I woke up at 4:45 AM this morning. It was simply beautiful outside. At that hour dawn is only a faint hint on the horizon, everything is very still and quiet, and after our heat wave it is blessedly cool. I lay in bed for a while and contemplated sleeping in, but I found I was already wide awake. I woke up and padded around the house in the semi-darkness and just kind of savored the moment of the morning.
I discovered that at 2:11 AM my Blackberry had locked up. That was the first time it had done that, so I did I forced restart by popping the battery and then putting it back in. I hope that is not a trend, because otherwise I happen to like the Z10. It is a sweet little phone and the only complaint I have is that the ring tones and message tones are on the soft side. Since I usually carry my cell phone in my pocket, I like them to be a bit louder.
A nice hot shower, clean clothes, a cup of coffee, a bowl of Special K and I find myself moving smoothly into the morning. I have three days before I start my two week vacation, which will include my annual pilgrimage to Comic Con in San Diego. I am looking forward to both the two week vacation and trip down to San Diego.
I've got a fair load of work to try and get wrapped up before I depart, but, I am feeling pretty confident that it is going to be a relatively clean vacation. Now, I am sure that, at several points during the vacation I am going to peek into my email just to make sure nothing has totally exploded. I would rather spend a few minutes of my time on vacation then come back to something fully engulfed in a work fire frenzy.
My monkey mind kind of skittered around this morning. I am always amazed at the ability of the mind to pull me out of the moment and off into something that really has nothing to do with me, something I cannot influence, something I did not cause, something that only peripherally effects me because I am aware of it, or because it effects someone I know. My mind really likes to solve puzzles and problems, so I think sometimes when it has none, it will quite happily borrow them or invent them. That is not necessarily a good thing.
Over the weekend I did a lot of cleaning in my living room, basking in the Zen nature of the simple and repetitive tasks, with an end result of a clean, neat and uncluttered living room. I love the feeling when I come into the living room and the clean lines of it inspire me to try and keep the same clean lines in my life.
When you read about simplicity, one of the things you'll read about is that your stuff, your environment, has a direct impact on your mental condition. I find that is very true. When my environment is simple and clean, my mind is simple and clean. It's a great combination. I've mentioned in previous posts that my drive toward simplicity seems to move in waves. I think I am about to enter another wave of simplicity, another wave of minimalism. I am looking forward to it over the upcoming vacation.
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