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Meditation and Joy

Happy Friday! I'm excited for the weekend. Going back to work let's me appreciate days like Saturday and Sunday again instead of everything feeling like one big long same day. It's nice getting projects completed and turned in and being a productive member of society.
I work for a small business with fewer than ten employees and have my own little work area. But I've had to adjust my schedule a bit to add in necessary things like morning stretching...
Morning stretching is mandatory if I want to stay functional and mobile. My back injury gets super mad if I neglect this. So where my old habit was not stretching and hanging out on Facebook all morning I've now implemented morning stretches and my body thanks me.
Taking care of your body leads you to think about better eating. I've been making a conscious effort to eat fresh, lighter and healthier and do mindful cooking and food prep. My shrimp cocktail last night was divine. Yum🤤


Since I'm back to work my personal painting time has shifted- but it also makes me more conscious not to waste that time on my days off from the jobby. I'm looking forward to finishing up personal projects and getting some new ideas started. All in all PROJECT NO FACEBOOK has me kicking lots of bad habits to the curb and focusing on replacing them with better ones . Here's what I kicked and what I gained because of it:
*Facebook➡️ *TV Binging in Evening➡️ 
(Kicked)
 Healthy Eating, Stretching, Walks, Meditation, Art Productivity, Home Redecorating Projects, Pet Playtime, Nature time...
And my mind isn't cluttered with- he said she said, wow that person is crazy, that is horrible news jeez, why would anyone post that....all day long. Facebook is really screwing with people's brains and personalities and devolving their behaviour. There is barely civility and conversation, it's either repeating the same thing over to the echo chamber of yes men they've assembled or fighting and name calling. 
No I don't miss ALL THAT. 
My brain has free space again to ingest pertinent information and think of future art.
Do you have bad habits that need replacing? It can start with one and snowball into something wonderful.
Enjoy your weekend friends 🖖

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