For the last several weeks, I have been trying to attain balance. Get exercise, eat well, sleep well, drink lots of water. Meditate. Build confidence and willpower.
It's important to maintain balance. But sometimes it's necessary to lose balance in the right way. Walking, for example, is basically a process of falling over and catching yourself repeatedly.
I lost a lot of sleep last night pulling my writing assignment together. According to my Fitbit, I slept 3 hours and 14 minutes. As much as I appreciate the fact that I slept for a Pi amount of time, I'm exhausted. But I got it done.
A sustained diet of 3 hours of sleep per night will do serious harm. A single night of 3 hour sleep is easily recovered from. It also provides practice with restoring balance, which is probably more important than being in balance.
The above photo could be looked at as a metaphor, with me falling over, unbalanced by the dog who represents the lack of sleep--in fact, the photo itself is out of balance in terms of its composition and focus, for a post-modernist touch. The photo could also be looked at as a picture of me playing with Luna, which I posted because I'm really tired and didn't want to look for something that fit the theme better.
I think I'm going to throw a Tau onto that Pi for the number of hours of sleep tonight.
-- 2015-02-08 (Sunday)
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