I have that rather a lot. But I do wonder - sometimes - who "everybody" might be. I am not alone in not doing what this elusive group does. On the other hand, I am an "everybody" myself sometimes: I got a mobile phone, I watch Downton Abbey, also I use Facebook. But not all the world does. In fact, I know quite a lot of people who don't do or have one or the other.
Among the things I don't do, are New Years Resolutions. My resolutions can start at any time of the year. Going to the fitness-studio? Got enrolled in october. Starting Yoga? Septembre and a lot of other things.
Likewise, I do not do spring-cleaning, unless I get sick in spring, then I do it at the end of that time, when I get bored with myself and even rather clean, than read. You can read the desperation between the lines?
I did not read Harry Potter, until the Hype was over. Bollywood didn't reach me before. The Vicar of Dibley I discovered when the series had ended about a year earlier. The Sims 3 had started a while, before I started on it.
This is the reason, why my try of Ayurveda lifestyle-change start before the New Year. Some things I already started before christmas. Like doing a Gashana before the shower, reducing sweet, fat and sour stuff from my diet and replacing it by astringent (once I found out, what that was), bitter and sharp spices. But there was no use in starting before christmas, seeing that I would not do without the traditional herring salad.
At any rate: tomorrow is the official start and therefore - starting tomorrow as well - I will write regularly about my experiences. I will make mistakes and it won't always be easy, but it was never supposed to be easy. It is a challenge, and I am taking it. So, my winter-cleaning starts tomorrow, in my flat and in my body. I have already bought some new spices, the herring-salad is all eaten up and i shoved off some aspects in my life, that are not good for me. And people.
But I won't just take away, I will add as well:
- regular bedtimes
- regular meals
- regular sports
Next year school starts again, since I will get up early every day now, 5.30 am and I don't like the sound of it, I can use the time from 6.30 to 8.00 am to learn. I found out, that it is peaceful and quiet at that time and I can conentrate very well. So 5.30 am it is. After 30 Minutes of meditation. Yes, Meditation is supposed to be sitting up, but I can breathe and let go and do anything, that has to do with meditation better, when I am lying down.
I have found this Ayurveda-Clinic not so very far away and will get more informations about it, I have books and the internet. The latter more for recipes. Just today I found another indian restaurant nearby. That is the third I know off. So it is meant. It really is. Therefore: let the new experiences for progression begin. Very Sattva... :-)
On a lighter note: since now I can watch You Tube again, I have indulged in "Little Lord Fauntleroy". The good version, with Alec Guinness and Rick(y) Schroeder. I just love, I love it, I love it, I love it. So let's end this entry with a picture of his Lordship, the Earl and his heir...
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