I already know what it takes because I have been here before. Hard work, dedication and focus are the three main tools I will need for the job now. This is a formula for success that has been used many times over. A formula I have also used on more than one occasion.
So as I begin to set my plans in motion, wish me luck. This is going to be one hell of a ride!
Sit back, relax and just take it all in. Empty your mind of all the small stuff that has happened today and will come tomorrow. Simply observe the world around you. Hear the breeze blow through the trees. Feel the ground move when a truck drives by. There is so much going on around us yet we barely ever take the time to notice. Think about it, when was the last time you got up to walk and actually felt the connection of your feet through whatever shoes you might be wearing all the way to the ground? That soup, salad or sandwich that you ate for lunch, did you even take a minute to taste it? If you did can you remember the taste past the first bite?
What I am saying is today and every other day take the time to notice these things. It’s OK to stop and smell the roses. Even if it is for just a few minutes of each day. It will help put other things into perspective.
Just be.
I think we need a little time away from each other. No, it’s not you, it’s me.
Lately I have been feeling a bit tired and run down physically so I have been doing like many of us do and supplementing with an extra cup or two of coffee to get through the day. At some point the extra shot of caffeine in my veins is actually not doing anything to help what so ever. In fact many times after that extra cup of coffee I could lay down and sleep!
Sure there are other factors that go into it such as the amount and quality of your sleep as well as the fuel you are putting into your body. You have heard the phrase, “You are what you eat” many times in life. This is absolutely true. You will get out of you body what you put into it and lately I haven’t been giving my body the best fuel at all. Combine that with a sleep pattern that is all over the place and it’s no wonder coffee doesn’t do anything for me these days.
So my answer to feeling sluggish is to do a reset for my whole body. My reset starts with drinking green tea, a lot of it! 6-8 cups per day for at least 5 days, sometimes more cups and sometimes more days depending on how I feel. I can go on and on about the health benefits of green tea, but I’ll save you the trouble of reading a long drawn out post explaining the science behind it. Instead I will tell you my personal experience with regards to using it myself.
The first day I really don’t notice any changes, even the second day I usually don’t feel any different, but by the 3rd day I actually start feeling less lethargic and more awake. Dark circles under my eyes start going away and the hazy feeling and blurry vision around the edges are usually gone. For me I feel more awake and aware of my surroundings and after the 4th and 5th days of drinking I feel and increase in energy overall. Of course the experience varies for everyone and green tea may have little or no effect on your body.
I would like to note that drinking the tea alone won’t help as much either. You need to eat right. Whole foods are the key here, mostly organic and definitely little or no processed food at all. Also you have to sleep. They body needs sleep to recover and depending upon you sensitivity to caffeine you may not want to be chugging the green tea 2 hours before bed time. I am able to put what I want in my body and sleep no problems, but some people are restless even 4 or 5 hours after drinking caffeine or sugary drinks.
So if you are in need of a reset try adding green tea into your routine. I may just help you get there faster and you may just feel better for doing it!
Tonight is one of the best nights that I have had in a long time. Everything that I am working on is coming out exactly as I had hoped. I’m fully locked in the zone. In fact it’s getting late and I need to get to bed, but things are going so well that I don’t even want to sleep because I would hate to turn off whatever is going on inside of my head.
I guess this is a good problem to have!
Tonight, for the first time in years I drank a Coke. I’m not much of a soda drinker, but there was some left over at my place from the weekend so I decided to indulge! I must admit, it actually tasted pretty good!
I have been experiencing life in a much more profound way as of late. Colors are more vivid and the smallest details jump to my eyes. I can hear sounds with such clarity. The food I eat is full of flavor and I taste it in a whole new way. My sense of smell is more sensitive than ever. I even feel things like the sun on my face and rain drops hitting my skin much more differently.
At times it feels as though I have finally learned how to live all over again which really was the goal for my whole re-reinvention in the first place. I am beginning to feel as though I am more receptive to each and every thing that is going on. Perhaps it is because I am more perceptive of the current situation, but whatever it is the culmination of all the things that have happened to this point have led me to experience and appreciate life much differently.
Once I made the conscious decision to be more aware of my surroundings at all times things began to change. I know that I am on the right track now. I feel as close to putting it together as I ever have in my life. Oneness of body and mind, the journey continues…
Do you remember those choose your own adventure books that you used to read as a kid? I do and although I didn’t actually own any I read quite a few. I remember borrowing a few from the library and reading them, but I would finish them so fast. I can also recall one vivid memory from my adolescent years standing in the book section of Kmart going through a few of these adventure books. Though I couldn’t finish them in the few minutes I would sneak away in the store I would memorize where I left off and each week I would return and pick up my adventure again. Oddly my life has drawn some parallels to my childhood Kmart adventures!
Before me stands four doors. One of them leads to my life as a contractor, another to my aspiring life as an artist, the third to a career in the food industry and the final door towards a successful business of my own. Behind each door is a different adventure. I have come back to these four doors many times before much the same as I came back to the books in the Kmart so many years ago. I have been through each of these doors and followed each adventure towards multiple endings just as I did during my childhood.
So here I am once again confronted with the decision of which door to open.
Which adventure to choose?
Which adventure to continue…
The Re-reinvention of Myself 