travel
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Pockets of Time
Dear Conscience, Today was a little better, having started respecting my basic rules again, even while traveling. And I hope to keep it up during the rest of my trip. Here’s what I need to keep in mind, so that my mind doesn’t play a trick on me: If I can’t seize these pockets of Continue reading
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Travel is a Habit Disruptor
Dear Conscience, Travel is disruptive to my efforts of building good and steady habits. I let go of even my basics, like phone use limits and sleep. And it shouldn’t be. Travel cannot be an excuse to leave all my efforts to date by the wayside. And here I am, having to go back to Continue reading
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Travel Day
Dear Conscience, Today was for travel. We arrived with little energy left over for anything else. Tomorrow is Monday, it’s a day I reserve for Time. I have some pretty urgent backlog that I have to get out of the way. And make a plan for the rest of the stay. Maybe not the most Continue reading
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Vacation!
Dear Conscience, I’m at the airport, with a lot of luggage, and with my family. But without my laptop. For the first time in a loooooooong while, a planned time away from the laptop. Taking a toddler over 2 layovers to attend a wedding, not exactly stress-free. But I do want to use this time Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 