The Holy Trinity of Creativity (Reading, Writing, Walking)
For the past few weeks, I have started to form a habit that I hope will become lifelong. Its impacts to my physical and mental health, although early in the process is already becoming quite evident as I wake up and begin my day with the three activities I call, the Holy Trinity of Creativity: Reading, Writing, and Walking (RWW). Over the course of the day, I utilized the RWW trinity to start my day off right, with some physical activity and some mental activity that is empowering. It sets the tone for how my day will go, starting off with healthy and spiritual readings and writings so that my mind is one that is in tune with the positive flowing feelings that I want.
During this very important stage of my day, the early morning, I try to isolate myself from any social media or anything quite frankly that would influence the way I am feeling, so that I can dictate those feelings for myself through this RWW trinity ritual. This blog post is a very important first step during this period, because it allows me to share whatever thoughts may come to mind, whatever triumphs or struggles I may be having, and when it is finished, provides me with a sense of accomplishment that I started off my day with a positive form of writing that is memorialized through this blog.
As I set the stage for my day ahead, I first have to congratulate myself for a job well done combating the urge to game. Over a week ago now, I went on a journey to completely eliminate gaming from my life as I saw it as a very bad influence, and ever since then, I have felt massive withdrawals as I went about my day, especially at night. These withdrawals have been mental in nature, with the urge to fill my downtime with gaming. Instead, I held steady with reading and writing as my saving grace and weathered the storm. As each day passes without gaming, the urge becomes a little less, and I can start to think more clearly about it. As an added step to help me combat my gaming addiction, I also went to a therapist and signed a client inquiry form. I now await their response accordingly.
For today's activities, I hope to focus my thoughts around writing my book again. I have noticed that I have not been able to keep to my word count, but I am reaching a part of my writing that I believe will be much easier to write. The first chapter right now is languishing a bit because I am having to create the historical framework for the fantasy world I am creating, and hence, it is taking longer than I thought to describe the many inhabitants and introduce their unique place in the world. Once I finish this part of the manuscript however, the next chapter I believe will be much easier to write, so I look forward with anticipation as I continue to work through chapter 1. My positive thoughts and feelings towards writing and reading will help me attract the ideas I need to make this part of my book a success, and I look forward to it immensely.
My other form of reading and writing will happen directly after I take my morning walk, and I hope to spend my writing time in a cafe about ideas that fill my mind through the morning walk. It is no secret that lately I have been preaching the power of the law of attraction in my life and concentrating my thoughts and efforts towards the thoughts and feelings that bring me joy. I will say that my concentration on the urges of gaming have perhaps made the urge stronger, but being aware of the thoughts that enter my mind allows me in that moment to choose an alternate thought. This is exactly how I have been able to combat the urge to game. I think about it, then start to feel bad, then choose a new thought towards something that makes me happy, like writing my book.
Instead of walking two laps around the field at the park in town, I have started to incorporate days where I walk three laps. Each lap is about 15 mins of walking, so as I continue to increase the number of laps, I hope to also increase the power in my legs and decrease my weight accordingly. I have not had a scale in my house, but after doing these walks and going to the gym daily now for nearly three weeks, I feel as though I must have lost some weight, although I cannot tell by looking in the mirror. In any event, the weight loss is a function of how I feel, and by walking, I feel fantastic and happy as I allow the walk to take the form of an idea generating meditation. As it gets hotter out, I will also have to be careful to not overdo my walking since it will be brutal outside (as it has been the last few days) with heat and humidity. This will make the walks slightly more challenging, but I wake up early enough to walk before the hottest part of the day arrives, so I should be all good.
Welp, it is time to continue the RWW trinity as I get ready to head to the park. The morning blog post is complete, and I wish you all a happy hump day with progress being made in whatever desires and goals you have set for yourselves. Have a wonderful day!
Until next time,
Blackboa