iChan: Flourish in this 39th Best... Around... Round

Progress Report Mind: Revving up the Headspace streak - 4 days strong Body: Leslie Sansone 6 Week Challenge Soul: Future Cities presentation judging Drafting a training workflow at work Like those resolution-ers, I am slipping in my healthy streaks and giving up towards the end of the month. I am jaded of the partial government shutdown. There is a reduction in custodial staff so we'll need to start cleaning up our own work areas. I am filled with ennui for the cold. May the warmth of hope for a resolution and sunnier climes reinvigorate my resolve to better my well-being.

Progress Report Mind: 39 days strong on Headspace Body: Wobbled off schedule on Leslie Sansone's 6 Week Challenge for 1 day, but straightened the track Soul: STEM Outreach: CCISD Science Fair judging and Future Cities essay judging (looking forward to the presentations/model judging in Saturday) I certainly feel that listless stagnation in the body when my mind numbingly drags along. The mind is distracted from every digital squirrel of media hearsay related to happenings on ISS operations and the stalemate in DC. Tiring is an understatement. My body seems to crave more sleep. Diurnal inactivity of sitting at the desk, trying to maintain productivity at work in a lowered morale environment, leads to a sofa coma when I return home at dusk. I awkwardly laid my head on the sofa pillow one evening and now I am struggling with a weird knot in back muscles that support the neck. I gingerly turn my head left or right to verify peripheral sightings. Attempts to ...

Progress Report Mind: 32 days strong on Headspace Half way through the NASA STEP Program Body: Leslie Sansone's 6 Week Program Soul: Planning amusement trip with my best friend Keeping up with the daily sketches Planning lunch/dinner with friends We are only half way through week 2 of the year and I'm already feeling exhausted? The partial government shutdown is making a lot of colleagues antsy. I am fortunate to be getting a steady paycheck for a little while longer. I am fortunate that I do not see the need to take out a loan to sustain myself while the fine folks at Capitol Hill are sorting the budget out. AIAA Houston and RNASA activity is ramping back up. I don't feel like I have the bandwidth or sustaining momentum to whittle down the tasklist. I was assertive enough to at least state my availability in addressing these actions. Let's see how next week goes.

Some 2018 Progress Report Recovered from the Draft Trunk Mind: Drawing prompts Body: MyFitnessPal to reinforce "Hara Hachi Bu" - sometimes Indian dance classes at Premier Dance Academy Soul: Duck, Death, and the Tulip Karafun with dear ones Keye Luke Thich Nhat Hanh - Zen Buddhist monk that brought hugging meditation to consciousness - highlights, "Spirituality is a practice that brings relief, communication, and transformation." I want to fully embrace this grief and transform it into a reinvigorating energy to make life spirited and purposeful. With open arms, I want to communicate genuine warmth and energy for a better day. P.S.: I don't know why I left this poor post alone in March 2018. In a couple of months, its first anniversary in Blogger draft limbo was going around the bend. I've set this thought free! Float, float on...

Progress Report Mind: Embracing walking meditations Making progress on that Headspace 365 days streak (Currently at a 25 days streak) Body: Leslie Sansone's 6 Week Challenge Soul: Doodling My, my. Coffee ice cream has kept me up for the last 4 hours. I am not a fan of this nervous energy. This caffeine sensitivity to a coffee extract is frustrating at the midnight hour. Anyways... The Jessica Smith love is still going strong through the last however many years. Her January 2019 challenge is infectiously encouraging me to try, try anything and everything again. My anchoring mantra for the year is "energy." Every day is an opportunity to get and spread more energy. My optimistic conscience is pushing for 365 days of positive energy! To this end, the new goal for the progress reports is to record the positive developments in mind, body, and soul with less nag and fuss, which usually deplete energy. Comebacks for the n th however many times feel...

Progress Report Mind: On the last throbbing leg of Headspace's Pain Management Pack Placating the fiendish desire to solve puzzles with the Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2018 Using an un-ordered list makes it easier to ruminate on daily thanksgivings Alice Water's Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook Body: Embarking on a 7 Day Yoga Challenge , courtesy of Sara Beth Yoga Leslie Sansone's YouTube channel offers greater than 5 minutes workouts Rewind: Denise Austin on BeFiT Natya Aerobics - A 10-minute cardio dance routine Soul: Reinvigorating that musical energy with the likes of Billy Stewart Experiencing Gypsy Joynt , DTO Galveston , Nancy's Hustle New offerings at Brasserie 1895 Visiting with both families <One eyebrow raised /> I am approaching a three year hiatus on penning in-depth reflections. Throughout these 3 near-complete revolutions around the sun, self-development notes and an eclec...