Week 1, Day 2

Week 1, Day 2

Morning Pages

After indulging in a long game of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and catching up on reading The Moonlite Earth by Christopher Rice, I found myself laying in bed at 2am. I still couldn't sleep, so I started to watch an episode of The Middle on my iphone in bed. Finally passing out, I woke up at 7am. I very rarely have trouble sleeping, but I just haven't been able to get my mind to flip off for the last few days when I go to sleep. After 30 minutes of laying in bed trying, I finally decided that maybe I should just do my morning pages now and write about whatever it was that was sitting on the top of my brain.

BINGO- 20 minutes later and I'm passed out cold. I didn't open my eyes again until 10am. My usual technique for trying to fall asleep has been clearing my head and taking deep breaths to calm my body and head. But, this worked so much better and when I did open my eyes again I had a fresh new look at the world.

Tasks

What the Hell, You Might As Well

- This task asks that you make a list of 20 things that you could do that are artistic and simple. The point being to make a list of other simple projects you could do instead of being stuck on one that you can't seem to stay on board with. Essentially, if you get blocked, then do something fun and easy that is artistic too.

My list included such gems as-
- Turn the spare bedroom (my roommate just moved out, so I have a spare for a month) into Camp Crystal Lake and invite friends over for a "camp out". Tell ghost stories and eat s'mores. Sound like little kid shit and stupid? Go fuck yourself, you probably weren't invited anyways.
- Paint new bedroom. I'm thinking I might paint the wall behind my bed bright red.
- Cook something new that you have never made before.

Those are just a few of them, but probably the most fun.

Express Yourself

- This task asked you to write down adjectives to describe yourself and then put them into the form of a personal about yourself. The exercise urges you to use whatever adjectives come to mind. If 'intense' comes to mind, use it. Stop looking at the aspects of yourself that you think might be seen as negative and accept them. Some people enjoy 'intense'.

Bible

Last night I started reading the New Testament. Namely, the book of Matthew. It was brought to my attention that when starting to read the Bible for essentially the first time, it is great to start at the New Testament and then head to the Old Testament. Something I didn't realize was that the New Testament literally starts at the birth of Jesus. Then his father takes him away from where he is born because someone is trying to kill him and BANG, he is an adult. Granted, I am only part way through the book of Matthew, but how did Jesus learn he was the "son of God"? Perhaps this will be answered later on. It also strikes me as odd that I went to church every single sunday until I was 16 and I have no freaking clue about any of this.

Anyways, there is one thing that I'd like to share. AND NOW MY KINDLE ISN'T TURNING ON, SO I CAN'T SHARE THE VERSE WITH YOU! I'll fill you in next time. It was about anxiety and not worrying and blah blah blah. Either way, I really liked it and now I can't share it and that is giving me anxiety. HAHA.

So, umm, yeah. That's been my day two so far. Damn it.