How many days in a row, or how often, do you have to do something before you can call it a habit and stop paying attention to it? I know, I can hear you all. "Whatever it is, we've heard it before." This quotidian accomplishment is the more-often-than-not leaving the kitchen all tidy and neat before bed. To be sure, it is not a daily task, like writing, but it is tending to happen. I am encouraged to think that when I, once and for all, finish moving in and put things in their final resting place, I might find it easier to keep up with the organization and housework.
Let's hear, (or drink, if appropriate) a round for the daily practice. I am encouraged to write, clean, and move gracelessly through another day.
I certainly didn't feel that last night. Some tetchy emotional/stress points were tetched and stressed yesterday. And besides finding inappropriate solace in white whine, I could not sleep until the wee hours were getting older. After tossing, turning, wrestling, and benadryl, I was able to sleep long enough to get through the day (and I didn't even forget to move the car on street-cleaning day!). Hours, however, were spent in that twilight of disquieted dreaming doze, waiting for the plunge into a good drool.
The better news is that I was able to obsess through the general miffiness and despair to get down to what is really wrong. And armed with that knowledge, I can see if I can adjust behavior, expectations, and all of that kind of good stuff.
My next feat of discipline is try to get to bed and to sleep at a better hour so that I can get up and enjoy the morning.
Here's a great/fun version of Van Morrison's Caravan. "Then we can get down to what is really wrong." That's where that reference came from.
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Re that habit thing? I keep asking myself that re flossing. Hey, I brush my teeth every day...why does flossing seem like an extra effort? :)
ReplyDeleteThat sleeping thing may be in the air...I'm having horrible dreams lately, full of regret, leaving me feeling sad and unfulfilled in the AM.
Interestingly, at least to me, is that flossing is coming more easily, too.
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