Getting Started

As of yesterday I have meditated daily for two weeks!  The decision to start was not thought out at all... one morning I was lying in bed and thought "I should meditate!"  And there we go.  I have been using an app called Calm for the meditations.  They have nature sounds you can listen to, and timers, but I have been using their guided meditations which are available in 2, 5, 10, 15, 25, or 30 minute increments.  It starts out by getting you relaxed and focused, and then there is silent time.  So far I have been doing either 10 or 15 minutes.  I wish there was a 20 minute time slot, because that ten minute jump from 15 to 25 seems really daunting.  I like the feeling I get from it, though... relaxed but energized, centered, and clear-headed.  From previous experience, I know that I cannot meditate right before bed, because it seems to get me mentally hopped up and I never sleep well.  I have been aiming to do it first thing in the morning, because it really does seem to put me in a good mood for the day.  This is one of those habits that I would like to develop for life, even though I am only doing it for a month for the list.

So, my big ordeal right now is my right foot.  Last Monday, I hit it on my bed (it's a storage bed, so it's solid with drawers) and although the bruises are fading, it still hurts quite a lot.  I chipped a bone on this same pinky toe years ago, and I don't remember it hurting this much.  Plus, the pain seems concentrated behind the toe, so that was concerning me.  So this morning, I went to a MedCheck clinic where they took x-rays and told me that there are no fractures (thank goodness!), but that I probably bruised the bone which can hurt just as much as a break.  Needless to say, I'm not getting around very well, and I haven't been able to do a few things that I had planned.  Bummer.

I sat down the other day and started putting some information together for some of the list items.  One thing I discovered is that I have been to a lot more of the museums around town than I realized!  I may have to either broaden my definition of a museum or expand slightly outside of Indianapolis.  That is a good thing, I think, but it did throw me off a little.  I have also written to my grandparents for this month and found some notebooks to use for my various lists.  I'm excited to get moving (figuratively if not quite literally) on my List.  I am not going to let myself leave so many things until the last minute like I did last time.