Since I shuffled meditation a bit, book reading has stopped (used to be something I did after making oatmeal but whilst waiting for it to expand in the hot water).

Going to need to practice my intention to read and find a consistent place for it....

Dream

I did in fact wake up and meditate this morning while laying in bed. And there was a dream I remembered. But I didn't focus on it and now... it's gone. There's some vague recollection of family. But that's it.

Meditation (Day 42)

Best number today (though, I mean, I'm not a huge fan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but 42 is a fun concept).

Definitenly forgot the breath at least once. Possibly twice. The first one was getting lost in thought about a recent Twilight Zone episode. The other was getting lost in thought about how to practice Super Smash Bros. Melee.

But, other than that, really solid. Struggled to maintain stage 3 (invoking introspective attention before forgetting breath) in first half, but broke past the barrier and had some stage 4 (continuous intraspective awareness) in second half. Felt confident enough to do a body scan to increase mindfulness (stage 5).

Still feels like I've leveled up a few days ago. Don't "need" the meditation, and as such come out even sharper than I did when I "needed" it. Perhaps this feeling will become the new normal and I'll feel the need for meditation again, though now the extra value is providing plenty of drive.

Extracurricular Intention

Still playing with words here. As my extra work for the day may not always be a blog post, nor will it always be outside of work, "blog" and "side-projects" don't always feel applicable. Today, I think I can make some time for some work writing. I will try making that time between 1630 and 1700.

I also have 5 minutes left of this little writing block to look at it a bit.

Extracurricular Results

Ended up making good progress, and lengthening the 5 minutes above to 25 mintutes. No longer need to fit it into 1630.