Nine Feet Underground

It's been a while since I've written something like this, but this post is liable to be a shorter one owing to today being a working day. Up early in order to walk before it gets too hot.  Not only that, but I need to get set up for work (obvs!) and get my head into work mode (tricky?) Radio silence... The working day is over and it went well, apart from the return of eye ache. One thing it has brought to my attention is how much difference having a structure to the day makes.  The necessity of finding time to do certain things, like walking and meditating has meant that I've done both of these things despite having 'less time'. As a nascent Idler, I don't want my life to be driven by somebody else's view of productivity/value and certainly don't want to worship at the altar of all those time management gurus, as I once did. However, from a work perspective, I do have to get things done (GTD!!!), and so I am thinking more about how I might apply structur...

Was up by 6:25 this morning, but not early enough to walk before the first carer call of the day, which is usually bang on 7 on a Friday.  In all honesty, this was deliberate: I awoke with pain in the right-hand side of my left knee cap (the 'bad' leg), so I decided to rest it.  I've done 30+ minutes brisk walking on four consecutive days, which, given my knee / calf muscles were already giving me pain, was probably pushing it. Which reminds me... Whatever exercise I do, it's always all or nothing with me, and I tend to push myself and think, 'well, x does that much, so I can too', never taking into account they might be fitter, younger, or whatever.  Our yoga teacher is always reminding us it's not a competition and we shouldn't be comparing each other (not to mention most of them are women and they have an advantage when it comes to some of the hip opening poses), and I'm always conscious of the fact that I always push myself - if there's a h...