The basics

I have come to the conclusion that there are likely not enough hours in the day to do these basic things:
- Be at work for the number of hours I'm required
- Get enough sleep
- Eat properly
- Get enough exercise
- Follow through on specific exercises, homework, and maintenance from various physicians (and much of this isn't just a matter of finding the time, but remembering to follow through on a million different tasks and timelines).

These are the absolute basics... and I'd really like to add meditation, but then it's even more unattainable. But I guess this is what we all face - feeling there aren't enough hours in the day, stressed to find a way to fit it all in. In many ways, I'd very much like to just settle down and enjoy these simple things, use this as a chance to further learn how to appreciate and experience my life as it is. And yet I just reached this point where I'm figuring out what's next and trying to move forward. I want to do career research, organize things, make progress.

But perhaps this is the most important progress to make. I already have a far healthier lifestyle than most, and I continue to make tweaks to improve further. The physical therapy I'm going through now has the potential to address 6 different physical ailments, all of the physical/medical issues I really have. It's discouraging as all hell how many things I have to remember, how weirdly screwed up my body is and what slow progress I will have to make. But I'm laying a pretty strong foundation for a long, healthy life, addressing issues while I'm still young and comparatively pliable. It is something to be grateful for.

I'm amazed at how much of my thought and energy goes into the basics of self care, planning out my days to remember a little better to follow my doctors' orders, to take care of myself as well as possible. A friend recently told me that he thinks I live my life well and it will show more and more over time. Rather a nice compliment... Perhaps this is part of what that means?