Day 117 of 365.
Ive been thinking about these days, and realize they are starting to look like prison counts. Or like I’m Tom Hanks in “Cast Away” rallying the days he’s been stranded at sea. Ive decided just here and now, I’m going to extend this to 365 days of writing.
What type of changes will I find within those 365 days? How will my life improve? What will happen with my website?
Im excited to find out!
For the past two weeks, Ive been staying at my friends apartment while he’s away on a scuba diving trip in the Honduras. He sounds like the makings of the quirky protagonist of a Wes Anderson film but, not so.
It’s a gorgeous apartment in Brooklyn, overlooking the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and the entire borough of Brooklyn. I wake up to the sunrise every morning and look out into the city.
Its a view over the city that I grew up. I can see the Verrazano Bridge, off into the distance, and from there I can make out the general area of my neighborhood.
There’s a calm that comes from being on top. Away from the chaos and grids of the city, from the steps and the pavements and the people and the cross lights and the cars. Its just the sky up here. Fresh up here. Air up here.
The city is so far below, and the problems (my problems), pressures, obstacles all melt away. One of the reasons I love being in nature is feeling as if I can think. We live our lives in tiny spaces, from train to bedroom to cubicle. It must have an effect subconsciously on how we think. Our thoughts must get stagnant in small places. Are city people prone to thinking «smaller» because they are in such small spaces, and surrounded by distractions?
I feel so different from the two weeks I’ve been here. Ive noticed Environment plays such a pivotal role in how I feel. The daylight and space, makes me happier, and feel as if I can think clearly. Ive eaten healthier and felt more than inspired, confident.
I wonder what changes will happen in 365 days? Wouldn’t that be interesting to see the things I wrote on the first day and see what happens one year from then?
Shouldnt we all be tracking our progression mentally, spiritually? People place emphasis on working out or eating right but not enough about feeling zen.
Take a day off. Meditate. Read. Breathe. Shut down the phone. Go outside and get uncomfortable.
Im always shocked the advances people will take to avoid spending time with their thoughts. I wonder how many people actually know themselves as well as they think they do.
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