Unit 10

THEN My physical well-being I will rate at a 5 for the moment, but I also feel it is on the way to getting higher, six months ago I would have put it at a 3, I am in the process of making every effort to bring it higher. I recently starting taking boot camp classes 2/3 times a week at a place called The Power Center in my town, they blend Eastern and Western aspects into their workouts and each work out ends with a great stretch and a semi meditation. I feel FABULOUS afterwards. Because of the recent turn of weather related events in my area I have been unable to go consistently 2/3 times a week for 10 days but am hoping come next Monday I will be in full swing ( as long as my sons school is finally fixed and ready for students). I will say it is addicting. Spiritually I feel I am at 6, I don’t practice any religion on a regular basis but I do thank the universe daily for what we have, I have a semi regular habit of writing down 3-5 things I am grateful for daily (if I don’t pass out in bed before thinking of doing it) and I do feel that I spend a little time each day just to be still in my favorite chair outside no matter how cold. I believe that I have a good sense of inner peace, I hold myself responsible and accountable for my actions and thoughts and I have a strong sense of spirituality. Someone said to me once, religion is for those who believe in hell, spirituality is for those who have been to hell or something along those lines ;). I will never say I have had a bad life but I will say there was a time in my life that was absolute and utter hell, and when I stopped holding myself responsible for other competent adults I came out of it a better person and more at peace because of it. And because of what I experienced I appreciate my life so much more now. Psychologically…. I am STRESSED!!! Ever since the storm ( and I thank the universe daily our home was unscathed) my life has been in upheaval, my mother was staying with us on the pull out in the TV room, my kids were home for 2 weeks, my husband has been working dawn to dusk since Oct 30, when my kids finally went back to school my 5 yo is on a split schedule with the middle school so he is only away from home for 4 hours, my work schedule has been a little nutty, my mom drops laundry off for me to do at her whim and expects us to drop our priorities to help her ( I can’t blame her she did lose her first floor of her home), my week with no power was the least of my concern. I need a week on a beach in the sun just to recoup. My brain is fried so for this moment I put myself at a 4 psychologically. NOW I would put my physical score at about a 6.5 I have really made an effort to incorporate physical activity more into my life. I have been going regularly to my boot camp classes and have really been benefitting from it. When I can’t get to class I go for walks around my town or on the track at our local park. I enjoy the solitude of it. My husband bought me a heavy bag and pink boxing gloves for Christmas so I have also enjoyed punching and kicking on a regular basis, and it is a great stress reliever!! Spiritually I think I have gone down a bit I would put myself at a 4.5, I will find ways to improve this score by finding more time to meditate and bring myself to find more solitude in other way than just walking. I still and always will hold myself accountable for my actions but I think I need to step it up a nitch. Psychologically I am in a much better place than I was at the beginning of the term I would give myself a 7 in this department. This class has really taught me to open and calm my mind and I am so grateful for that. I realize there is only so much I can do and I need to let myself enjoy the little things in life and have more fun. During the next six months I need to focus on the goals that I have set and keep it going. Like a train that rumbles down the track I will do the same and keep on going but always take a break a reflect at the stops.  :) Best of luck to all!!!