Daily Themes

Today should be a take care of house day, some kitchen, some garden, some bedroom.  Other days are allocated to writing or thinking, particularly as a Medscape submission deadline approaches.  That was yesterday.  Rarely one gets dominated by recreation.  But as I view each morning the array of initiatives committed to paper the night before, they definitely segregate to categories.  With intent or not, one category dominates what I actually do.

A few things remain constant if not entirely inviolable.  I take better care of myself with scheduled exercise, pretty consistent sleep times, virtually full compliance with daily medicine, and periodic measurements of waist, weight, and blood pressure.  None take very long other than sleeping so hardly any days really have self-care as a dominant feature other than those that have a medical or procedural appointment of some type.  Recreation, mental advancement, and home maintenance always appear on the daily list but don't have the firm appointment features of exercise, sleep, or medication so they are less consistently performed.  Yet at the end of each day when I review and compile the following day's initiatives, one of the three broad categories invariably dominates.  Work on the house today, not ignore my intellect or psyche, and sneak in a little Me Time too.