Coasting, sort ofl...

[alexpgp]

Part 3 of 3 went out the door this morning, which took a huge load off my mind.

Among other things, it will force me to reconsider my limitations, or at least make me aware of the hazards of, in effect, agreeing to invest large numbers of hours over a short period of days. Everything turned out well, in the end, but overcommitting in one area—even if it's the area that pulls in the green—is not going to help me improve in other areas, which I have targeted for attention under the slogan of "it's not how much you make, it's how much you get to keep."

Tai chi again underscored my need to not only get a clear mental understanding of what it means to be relaxed—i.e., to attain a physical state in which one's body is neither rigid nor "collapsed"—but also to attain some measure of "physical" understanding (in the sense of having my body relax).

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I used to know relaxed, but somewhere along the line when I wasn't looking, I lost it. Even meditation hasn't brought it back. I keep working it, for my blood pressure if nothing else. I tell the doctor that I'm working hard to relax ;p

[velvet-granat.livejournal.com]

So far I've found only three things that make me feel "relaxed" - a week somewhere in an little Asian town with nothing much to do (except to think about what I'm doing to eat next), a 5 mile run or an hour punching the heck out of a boxing bag. There doesn't seem to be anything "in between"... :)