Day 7 -- Routine

Well, I only have three minutes to add to the total today.

It was hard to get up, probably because I arrived home from training late last night. The drive is just about one hour, and class ends at 10pm. I was very tired when I came home, but I took my shower and set out my clothes. It just took some extra effort to lift my body out of bed come morningtime.

I trained tonight too, in town. I'm learning so much. It's humbling and I feel really lucky. I also fell asleep in the bathtub, accidently. But I think I can be 10 minutes early tomorrow, regardless of how I feel tonight.

In the meantime, I've put together a night time routine as suggested by a couple of people. It's just as straightforward as the morning routine, but I have to start earlier than I'm used to in order to get everthing done. All this routine leaves no time for any goofing off. Really, there's no time to think if I'm to get it all done.

During the daytime, at least recently, I'm finding the same thing. The things I do involve intention, from arriving at school to say good morning to journaling to preparing to studying to practicing, etc. There is less and less unutilized space. For some reason, this feels like a wonderful way to live life; within certain boundaries, but also with a sense of freedom and ease. The boundaries are self-created, so they are just pretend. It takes self-discpline, therefore, to follow them, because no one else knows them, right?

Total minutes early: 65