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| Woods behind Jason's house. |
Robert, Christine, and I were going over storyboards, checking the narrative, adding storyboards, renumbering, and then thinking about the whole production. It was great and it was fun, but it was tiring. A lot of concentration on small details is exhausting.
Laurie, I definitely suffer from SAD. I did get out today and dig the car out of the snow (it wasn't that bad) to drive to the grocery store. The sun was out for awhile. Cooder and I did a bit of basking. The day ended up quite windy and cold. There will probably be a lot of ice tomorrow. (And sorry you found the RT track to be too sad.)
Kira, here are some pics from Connecticut in the snow.
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| Woods next to Jason's house. |
I did feel better today. Of course, I did not get enough done. I think the non-drinking helped quite a bit. It will be a bit of a challenge, again, this weekend, as an old friend is in town. I am more of a drinker than she, but the temptation will be there. It is my plan to avoid. But one doesn't want to be rude.
I am considering challenging myself to a day without computers. No email. No Netflix. Maybe not even a post. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty daunting to me. I might have to hide my Blackberry.
My friend Beth has a ritual "Day of Silence" fairly regularly. She doesn't even allow herself to swear at her pets or anything. No writing email. No telephoning. You would probably learn a lot and be surprised by the day.
Maybe I will practice my "day without computers" when I go
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| Looking SW in Ledyard, CT. |
In the beginning, the practice here was to get used to writing every day. And to apply the teachings of yoga to the challenges of writing and yoga. I am going on three months of daily posts. But, other than an increase in yoga breathing exercises (thanks again Susannah B.), not much physical yoga practice.
Now, I will be thinking about whether to continue this experiment. Does it provide something for me? Does it provide something for you?
A little Little Wing?
Since I have only had internet since the new year, I am rather used to going without computer posting, etc. Today I used mr. laptop to 1. write a quiz
ReplyDeletefor my second year spanish class 2. copy out a passage from a rather ghastly indianist andean novel 3. translate and copy a rather bad indian poem, from same author (19th century) 4. Work on transferring curriculum
files for an actual paying hourly job I'm doing for the college. 5. Finish a power point for the Latin American Lit Class. So being without a computer for me would mostly be playin' hookie from work.
I think missing the physical part may be pretty key. I know whenever I get myself to either go to the gym and swim, the climbing gym, a hike or walk or bike ride, anything physical, it ALWAYS makes a positive difference. I both feel good for dragging my ass to said physical activity, and the activity itself can make at minimum a good change, sometimes a surprisingly large good feeling. I forget this and often think I am too tired to do some activity or that it will make me tired and instead it energizes me. That said, you may ask why don't I do it more often? Why is Deb always having to twist my arm to get my butt in action? If I could answer that question about my inertia I might have even wiser words of wisdom. Anyway, you may want to take a look at that. Maybe you can get to the same place that gives you the discipline to write something EVERYDAY can get you to do something physical EVERYDAY. Yes, I know I am writing from California. Anyways, I am assuming will disregard as needed anything I may say so I will feel free to speak out. And if you haven't noticed, I've made it a habit to read your missives daily.
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