YES! Finally made it to 005B! Last time I wasn’t able to make it past the 30 day mark. But now I realize that Latte’s are my Achilles heel here. The only time I had a NE was after I had a latte no joke. That was compounded with how I wasn’t exercising as much that week. That was because I was sore from doing this exercise thing the week before. Overall I’ve been tired but I’m finally starting to get back into the swing of things.
It’s funny how many things count as outflows. I’ve been playing Heroes of Newerth again with my pals and that is a serious brain drain. But I’ve had enough energy to do writing as well. I just sent out my fourth short story from my pipeline to prospective periodicals and I am extremely excited. I’m keeping a database of all my stories that get sent out so that way I can keep the pipeline of science fiction cooking. And honestly, the energy cultivation has really helped in order to keep the creative vibes flowing freely.
Last night I was really pumped and I was having trouble sleeping after I sent out a medium-length short story. So I basically has three choices, one was to engage in an outflow, the other was to lie in bed and waste time, and the final choice was to listen to some relaxing music and meditiate until I calmed myself down.
So I turned off all the lights and meditated to a song by Can from their Album, ‘Tago Mago.’ The song is called, “Halleleuwah” and it has a bass line that seriously boggles the mind. After listening to the song I must have drifted deep because I didn’t snap out of it till 3AM. By then I was completely relaxed and I went to bed and literally woke up before my alarm at 7:58 AM. So I ended being able to get to school early, that’s a good thing because there was a ton of traffic.
I’ve noticed another thing with all this exercise and cultivation that my eyes have become more clear and less dull. I can breathe very easily through the nose now too. Someone mentioned that pressing the tongue on the roof of the soft palate in the mouth can help with congestion and it worked.
-Tyler