Hmm…
Woke up today at 4 a.m., after going to bed pretty early, and decided to just stay up and start working early. there is something about that time of the morning, as many people do creative work then. Wayne dyer writes all of his books in the middle of the night, and I know Chuck P. has done it often as well.
Dyer specifically encourages people to get up at that hour, saying that most people get up at the same time every night for a reason. He usually ties it to a quot by Rumi: “The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.”
So, as I wasn’t all that tired, I did 90 minutes on the book, then went to yoga for 6:15a. It was certainly interesting to start a yoga practice before the sun was up, and an orange streetlight up near the window to our studio. By the time class ended, the sun was up and the streetlight out.
When I was working on the novel prior to yoga, however, something interesting happened. It is the first time I directly attribute something that occurs in a non-yoga setting to my yoga practice. I was working on the novel, fully intending to do early yoga. But then my mind started thinking ahead of what else i could accomplish today due to my early start. And, as soon as I noticed the errant thought, I froze. I then simply inhaled. Closed my eyes. And when I opened them again, I just flushed that thought out of my mind and went back to work on that sentence. I know it seems simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Unitasking is not cherished in this society, so we have to teach ourselves how to do it. Multitasking is easy, since the results suck.
So, home at 8 a.m., having already done a good chunk of work on the novel, and finished yoga, I put in another hour on the book, then chatted with my grandmother, and caught the first showing of Black Snake Moan in the theater. Tacked on a whole foods run for chana masala ingredients, a quick pop into Old Navy, and a swing past the Oasis mailstop, and I’m home at 3ish with a lot accomplished.
Not much to post on the site today, so I think I’m just going to do some reading before I start crashing. Or I could watch a DVD and crank out a review. We’ll see what happens.
The only problem with my new schedule is that it started right before I have a Fillmore show tomorrow night. I think I need to treat my schedule like anyone else, though. If people with day jobs stay out late, they set an alarm, down caffeine and suffer through.
As much as it’s inconvenient for nealry everything else in my life, I really do like it. Of course, if I’m writing and doing yoga daily, what else do I need to focus on really?
