Schedules and Routines

[ewt]

On an ideal day, what would you get done? Include self-care activities (like hygiene and eating) and self-support activities (like working if applicable). Try to be realistic about what can actually happen in the course of a day. What would you need to do each day to never get behind in chores, to feel fulfilled and happy, and to maintain your relationships to your satisfaction?

On an average day, what do you get done? Include self-care and life-support activities as above.

On an emergency, oh-shit-everything-has-gone-wrong day, what are the essential things that you make sure you do? What is your bare-bones routine that you go out of your way to protect? What things from your above routines are "skippable" and for how long? Do you adapt by eating ready meals or by going in late to work? Do you skimp on sleep or shuffle chores to another day?

Details, details, details, please, if you will.

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[foolfaerie420.livejournal.com]

ideal day:

wake before dawn. studio time for a couple of hours.
The bed is made by 9am.
Darshan....sesame oil self massage total body.
Yoga, meditation, visualization.(takes about 10-15 min)
Sun for 20-40 if possible (full body unhindered).
PT walking, the constitutional.
More studio, focus on learning new things.
Dishes, make food, wash up,compost
sweep, fire box check for ashes haul out,
Burn creosote out of the chimney,
Check on plants in the greenhouse, attend.
Garden cycle needs.More of this if more sun.
More studio time, practicing known skills
Sort clothes, do laundry, re-pack suitcases.
Begin food prep and tidy loose ends.

At this afternoon juncture it is a good point to do something out of the usual. Go to town, work in the yard, take a nap, essentially work that is not at the monitor. Sometimes if I am in a deep learning phase on a steep curve I use up lots of this time on the rig and I have to remember once I have achieved this goal to return to my correct schedule.

Evening I review notes, sometimes more studio work, social networking pick-up and then setting renders or scrubs into motion. Anything that is nearly automatic.
Ideally by this time the house is freshened up and lovely to just chill in, there is a bit of good food (these days its an amazing Kale salad often). WE often look at process and movies around this hour and depending on how long the days are I often go to sleep if there is no company.

During a deep session of acquiring a new conceptual realm I get very focused for about five days usually. This I tolerate, and yet manage by returning to my practice. On the road I live out of the same suitcases as at home, my studio is online now, and it is really possible for me to often stick with the basic practice since I stay with pals I can always sweep and wash up. The five day window also makes it so that when I visit friends here on tour or home for a few i can disrupt my usual schedule to do the vulcan mind meld for a bit. There is an ability for the body to handle these bursts of disruption if the core landscape is this very regular practice which provides a buffer and a foundation.