Morning Meditation: 2/24/24 (Patreon)

What an interesting date today is, a beautiful sequence of numbers: 2/24/24. Is there a word for such a sequence? Please let me know if there is.

Today, I woke up at 8AM but it took me a good 30 minutes to even rise out of bed. I went to bed at 1030, but still failed to wake up at 6AM which is my target goal. I suppose with the state that I’m in, and what I’ve been going through, 8 hours of sleep is not adequate enough for the healing process.

Last night, the dark thoughts did return. But I still went to sleep on time, I did not fret, cry—I maintained and navigated the storm with ease. Is it because of TWICE’s “I GOT YOU”? Maybe, maybe not. But it was the last video I watched before getting off work and heading to bed so perhaps it resonated with me deeply, somehow. There was something incredibly healing about that music video.

Here’s my schedule for today:

9 - 10: Walk in the park, reading, journaling

10 - 11: Breakfast

11 - 13: Filming Block

13 - 1530: Lunch, Taxes, Set up back log

1530 - 1730: Filming Block

1730 - 18: Dinner

18 - 1930: Wind Down

20: Bed

It’s currently 10AM and I’m at the park. After a walk, I journaled and read my philosophy books at a bench. It’s quite sad that I haven’t done this in about two years, when it was something that was very important to me and brought me much peace and focus.

As you can see based on my schedule, things are moving a bit faster today, and I’ll be going to bed even earlier today with the hope getting more than adequate rest, but to also wake up at my target goal of 6AM. I’d really like to go to the gym in the mornings, follow it up with the park, and then come home to film around 9AM.

I’ll be moving on to my breakfast schedule now but before I go, I wanted to share a classical music piece with you. When I woke this morning, I turned on my classical music playlist (curated by Apple Music) and began my morning. At a certain point, the piece I’ve screenshotted and attached to this post, moved me greatly. It’s beautiful, poignant, and deeply hopeful. Although “Adieux” means goodbye, there’s something beautiful and hopeful about the piece.

I’ll work even harder and do my best today, I hope you all do the same. Remember, just 2% a better day than yesterday. I hope you can see how even today, this morning alone, I am doing just 2% better.

Remember to hydrate, be kind to others, be kind to the ignorant, and most importantly be kind to yourself.

Adieux 😌✌🏻