Bedhead happiness

Good Morning, Bedhead.

I'm up before the sun. No alarm necessary.

And there is it.

I open my eyes and the last problem from yesterday is right there. Then comes another troubling thought.  And another. Then comes the To Do List that never ends.

Now I'm feeling it: the the downward spiral of impatience, stress, overwhelm.

But there is  a way to detour before you go down the road more traveled.

Bedhead Hot Yoga. 7AM.  Do not comb hair. Do not change out of PJs. Do not stop to think.

Just go.

Stretching, flexing, remembering how good it's supposed to feel to be awake in this body, in this life. Step right up and heat thing up early.

Welcome, Bedhead.  We're keeping your dreams warm.

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Life In The Balance

I awoke beside a glacier in Squamish, expecting miracles.

It was Wizard Camp (think Hogwarts for grown-ups). There I stood, in the space between who I thought I was and who I really am, about to face some challenging truths about myself and feel the impact of another shovel-to-the forehead moment of clarity.

Here's how it went down....

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What a hot waste of time...

My most enjoyable way to start each day is with little waste of time .

Any given morning, I can be found loading the dishwasher, folding the towels, shining up the stainless steel refrigerator doors (I did that this morning).

The efficiency experts tell me I am wasting time.

I need a To Do List. I am putting the small things before the big important ones. I am losing ground, losing the race, getting sidetracked by being unfocused.

Something inside me knows differently.

I sometimes fall into berating myself for “frittering away” my time doing these seemingly trivial tasks. Then I get it: feeling good is not trivial.

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