New thirty-day meme

elizabethtastic's been doing this meme for the past couple of weeks, and I was waiting for November to roll around so that I had a neat 30-day month in which to follow suit. So, without further ado, I bring you Day 1 of the 'Deep Thoughts 30-Day Meme'.

Day 1. What happened today? If it was the last day of your life, how satisfied would you be with your final hours?

Today was a public holiday, so I had no class. I began the day with an early run in the mist and cold, which was wonderful, as we've just put the clocks back and it's finally light in the early hours of the morning again. I'll put up with longer hours of darkness in the evening as long as I can run in daylight in the morning.

Then I discovered a new bar/cafe that has free wifi (yep, still no router at home) and went there for several hours (basically until my battery died) going over the translations from the thesis chapter I'm revising. Then home, and lunch and a bit of German homework and reading of Harry Potter in German (I did five pages in about 15 minutes! I'm getting better).

After that I did yoga in my room for half an hour. I was going to do it for an hour, but I didn't realise that aerobic exercise aside, I'm really out of shape, and so I did less than I intended. But I still felt great afterwards.

Then I cooked roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes and Spanish onion for dinner while chatting to thelxiepia and reading forums where the users snark fundamentalist cults. After eating, I got infuriated with the wifi at home and returned to the cafe/bar, which is where I am now. I'm in #btts for the first time in a month, and I'm glad I did so.

In answer to the second part of the question, yes, although it's not simply because I had an enjoyable and productive day. It's because I have a personal philosophy of embracing and owning all my emotions, and accepting that I'll have good days and bad, and that the bad days are as important to me as the good. It's not so much 'live each day as if it will be your last', but 'live a life that encompasses the whole range of human emotions and experience'. So if I'd spent today sitting glazed-eyed in front of the computer, eating chocolate while wearing my pyjamas, I'd still consider myself satisfied with my final hours.

( the other days )

Edited to correct a spelling error in the copy-pasted meme questions.

New thirty-day meme

elizabethtastic's been doing this meme for the past couple of weeks, and I was waiting for November to roll around so that I had a neat 30-day month in which to follow suit. So, without further ado, I bring you Day 1 of the 'Deep Thoughts 30-Day Meme'.

Day 1. What happened today? If it was the last day of your life, how satisfied would you be with your final hours?

Today was a public holiday, so I had no class. I began the day with an early run in the mist and cold, which was wonderful, as we've just put the clocks back and it's finally light in the early hours of the morning again. I'll put up with longer hours of darkness in the evening as long as I can run in daylight in the morning.

Then I discovered a new bar/cafe that has free wifi (yep, still no router at home) and went there for several hours (basically until my battery died) going over the translations from the thesis chapter I'm revising. Then home, and lunch and a bit of German homework and reading of Harry Potter in German (I did five pages in about 15 minutes! I'm getting better).

After that I did yoga in my room for half an hour. I was going to do it for an hour, but I didn't realise that aerobic exercise aside, I'm really out of shape, and so I did less than I intended. But I still felt great afterwards.

Then I cooked roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes and Spanish onion for dinner while chatting to thelxiepia and reading forums where the users snark fundamentalist cults. After eating, I got infuriated with the wifi at home and returned to the cafe/bar, which is where I am now. I'm in #btts for the first time in a month, and I'm glad I did so.

In answer to the second part of the question, yes, although it's not simply because I had an enjoyable and productive day. It's because I have a personal philosophy of embracing and owning all my emotions, and accepting that I'll have good days and bad, and that the bad days are as important to me as the good. It's not so much 'live each day as if it will be your last', but 'live a life that encompasses the whole range of human emotions and experience'. So if I'd spent today sitting glazed-eyed in front of the computer, eating chocolate while wearing my pyjamas, I'd still consider myself satisfied with my final hours.

( the other days )

Edited to correct a spelling error in the copy-pasted meme questions.