what is taking up all my mental and physical and emotional energy.   Some things I have done in my down time.     And the true reason why everyone is here.     

Wednesday Report:   Chiropractor fixed me up pretty good, although I woke up again this morning with my back tight. I'll make back stretches a higher priority (whoo Cure Wounds points!) and give it a month or so, then make another appointment if necessary. Went over to my neighbor's after work and got her pool covered and grass mowed. Chiro recommended I put some heat on my back to try to prevent the muscles from tightening back up, so I laid down on the heating pad after I got home and conked right out, so nothing else done. Still, 30 points for Aid and Bless.   Thursday - Word of Radiance finished off the Vampirate this morning, so I am now 536 points away from levelling up! Will go to the gym at lunch today, then after work need to do some basic farm chores (fill the trough, clean the chicken coop, groom my horse) and would like to trace my second stair stringer. I am taking a half day tomorrow, so would like to have that ready to cut. 

Nicely done!

I FIXED IT!! Woo! I was up way later than I should have been yesterday, but with some creative and judicious seam ripping, replacement of one pattern piece, and some re-thinking of techniques, I salvaged it! I have one more piece to attach today and it will be done when we leave for the thing this afternoon. It is not 100% perfect, but it's damn close and will be more than wearable.   I am so relieved.

Not very good survival instincts there - sounds like turkeys. I really like your arrow making mechanic. I kind of want to incorporate it into an actual game.

Only a small thing, but tried on trousers that were not jeans yesterday when buying much needed clothing options. Sounds small but its pushing myself out of the comfort zone i have been jammed in the past few years of endless tshirt + jeans combos. Sadly the available options in chords just did not work for me cut wise, but it is forward momentum at least

🤘props for doing the unfun but worthwhile things. 

Tired today so taking it easy. Weather is nice though so might get out later.  went to town yesterday to get some much needed trousers and have a snoop round the shops. Still only own 3 pairs of trousers i can fit into (despite trying quite a few on, as usual the cuts are bad) . Will be so happy when i eventually get down  enough to be able to wear my cords again. Might be a while though.    everywhere had Christmas decorations onsale (despite it being barely being october) but i did manage to find a few caches of Halloween stuff. One place i walked into had such cool Halloween costumes. Made me wish i could wear that stuff more often and thus justify buying cool headpieces made from branches and winged masks covered in rhinestones and crowns with black gems.    did find some cool bat jewellery (which i will be wearing all year round) and an amazing advent calendar that creates a freestanding Christmas tree decoration you slowly add little animal to. Kind of ran out of energy half way through and had to call it, but we did most of everything we meant to.    weather is nice today but pretty tired so having a rest day.  did some more to my bujo. It is ongoing slowly. But im very happy with how it looks so far      

Thanks! It's not a hard schedule per se but sticking to it is an important step. The meditation is a bit harder than I was expecting as time seems to last forever. I'm expecting progress will come with practice.           5 days   Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday       09/22 09/23 09/24 09/25 09/26                   Success%       100%                           Workout                 Running       Yes         Grooming       Yes         Meditation       Yes         Sleeping       Yes