Things have been crazy at work and getting crazier. Today was a particualrly long day and I'm still not done. I frequently feel like I'm keeping ahead by the skin of my teeth and have trouble enjoying my time off thinking that I should be trying to get ahead.
Through the maelstrom of that and moving, and various other stresses in my life I've found that I'm more tense than I've been in years - this is rougher than teching two shows at once (but not by much ;)
So reaching way back I've rekindled my old practice of trying to meditate. I admit I don't get to it daily like I used to in high school, but I do try to clear my head 2-3 times a week at least.
I really don't know if there is a 'proper' way to do this. I start by clearing my head of all thoughts for a few moments. Literally trying to think of 'nothing' pushing even the color of the back of my eyelids out of my mind. Or sometimes when its too much to do even that I try to hold the thought of a metallic sphere in my mind and then imagine that its mercury, but I need to keep in in the shape of a sphere for a few moments.
Then, I address each thing I encountered during the day in turn, giving particular consideration to anything that caused me distress, tension, or undue stress. This goes on as long as it takes.
Repeat step 1 and you're done.
So, why and I'm telling you all this. Well, it dawned on me that this is really nothing more than spending 10-15 minutes thinking about what I'm doing each day.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone took 15 minutes to think about what they were doing each day, as opposed to just acting and reacting...?
I still do a lot of stupid things - but I bet I've missed a few since starting this.
Thats all.
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