During this pandemic, I've tried hard to carve out time and space for myself to rest, reflect, and otherwise work on myself. This has been particularly challenging due to the way our house has necessarily transformed into some amalgamation of office space, classroom at pre-K, elementary, and university levels, and a home for a family of five. It ebbs and flows, and I'm anything but consistent but consistently trying to achieve something resembling consistency counts for something, no?
I've taken MasterClasses on cooking, writing, fitness, and meditation with some really renowned instructors. It feels somewhat productive and useful but at the same time has been put into practice in ways not exactly addressed in the workbooks. One lesson I've taken particularly to heart is one taught me years ago by Ray Wylie Hubbard: "the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days."
As such, I've started many of my days lately listening to this:
I've taken MasterClasses on cooking, writing, fitness, and meditation with some really renowned instructors. It feels somewhat productive and useful but at the same time has been put into practice in ways not exactly addressed in the workbooks. One lesson I've taken particularly to heart is one taught me years ago by Ray Wylie Hubbard: "the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days."
As such, I've started many of my days lately listening to this:
Practice may never make perfect but it suits me fine as a "morning meditation." Gets a day off on the good foot and my particular YouTube algorithm follows it with this double feature that likewise supplements a feeling of gratitude and mindfulness: