One X at a Time

I have been in a major slump recently. No writing, no exercise, no good eating habits. You might call it a "minor" depression, you might call it a "major overload." I'd probably lean toward the latter.

I need a vacation.

Until that happens, however (May, for the World Horror Convention), I still have to live my life. My first tip for change came at a frisbee tournament recently, where some sage soul pointed out that you could only proceed "one point at a time." This wasn't like basketball or football where you could score numerous points in one attempt. One. Point. At. A. Time.

Just like life. Or my life, at least. I've been trying to go for five points in one fell swoop. Needless to say, it's not working.

I have a schedule, you see. Goals for the year, broken down by quarters, printed out by month, detailed by week, listed by day. Are you tired just thinking about it? Now you see the source of my (entirely self-imposed) burden. As I told my friend Kelly today, my new mantra is "unclench!"

I allowed myself guilt-free eating and sloth and TV-watching recently, but this week I got a little peek at my past discipline and craved more of it. Now I just need to move forward slowly. One step at a time. One day at a time. One accomplishment at a time.

I can already feel my muscles thanking me.