Didn’t want to run, but I did. And I reach five, my per-day quota for the week. But no, I passed SIX. 6.3, actually. I almost didn’t go out. I put on running uniform, but then nearly just as soon returned it to bag and stayed put, at desk. NO. No, that is…
Tag: happiness
2-25-26
12:33 Lunch. No run yet today, not sure I’ll have the energy to get on in today. Tomorrow and Friday I will, but today… may just have to pass. Class today, good. Wouldn’t say great, but surely it’s good. It’s me, I’m a little off and I can’t determine why. Trail mix on desk, sparkling…
2-23-26
11:42 About to run… 5 miles. Now back in office and wondering what next for the writer staring at the screen knowing he’s overthinking and he even has a slide in his training deck that says, “DON’T OVERTHINK THIS.” Wow, he thinks to himself. “Fucking hypocrite.” In the writing booth, last cup for the day. …
Meditation…
Rain, quiet, a Tree
Taking care of yourself is not an escape, it’s a return to the drawing board. When you sit back in the chair of your own Story and pick up the brushes again.
The world will always broadcast noise. Work will throw urgency at your map. People will hand you their expectations like heavy coats and assume you will wear them without anything short of amazement. Your power begins when you decide to set some of those coats down. This can look simple… a slow cup of coffee,…
PROJECT FOR WEEK OF 2/22/26 to 2/28/25
Starting with a meditation this day, the 22nd. Coffee at the Starbucks just down the street, light rain. 08:51, kids awake. The content, surrounding all things self care, the first pillar. Then, happiness, passion, doing what you love, the creative act. This week is going to change the Story. I’m manifesting it through thought and…
2-21-26
Nothing is stopping you today.
Nothing. No one. Not allowed. The motions you fear are mostly painted on thin air, convincing only because you keep staring at them. Step forward anyway. Momentum is a quiet rebellion. One small action becomes a second, then a third, until doubt has nowhere left to stand. Today does not require perfection. It only asks…
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2-19-26 Teaching day. SELF-CARE stressed more in slides that with previous students. Only one student this class. SELF-CARE, becoming the thesis. Writing yesterday at Jose’s restaurant with cat Micci next to me. And me, this writer, feeling so much peace, gratitude…. Happiness. Mental Health and Peace….. GRATITUDE. One of those days where I ask myself,…
PAGES ATE MY HOMEWORK!!!
Good thing I uploaded much of it to the blog. This laptop is acting funny. Shit…. Do I need to replace it already? Deciding to STOP. Worrying, trying to recover what I lost. There has to be some reason the Story wanted that to happen, right? Maybe write in the journal for a bit, like…
Me deciding to stop. STOP…
Doubting SELF, Caring what others think, Letting the malicious and horrible ways of others under skin or in any cells, Worrying, Rushing, Not smiling, Not laughing, Not leaving people to their ways, whether positive or antithetical… Just, STOPPING. Of course, an idea I’ve written about on this blog before, but on the drive over from…
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