chris (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _fool) wrote,@ 2008-01-02 23:05:00 |
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evens & ends
i got up at 5:30 this morning to go to a yoga class. i'm gonna do it again tomorrow. the style is odd--heated, and a lot of core strengthening. i don't like it as much as some other yoga i've done, but it is in the right place at the right time and has one side of the equation i like about a workout--intensity and much sweat (room heated to 105 degrees), and my core strength (the focus of the class) is an area which is deeply in need of attention, so it's kind of synchronistic. i don't know if this practice will be sustainable, or if i'll keep doing it at this studio, but i so enjoy the smooth calm-but-energetic morning that wakening to strength and centering creates. i used to get similar rewards from training in tukong at a similary ungodly hour. not so much from the pre-dawn jogs or bike rides, though. i think intention and focus has something to do with it.
good thing i got my yog on this morning, since my boss (for 3 more days) sought me out to tell me they'd hired someone else into the permanent position they'd opened for me. someone jumped ship from another team and had tons of directly relevant experience with our software, content providers, etc. i took it cheerfully--at least they *told* me what was going on, which is rare in the world of employment seeking and even rarer among my team members. i choose to take this as a positive sign that i can quit anytime i want with minimal notice as soon as a better opportunity presents itself; going full-time would have made me want to stick around and soak in the benefits for longer, and would have made me feel slightly bad about leaving in case something comes up sooner rather than later. my eyes are open, and my heart is untroubled.
my "2007 in review" post is held up pending more energy to review my year. to be fair, it is halfway done. however, i have an incredibly detailed hour-by-hour calendar thanks to my palmpilot, and i'm reviewing livejournal too to see where my mind was. so, i beg off of the timeliness factor on grounds of the amount of research remaining. yeah. it's late with a plausible excuse, just like me.
i got up at 5:30 this morning to go to a yoga class. i'm gonna do it again tomorrow. the style is odd--heated, and a lot of core strengthening. i don't like it as much as some other yoga i've done, but it is in the right place at the right time and has one side of the equation i like about a workout--intensity and much sweat (room heated to 105 degrees), and my core strength (the focus of the class) is an area which is deeply in need of attention, so it's kind of synchronistic. i don't know if this practice will be sustainable, or if i'll keep doing it at this studio, but i so enjoy the smooth calm-but-energetic morning that wakening to strength and centering creates. i used to get similar rewards from training in tukong at a similary ungodly hour. not so much from the pre-dawn jogs or bike rides, though. i think intention and focus has something to do with it.
good thing i got my yog on this morning, since my boss (for 3 more days) sought me out to tell me they'd hired someone else into the permanent position they'd opened for me. someone jumped ship from another team and had tons of directly relevant experience with our software, content providers, etc. i took it cheerfully--at least they *told* me what was going on, which is rare in the world of employment seeking and even rarer among my team members. i choose to take this as a positive sign that i can quit anytime i want with minimal notice as soon as a better opportunity presents itself; going full-time would have made me want to stick around and soak in the benefits for longer, and would have made me feel slightly bad about leaving in case something comes up sooner rather than later. my eyes are open, and my heart is untroubled.
my "2007 in review" post is held up pending more energy to review my year. to be fair, it is halfway done. however, i have an incredibly detailed hour-by-hour calendar thanks to my palmpilot, and i'm reviewing livejournal too to see where my mind was. so, i beg off of the timeliness factor on grounds of the amount of research remaining. yeah. it's late with a plausible excuse, just like me.
