Mindful Decisions

As mentioned in the meeting. I am now working full time, Monday to Friday with set hours. I have not had this in over a year. Now although the schedule is more consistent, I will be taking home less money. I realized that the money is not as important as my time or sanity. We can always reduce our expenses if we look hard enough. 

Too many people literally kill themselves chasing more and more money and I found myself slowly moving toward that path. I was racking my brain for months over the pros and cons of continuing on the path I was on and the one I finally chose, just ask Mel. In the end if reasoned that the balance has to be maintained between wealth and well-being.  This will also be a great benefit to my kung fu, with less distractions, attempting to learn and remember procedures from 3 different jobs, I can put more mental energy into my grading.

Having a public journal will help reduce cost from a food aspect. I can easily eat more than I need in one sitting. Besides, not all the food I eat is what one would consider clean eating. Having what I eat out there for not only myself, but all to see, will be motivation to be more mindful of what I am eating and how much. 

This also increases mindfulness in other aspects of  life. Much like how mediocrity seeps from one part of life to another, mindfulness can do the same thing. It is more difficult as it requires effort, but the effort seems easier as the mindfulness spreads. It starts with food, the main energy source. Mindful eating creates mindful purchasing which creates mindful lifestyle, mindful training, mindful living.