This is Life
Wake up at 6:00 to the world’s best alarm clock, a whining dog. Take him out. Bring him in. Heat up the same breakfast for the 20th week. Sit and eat while listening to the Founder’s Podcast. Finish breakfast. Go upstairs to start the day. Get ready. Sit at my desk to start my day. Open the notebook permanently seated next to my mouse. Date. “Work Must Dos.” List out what I need to get done for the day. What is going to drive my work forward? Pull anything over from the previous day. Get going. Break the morning up with a quick trip outside with the dog. He’s needy at times but a welcome forced reset. Podcast on. Food. Run the kettle. Nothing like loose leaf tea, iced, with two sweet n lows in your favorite Yeti. The same yogurt bowl for the last 20 weeks. It still tastes so good. Back to work. Podcast off. Close the laptop for one last time. Open the other. Review superlist for the tasks I created the night before. Oh, so that’s what I was supposed to get done? Podcast on. Take the dog on a walk or to play frisbee. He loves fris and his life is too short not to do something he loves every day. Tire him out. Kennel time, sorry bubba. To the gym. But first, protein. Rice cakes. 30 grams of crunchy peanut butter, mmmmm. Drive. Park. Review my workout in Google Sheets. Check watch. Oh sheet, I need to walk more. Treadmill before or after? Before. I won’t want to after. Podcast off. Lingq open. Japanese. 30 minutes, another 3,000 steps. Onto the good part. Podcast on. Another hour and a half spent lifting. Burns so good. Time for home. Podcast off. Let the dog out. Podcast on. Make dinner. Vegetarian burrito bowl. Eat. Podcast off. Be present. Talk to wife. Ask about her day. Back to work. My work play. Open laptop. Music on. Research/film/edit/pullupfacebook/clashofclans/lockbackin/write/reflect. Music off. Laptop closed. Go to bed. Missed my bedtime again. Lay down. Podcast on. Wide awake. Stupid. Podcast off.
Repeat.
Redundant yet welcome. Busy yet enjoyable. Progress is inevitable. Progress is constant.
