Coming Back

I can't believe blogger still exists and hasn't been redeveloped into some overly complex platform for likes and views and analytics and ads. I loved this place. And here I am again...

Today, I came home from a fairly good day at work. It was not a particularly easy day, but also not very tough either. I'm happy with that. Sometimes the most uneventful days, though appreciated for not having to hold in frustration over team members' lack of maturity, or run across the warehouse to solve some big jam or problem (which I enjoy sometimes), can be quite boring, unsatisfying...and such other words.

But yea, work was alright today. I came home looking forward to my language tutoring lesson, but my tutor wasn't feeling well. I did end up wrecking my brain a bit trying to figure out how to reschedule the lesson without cancelling and losing out on the session, though it seemed unusually easy to mess up and lose out. Once that was solved (which is still technically not entirely solved because my tutor never responded about what day/time would work for him), I got lost trying to organize some things in my life, as one does. Balancing my spiritual journey with my physical health goals, and I managed to come up with some goals for the next 6 months:

Jump rope comfortably for 15-20 minutes,
Have a consistent yoga practice,
Keep up with my Hindi lessons,
Feel more awake while reading.

With this, I feel like I'll be able to feel more alive in my life, and more present. I've been going through my days half asleep, literally. I'm SO tired / low energy / fatigued ALL THE TIME, and the last I spoke with my doctor about it, and did some blood tests, I was normal. All around healthy as far as those tests could tell. I do plan to get tests done again soon. 

Topic hop: I've found that I struggle to consistently read anything non-fiction. At least, anything that I thought I'd be interested in. So for now, I'm sticking to my fiction stuff until I'm not dosing off within 10 minutes of reading.

So, after those goals were set, I went outside and jump-roped for a total of 6 minutes (12 30-second intervals with 30-second rests in between). It's a decent start.

I did about 15 minutes of yoga: 3 sets of sun salutations.

I showered, cooked dinner, ate while reading "The City of Brass" by S. A. Chakraborty, and I crocheted a little frog for my god-daughter. I hope she likes it. I'm really proud of this one. 

It's the purple one in the picture. The ninja one is pretty funny. Color changes aren't too difficult. The green one is for my cousin. The pink one looked like it had a mustache, so I made it a black shirt, and it became the French frog. I just need to source a small red scarf for him.

The purple one, if not obvious, is based on Rumi from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Here you can see the braid better. I'm really happy with how it came out. :D

And I ended my day with some bourbon biscuits and a glass of oat milk. Off to lay in bed and read some more as I dose off. Until next time!

-- Dojo