Back to basics....

My many remakings are remarkable in their own way. Each, to varying degrees, includes body, mind, and spirit. Each requires being proactive, rather than reactive.

Running always provides the necessary rubric. Running enables me to: regroup; renew; rework; reorganize; remember; and reenergize.

Running is not static; it requires constant movement. So too do I. Running is my restorative.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Moderation Matters

This week's lessons are in moderation.  I don't have to do it all at once; tackling a piece of a project provides plenty of pleasure.

This moderation thing plays into time management issues nicely.  

I don't have time to do all of the yard work, but I can complete a small discrete section.  The pictured result utilized rocks that I had elsewhere on the property.  I bought a bag of mulch, of which I used just a bit.  I got exercise by lifting, bending, and hauling.  I got fresh air.  I now have plenty of satisfaction.


The same can be said for my living room.  I don't have to redecorate and clean the whole thing all at once.  A little time spent wth my hope chest results in a lot of satisfaction.  I finally put away my woolens, leaving the top of my hope chest to collect dust.  With a clean slate, I then took books and seashore-inspired items from elsewhere in my house, and made a peaceful place.  The rest of my living room is being taken over by dog hair and dust, but this portion is perfect, for a few minutes anyway.


The feeling of accomplishing a small project surely is better than the paralysis of realizing that time and money constraints won't permit completion of the entire intended project.

Right now, I will focus on what I accomplished with moderation, rather than on what my over-achieving self insanely added to my action register. 

I embrace moderation as a survival tactic.  In the past, I have run from moderation.  After all, how could I embrace the word moderate when Marriam-Webster associates it with mediocre, and defines in part as, "having average or less than average quality?"  Oh, please....  My almost 50-year-old practical self will embrace the other aspects of the definition, including, "avoiding extremes of behavior or expression : observing reasonable limits."

Having had a few minutes of contemplation, I now am ready to tackle what promises to be a way too busy day with my very active 9 year-old Son, who makes all of the craziness worth it.  He constantly amazes and challenges me.