better left unsaid

Primum non nocere

I’ve made the choice to only write here when I’m feeling upbeat, or at least not feeling down. I think I have dwelled enough on the negative, on the bad choices I have made, and writing about these topics isn’t helping solve anything, so it is best to just let them go, at least in a blog sense. This choice has had some success and I’m getting better at it as time passes. Maybe next I can work on my run-on sentences?

I still write when I’m feeling like shit, only I keep it in a private journal now, as it should have been all along I think. Hindsight is something, isn’t it?

I’m practicing moving forward and being grateful for what I have, which beats the hell out of crying over spilt milk. It really can be as simple as framing my viewpoint differently (this is more effective sometimes than others). The thoughts that bubble up during dark times don’t deserve the light of day, they are much better left unsaid.

Sunny beach

These are so addicting. (adult language, if you can’t tell by the titles)

Son of a Bitch, the supercut.

Special bonus:

Sit down and Shut Up, the supercut.

Get out of your rut and get in the groove

Fall is coming, according to the calendar and the back to school advertising bombarding my mailbox. Fall fashions! Winter clothes! Except that makes little sense, living where “winter’ usually means a week or three below 50 degrees and the odd few days here and there at or below freezing. I remember as a kid playing on Christmas day in shorts and a t-shirt with our new football in the yard, so this isn’t simply global climate change taking hold, it’s just not a very winter-y place that I live.

That said, fall seems as good a time as any to learn a new habit and pick up some new practices. I love this post about early rising from Leo Babauta. Excellent points here and lots to think about and try to absorb into my routine.

From Leo:
Recently, reader Rob asked me about my habit of waking at 4:30 a.m. each day, and asked me to write about the health benefits of rising early, which I thought was an excellent question. Unfortunately, there are none, that I know of.

However, there are a ton of other great benefits.

joy in your face before your eyes are open is energizing in it’s own right. No, I prefer the world sleep or relax and not start with the whirling dervishes of the day, they’ll come soon enough.

I’m working on my priorities:

  • Exercise
  • Meditation
  • Organization and routine home maintenance
  • Finding peace.
  • Sharing with others.

They change a bunch. It happens, there isn’t a manual for how to change things, no instructor monk that will come and slash my grade or make me stay late picking up trash. This is for me, this helps fill some of the empty spaces created during my spectacular meltdown these recent years.

PS: Bonus interweb points if you know the song referred in the subject line (it’s not hard, one of my faves and I’m pretty sure I’ve quoted them before)

Peace.