I have said it a couple times but I can’t begin to express how much better I feel right now. After 25 days of this challenge, I feel like I have lost weight, gotten rid of bloating, accomplished a ton, gained motivation, learned the importance of self-care, started living with intention, and have begun to hear myself for the first time. When I was young, I talked…A LOT. Listening was kind of an issue. For 41 years of my life, I haven’t been able to hear myself. I’ve either been talking or trying really hard to hear others.
I’m excited for what the future holds. I am also worried that I’ll simply revert back to the same old habits that got me mired in complacency, imbalance, and unintentional living. To act like that could never happen would be ridiculous. Of course that’s a possibility. What’s going to keep me from doing that?
This whole experience has been a learning process. It has also been undertaken with a very unique goal. I’m not headed toward a destination. I’m trying to walk my path. I had strayed from the path. I probably will again. The great news is I intend to cleanse one out of every three months. There will be an opportunity to get back onto the path. If I do fall into the same old same old, there’s only a couple months of diversion. And if I live a life of intention for two months, indulging only when I know I’ll get a lot of enjoyment out of it, then I’ll be ready to cleanse again.
It’s the yin and yang, light and dark, etc. The lack of this cleanse isn’t really lack. I haven’t felt lack this month. I have actually felt abundance. My needs have been met. While I may have been away from certain vices/habits, it doesn’t mean I was quitting them forever (some I definitely am like cigarettes). It meant I was taking a full break from them so that I can better appreciate the gratification they bring me when I do partake. Which in turn will give me perspective on when I’m cheapening my life experience by repetitively indulging in those things without intention. I also have tools that help me identify when I’m straying from my path. Meditation, gratitude, journaling, yoga nidra, etc. I will also acquire more along my path.
Day 31 is going to be a gift. Just like today was. And every day after that.
On to Day 26!
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