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You might have to move to Costa Rica.

Today’s evil plan was to rethink everything. That didn’t work out well at all. There is too much going on to take the time to rethink everything as it is going on.  I don't know if I would have made it to work.  roflmao

What it turned into was an exercise in mindfulness. I did a lot of paying attention and rethought some things along the way.

Anyway…here are some notes I jotted down in a little notebook from this morning before I went to work and lost track of the whole thing.

When I got up I totally forgot about thinking about why I was doing things. So now it is 30 minutes into my day and it is time to regroup.

Crap, I’ve already done three more things totally out of habit: made coffee, put the oven on to preheat, and turned on the laptop.  I guess I'm having a biscuit for breakfast again.

Why am I putting jelly on this biscuit? I don’t want jelly. I like jam. Am I just putting jelly on the biscuit just because it is in the fridge? I don't know why.

I didn’t have jelly today and liked it better.

Some things are easy like feeding the birds. I can’t let them go hungry.

Why do I even have birds? Birds have been in my life since I was a child. My grandfather always had one and I have had at least one my entire adult life. Do I really like having birds around? That requires further thought. Is it just a habit? I think I enjoy their company. Do I really and if I do, why do I?

Lots to think about. Very challenging.

I’ve only been up one and a half hours and I am amazed at the number of things I keep doing totally out of habit with no thought whatsoever. Some are keepers, some maybe not.

There are things that may work better ritualistically. 

Why do I feed the birds at 5:30 each morning? It works best because some mornings Einstein wants to play and I’ll have time to play with him before I have to go to work.

Well, that is about it for my experiment. Sorry if the notes seem disjointed.  I was writing them in bits and pieces as I went along this morning.
I’ll continue to mess with this concept over the next few weeks.
Even from this short experience, it is clear to me that I can make some changes in my life to simplify things and improve my happiness.

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