Four Months Into the Year of the Detox

Both times I was on the El today, the train was delayed...at 4:30 in the morning on the way to work, I was incredibly peeved - could barely breathe because of agitation ...well that and running to the train. And this afternoon on the way home, we were told there was to be a two minute delay. I wasn't really in a hurry to get anywhere but in the back of my mind was keeping time. Exactly two minutes later the train began once again on it's course, and I thought to myself how long that moment felt. The minutes were rife with incomplete thoughts that seemed to bounce about as if I were in the midst of some deep philosophical argument that dealt with our concept of time. 

Once home - or nearly so - I remembered that this is the year of my detox. The first month was food. The second two were from shopping. It's been two weeks into April which was supposed to be 30 days of yoga and meditation, but I've been incredibly lax. I think that I need to remember to quiet my mind sometimes....there's no need to get agitated or be in a rush to get home. And while I think an active mind is preferable, sometimes we do too much. We plan so much...and are vile when those plans are foiled. We expect the world and sometimes push ourselves too hard to obtain it when maybe we need to just let it be. I'm not saying that I don't want to be goal driven, but instead of filling my time off with needless shite maybe I need to learn be content to do nothing.

I think this is the hardest concept so far this year, but I'm totally recommitting to 30+ days of yoga/meditation. I think it may do me good. 

If anyone has detox ideas for June through December, let me know. I'm open to nearly anything (minus sex and swearing...I don't know if I can live without either).

Cheers