8:36. Starbucks. I got up late today. Which is ok. At times it’s cool.
However, the last few days, I have consistently not been able to work on the EBC things. No walks. No Surya Namaskars. No workouts. Nothing. Damn! The funny thing is that I am not working as much. I mean I am optimizing my time better, to be honest. And thus I am getting done a lot.
Lemme rant for a bit. I am in that mood, you know.
About things that I typically do not talk about. Anyhow, I have decided to live in public and today could be a good time to start.
So things on the personal front (relationships and friends) haven’t been great lately. The family department is doing ok, thankfully. So, relationships. Even though I am 38, I dont understand how to run these. I understand few things. The vocabulary I use is even more limited. I like the idea of giving space to people. I like to not impose myself, even at places where I must try and assert my presence. As a result, I often find myself standing in a corner, staring at a wall.
Ok. Wait.
I’ve been trying to write this since 8:30. It’s almost 10. And I am hardly done with one para. No, not because I dont have enough to write. But because I keep getting interrupted by unplanned and inexplicable calls from people that I can’t hang up on. You know, Akshay, Paras, etc.
So maybe it’s a sign to not let the guard down on these things as yet. So, I shall refrain.
However, this means that this would become one of the shortest posts I’ve ever made on morning pages since I started writing last year (some 230 days ago. 237, if my calculation is right). In fact, lemme talk about this. I am surprised at myself that I have been able to write and publish every day since I started. This is now probably the longest streak on anything in life. I’ve been regular and it’s awesome. Of course, I haven’t been able to build an audience per se but I am sure this mad streak with writing every day is helping in some way or the other. I mean I am not sure. I am merely speculating. Let’s see.
Chalo that’s about this, I guess. Will be back tomorrow with more.
And since I dont want to publish less than 500 words, must mention this – I love empty Starbucks. You know, at 8 in the morning. It has yellow diffused lights, plush (and yet minimalistic) furniture, muted music (that is so indiscernible that you know something is playing but you can’t pinpoint what it is), and literally no one else. You are literally the king of the world Starbucks!
This is it.
500+ words. Including the ones captured with streaks.
Here.
- OMAD – 0. Ate three meals yesterday 🙁
- #book2 – 0
- #noCoke – 147
- #noCoffee – 0. Had two. Tall. Americanos.
- #aPicADay – 0
- Money spent – 30 + 816 + 559 + 169 + 164 + 900 (2683)
- Killer Boogie – 0
- 10K steps a day – 0. Been missing for 2-3 days now.
- Surya Namaskar – 0
- 10 mins of meditation – 0
- Minimaslism Counter – -2
- Morning Pages / Meditations – 237