I cut myself some slack. Yesterday was the day I gave up media (TV, movies, non-enlightening fiction, etc.). There was much more that I planned to start yesterday. After all, there is much to do. I was going to start eating healthy, exercising, doing yoga for meditation. I got through the morning, after forgetting to stop by the store on the way to work to get some healthy food, and by lunchtime it was just a crazy day. I was ready to devour some caffeine, chocolate, comfort food - you get the picture. So I thought, "There really is no need to put so much pressure on myself. It WILL all get done and the road will be a lot sweeter if I take it one step at a time."
So yesterday, I had no TV.at.all. I picked up a pizza on the way home, ate with my daughter, spent a little time social networking on Facebook and a couple of other groups I'm part of, went to a yoga site to read up on how to get started with the meditation, sent my daughter off as she went to do her own face-to-face social networking, then I dusted off my piano books and spent about an hour reacquainting myself with the ivories. As time drew close to head off to bed, I read some in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" (I've heard it's very enriching) and went to sleep. I thought that might be a little difficult since I usually go to sleep to the TV, but it wasn't bad at all. I accomplished a few things, added an old friend (the piano) to my agenda, didn't put myself under any stress, and it ended up being a great day. I made the first step. It's going to be a fun and exciting journey...
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