Back in Business

Back in regular business today.  Cleaning crew and a lot of errands -- so many that I did a few yesterday to offload for today.  I enjoy an occasional errand day though.  I haven't had many since the pandemic.

My goal this week is to keep up Future Self stuff.  (BTW -- FS label is a little strange and I use it all the time, but I don't know what else to call it and that's the shortest way to describe what I'm doing.) 

After a big few days, it's easy for me to go in an equal and opposite direction to relax.  I can't keep up the pace of the trip, but I want to keep practicing FS things that work for me.  Does this make sense?

So here's a few things I'm doing ...

I'm focusing on plant based eating.  4 days of vegan eating was fantastic, but not realistic for everyday (yet), but 85%+ vegan is more than doable with a little planning.  

Exercise that's okay for my back.  Yoga and arms today.  Long walk tomorrow and a hike on Friday.

Social-ish calendar.  Hike on Friday is with a friend.  I set up a lunch date with my youngest at La Carrata for next week -- espanol and mi Hijo. 

Spanish work -- making a detailed schedule of what to practice each day is working well.

More reading, less TV.  I finished The Guest Book (Sarah Blake) and it was good.  Sweeping generational novel with some interesting themes.  Bookclub is in person on July 31.  I'm making a day of it and I'll tell you about it as it gets closer.  New book pick today ... stay tuned.

And ... REST.  Because I'm not used to moving that much since my back injury.  My body is fatigued and I'm going to listen.  I need physical rest and some mental rest too -- it's like I was "on" all weekend.  Doing all the things, showing up in all the ways -- all healthy, all good, but I need to back it off a couple of notches or it'll feel like pressure to do it all perfectly.

Have a great day -- totally feels like a Monday to me.  Later gators.