Taking My Waking Slow (Blog to Learn, Day 8)

I used to be filled with this sort of crushing panic whenever the clock hit 6:50 AM, and I wasn't yet on my way to work. I certainly woke up later than I intended to, this morning, but here I am, sipping coffee and eating breakfast. Lunch is packed and ready to go. My clothing is laid out on my dresser. I am full of calm. Well, I am full of coffee, but the calm is getting there.

Yesterday, I didn't get much done, in the conventional sense, but I did make a lot of internal progress that had been demanding my attention for a long while. Also, I ploughed through a book and a half in short order, and managed to prioritize my work for today. I slept soundly and had strange dreams. All in all, it was a success, right down to the last bite of my second cupcake.

I'm going on a bit of an information fast, for a while. I shut off the auto-notification noises on my phone to ward off the temptation to check my email constantly. I'm going to shoot for the first half-hour of my planning period, and then again this evening, for the last half-hour before I leave from work. I'll save the personal email for when I get home, after I deal with the mail and bills. This will not be easy, since I have a tendency to check my email constantly...but it's a good experiment to try. There is no point in answering email when I can't respond to it immediately. The need to do so weighs on the mind, even when a reply isn't possible. I'm also restricting Facebook and Twitter to two times a day, AM and PM. There isn't really any pressing need to see if people like me enough to stroke me ego from time to time.

Ah, well...shower hour has arrived, and as much as I like this slow going, I probably should aim for being punctual, this morning. À tout à l'heure!