Going Back Home.... A little

Lately, I've been thinking through many a thing that gives me good reason to pause. Some are simple, some are complex, all are revolutionary if I allow them to be.

SLEEP
I need a normal bedtime for Sunday through Thursday so that my weekdays at work are effective. Right now, I'm struggling. Some of it -- more than half -- is pure insomnia. I can't control that, but I can mitigate some of it and I need to do what I've been doing to that end.

Example: Turning all of my lights off before sleeping instead reading or whatever else until late late late. Did that last night. I still had a fair bit of insomnia to ride out, but it seemed to shorten things a bit.

Maybe it will even out my energy levels and let me work without my "three-PM-crash" every afternoon.

FOOD
I love sweets and coffee, but maybe a little less of each might be good for me. I'm eating cookies right now, but I've been going light on that for a while. I've also been trying not to eat late at night as I'm not as active then. Currently, I get hungry right around 3AM when I have a hard time sleeping, but I ignore that and sleep.

I think it will be better for me in general to keep on with that in the long term. My boss asked me if I lost weight yesterday and I've been just not eating or drinking after 11 or so for the last few days. I like this.

SOUL AND SPIRIT
I find myself coming back to roots. I want to swear less, I'm thinking about the future of the church more. I'm bored with a lot of things that aren't especially good to do. The drinking I will continue, but maybe I could add more time for Bible reading and such (another desire I've had lately). It's sitting on my desk as I speak and waiting although I also have a book on the theory of Zero.

OTHER
I'm getting older and I have a birthday coming soon. I'm feeling better with the weather getting warmer and more sunlight in the day. I have a subtly growing drive to do more and greater on a lot of levels. Great change is coming and soon.

That said, I'll take a pause from this writing and get back to work for a while. There is a lot to do today and lots of fires to put out it seems.

Such is life.