Two nights in a row now I've slept about 7 hours straight, last night almost 8. It is the first time in months I've woken up without automatically looking forward to when I could take a nap. I guess that's what normal feels like.
I'm not going to do any intentional brain work today. Notice I say intentional. My brain works all the time, I know that about myself and I've gotten used to it, but I mean I'm not going into the office or anything like that.
I'm going to be intentionally social today instead. What does that mean?
Remember that these big events can easily cause you to withdraw internally and isolate yourself, physically and emotionally. You might even do it without really even noticing. If that's you, then maybe you can spend at least part of day intentionally connecting with people, going somewhere, looking, noticing, talking.
Here's a side benefit that you might not know about. Your subconscious will work on questions and problems even when you are not consciously thinking about them. That's why sometimes we wake up in the morning and have an answer to some problem that's been bugging us. Your subconscious works best when you are in a relaxed state like sleep.
So take it easy today. Enjoy life, your friends, your family, It'll be fun and maybe even your brain will solve a problem for your without you even trying.
I'll be with my family today and have dinner tonight with my daughter and son in law. Going to some place in the city called Park Cafe.
Here's the small plate menu:
http://parkcafenashville.com/#menu-item-301
We enjoy eating at places like this. There is something much more meaningful about a meal when a plate of food is shared rather than everyone just having their own.
And then tomorrow we will all participate in cooking for Super Bowl Sunday. Ribs and chicken wings on the smoker plus other stuff. I love the smoker. It slows me down. It occupies my time and my brain. It appears I am reasonably good at it so I get great satisfaction from watching people eat what I cook.
So all in all my weekend looks like this: family, food, wine, more food, cigar, more food, football. My darn mind will be so relaxed it will just think like crazy and I won't even have to try.
So let's have an intentional weekend. You decide what it looks like but let's get it done.
I'm not going to do any intentional brain work today. Notice I say intentional. My brain works all the time, I know that about myself and I've gotten used to it, but I mean I'm not going into the office or anything like that.
I'm going to be intentionally social today instead. What does that mean?
Remember that these big events can easily cause you to withdraw internally and isolate yourself, physically and emotionally. You might even do it without really even noticing. If that's you, then maybe you can spend at least part of day intentionally connecting with people, going somewhere, looking, noticing, talking.
Here's a side benefit that you might not know about. Your subconscious will work on questions and problems even when you are not consciously thinking about them. That's why sometimes we wake up in the morning and have an answer to some problem that's been bugging us. Your subconscious works best when you are in a relaxed state like sleep.
So take it easy today. Enjoy life, your friends, your family, It'll be fun and maybe even your brain will solve a problem for your without you even trying.
I'll be with my family today and have dinner tonight with my daughter and son in law. Going to some place in the city called Park Cafe.
Here's the small plate menu:
http://parkcafenashville.com/#menu-item-301
We enjoy eating at places like this. There is something much more meaningful about a meal when a plate of food is shared rather than everyone just having their own.
And then tomorrow we will all participate in cooking for Super Bowl Sunday. Ribs and chicken wings on the smoker plus other stuff. I love the smoker. It slows me down. It occupies my time and my brain. It appears I am reasonably good at it so I get great satisfaction from watching people eat what I cook.
So all in all my weekend looks like this: family, food, wine, more food, cigar, more food, football. My darn mind will be so relaxed it will just think like crazy and I won't even have to try.
So let's have an intentional weekend. You decide what it looks like but let's get it done.
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”
― Ruth Reichl
“Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.”
-Alan D. Wolfelt
-Alan D. Wolfelt
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
-Harriet van Horne
-Harriet van Horne
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
-J.R.R. Tolkien
"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart."
-Cesar Chavez
-Cesar Chavez
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.
-Oscar Wilde
-Oscar Wilde
Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks.
-Marilyn Wann
-Marilyn Wann
"The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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