day 7-14

Is that right?  Work has gotten pretty busy, which is the irony because the whole concept of the rule of life is balance.  But, we keep talking about small steps, so I am taking the teeniest of weeniest steps in trying to achieve this balance.  I am home for supper by 6:30 about 3 times a week.  I have been able to leave the blackberry at home on the weekends.  I stop checking it at 9:00pm  Sat night for 24 hours and start up again Sunday night.

here again is my rules of life:

1.  Caring for my body: Getting adequate sleep, exercise and practicing healthy eating habits
      - exercise 3 times a week
      - sleep min 7 hours a night
      - eat better

2. Daily Prayer
      - setting aside time such as when I am waiting for Rhys to fall asleep, or early morning when I first wake up

3.  Daily Devotion- trying to keep it fresh and not feel like a chore or something I have to do

4. Having a sabbath- the blackberry will be off from 9:00pm sat to 9:00pm sun


I am still struggling with the exercise portion- a few of my co workers rode up from vancouver to whistler a few weeks ago on a saturday, so I really don't have any excuse.


I am eating better- no fast food and a packed lunch a few days a week.


It is currently 9:54 and I am going to put Rhys down and go to bed. 


So again the point of this is not to feel like these are chores but to make them intentional habits.  I hear that you have to do the same thing everyday for 2 weeks before it becomes a habit, so I will keep pressing on.  


Daily prayer and devotion.  Time will always be the excuse but I am taking the attitude of wanting to seek the time instead of trying to cram it in.  It can be anywhere- it is a long drive to coquitlam in the mornings, and even just taking 15 mins midday to rest my hands- yup the numbness from chemo is still there.  


The Sabbath has been great.  I turned down the whitecaps game because I wanted to spend the afternoon with friends and family.  Well worth it.  There are days when I don't see Rhys because I leave the house at 6:00am and come back after she is asleep. This makes the weekends all the more precious.  Yes, my golf game might suffer and so will my poker skills.  Small price to pay- especially when your 3 year old, puts her hands on her head and keeps yelling dammit, dammit, dammit- whoops- I wonder where she learned that from...got her to say, Ah man instead. 


Yup, Old habits die hard... which is good because once some of these rules become a habit, then they will be hard to break.


Laterz