Stamina: high / nearly full
Focus: high / full
Magic: very high / full
I am currently sitting in a coffee shop called Moka House (no, not Mocca House apparently). Karen and I have come here to enjoy the ambience and coffee before visiting the movie rental shop across the street. I'm hoping to pick up a couple of French films that I would like to see.
I am also experimenting with the space in terms of how it feels to work on a laptop here. Karen brought a book so she can read while I tap away on the keyboard.
In any case, I'm playing with the format of the check-ins again. I've decided to try looking at my energy levels, both in terms of how I'm feeling in terms of capacity and how drained I am. For example, a really heavy day of exercise might have a high stamina that has been drained. Stamina is of course the energy of the body, incorporating activities like sleep and exercise. Focus is the energy of the mind for things like reading, writing, learning, etc. Magic is the energy of the spirit, and is the more nebulous element that deals with emotions and emotional efforts.
Right now I'm feeling pretty loaded up on all three. We've been swimming four times this week, plus all the dog walking. I've only been on a relatively brief walk so far today so I have a great deal of stamina capacity that has only been slightly used up.
Because I had a good sleep last night I'm feeling fairly good in terms of focus as well. Today might be a really good writing day as a result. I'm feeling somewhat inspired and may give it a stab later on.
But where I'm really feeling energetic is the magic. I took a walk around the bog by myself this morning, which meant I was surrounded by trees, breathing lots of rain-scrubbed air full of freshly-produced oxygen. Mark, Karen, and I had an interesting conversation last night about the concept of Wu (Wu Wei) from Taoism, which is essentially a state of formlessness and naturalness, a oneness with the Tao. It also features in the TV version of The Man In The High Castle, where they interpret it a little differently, with more of an emotional charge to it. So I've been contemplating Taoist concepts and doing walking meditations in nature, which has left me feeling extremely full and positive in terms of my emotional feelings.
I'm hoping to find a couple of movies at the movie rental shop (which I think is called Pick A Flick). The first is a movie called Le Prenom, which is about a man who is visiting friends and then tells them what he plans on naming his newborn son--resulting in hilarity. We started to watch it in French class at Alliance Francaise, but didn't get to see the whole thing. The other is Amelie, because I was talking to Karen about French films and I mentioned that I hadn't seen Amelie.
The laptop experiment is going quite well. The chair is comfortable and the atmosphere is pleasant. I may try coming back here on my own to get a bit of writing done.
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