Tags: anxiety
Donโt worry until the time for worrying is warranted.
Doctor: Mediterranean diet, social interaction, daily exercise, both physical and mental, and stop being anxious about dementia. That only adds anxiety, which is not good for something you want to prevent.
Food intake: Pre-portion. Steady state. Not perfect. Just consistent.
Morning walks declutter the mind. Decluttering the closet clears the mind too.
Seeing what is possible through concrete examples expands the mind in concrete ways.
I begin to see a pattern: Work life has stabilized. I do the things I used to do prior to 2018. This seems to be a cycle. One mistake I donโt want to repeat is becoming too focused on work. No grand plan, no strong drive, no passion. Only simple days, a plain life, the repetition of small things with discipline, the Zen as learned from Beginnerโs Mind (Suzuki, 2020).