Up and figuring out my day.

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Alive and well, give or take. Today being a new day and opportunity seems to be a real thing. For whatever reason I seem to have the opportunity to put my feet back on the ground and begin moving in the right directions again. My main thing is to do dishes and laundry. It will be messy to get taken care of, so be it. And, I think a bike ride today (after some pictures). And I need to begin considering maps again. But I know where to get them now.

I have, for the most part, organized my pack for travel. I don't have any foods in it or for it, but will solve that shortly. Initially, I will just buy the usual foods, granola, granola bars, protein bars. I really want candy bars, but until I cut my soda back I don't want to add even more sugar. I do need to cut my soda intake to a can ever few days. Bah, another thing.

Oh, some things from yesterday. On my way to and from my appointment I was listening to the Catholic radio station. I often do that, when I can turn off my loud rock and metal. Anyway, I got hit hard, three different times, on two different areas. The first thing I got hit regarding involved the computer and television. Two different times I was hit by the notion I need to turn these things off and "do something else". I can't recall the other thing, but it will come to me.

So, what I have decided, not including time that I work (as I use breaks to blog, read news, or game), that for every 12 hours, four hours minimally will be set aside as 'nothing-electric' times. I can read, I can pray, I can ride my bike or hike, I can do anything but sit and watch or tinker. I cannot watch tv, use the computer, listen to the radio, or do anything that has an external input source. If this works well, I will extend it. I have to change some of my habits from being ill. Further, I have to consider that these habits have indeed become a part of the "illness". Yes, yes I do. And, the period has to be perfect. I mean four hours can't be a half an hour here, a half an hour there, but full on and I am guessing two hours at a time or more, and specified. Preferably in a full four hour block (or more) at a time. Yes, the gauntlet is laid, or rather, smacked across the face.

I think, today, I will go in, check on maps, call my friend and maybe visit (and maybe visit again tomorrow), do some shopping for hiking/biking foods, look for a water container and holder for my bike (aluminum is fine, I think), take out the trash, do some dishes, do some laundry (not all of either probably), use the scripts to order a pair or two of sunglasses, and that should be more than I can get done but enough to begin living again. Why the on/off button? Frag if I know. But it says "on", so, that is what I am.

Go, go, go!!!