Life is ever so slightly better. I feel more energetic to tackle my various endeavours, though I'm still choked for time, and that's the reason why I'm not able to translate this. I've begun filling my morning with dealing with correspondence and the afternoons with work. If I'm not through the correspondence by lunch time, it will have to go to the next day.
I do try to simplify my life, for example staunchly refusing to join a Damian Lewis group. (sigh... for how long?) Writing here and writing my novel, or writing for the RPGs, is a hobby, but most everything else I do in the morning has a deeper meaning for me, and requires concentration that makes it very similar to work. These are my keywords: community, philosophy and self-awareness.
- LOTR. I'm getting involved in various interesting projects. This benefits a community (Yavin 4) which I think is worthy, and also helps me to bolster a philosophy which I identify with: the legacy of the Western world and the Christian faith. So here I am organizing meetings, writing letters, making plans.
- HP: same as above. Projects are cropping up like mad. And I think the philosophy of HP is the same, though it's not so much Christian faith as, even better because it has a broader appeal, Christian/humanistic values - mutual love, self-sacrifice, respect and dignity.
- Communities of friends which I contribute to: Y4, Elvas, the RPGs. Every morning I try to answer all messages. Letters of friends fall into this cathegory, my own special community, which I've treated quite badly lately.
- More on philosophy: I joined Ancient Worlds to get myself better documented on ancient European traditions and the great point of convergence between Pagan and Christian faith that is the early Middle Ages. Each morning I try to post something to keep in touch.
- The causes: the Association against Miastenia Gravis, Friends of Israel, my Eritrean friends, and more, including my personal cause of self-awareness, mental order, the fight against post-traumatic stress disease. I don't always have something to do for all of this, but at least I keep updated on another blog (much drearier to read, so don't look for it) my efforts to support modernity and the Western civilization, without which I would not be a comparatively healthy person today.
This fills up all the morning, and it's an effort. Then I fix lunch and do some houseworking such as ironing or sweeping, I eat relaxing with easy things, then it's work until about seven. More houseworking while dinner gets cooked, and to bed early, with the "Dragon" or the latest book to read (of a sky-high pile), after some personal grooming such as yoga, beauty creams etc. In the morning I wake without an alarm at about eight, a little workout, a shower, big breakfast with tea, bread and honey, and back to facing the world.
Or at least in theory... but these days I'm managing to do it, and for the moment I ask for nothing better. |