Andrew_M
03-10-2003, 03:33 PM
Well I'm glad to be back. It's been about 18 months since I did level 1 and, frankly, as great as that clense was, I really let my work take over my life and, unfortunately, there wasn't much room for anything else for a long period. I apologize to everyone on this board for not being around during that period.
I work at home as a programmer, and I've been working on the same project for a couple years now. It's a personal project that pays nothing, so I'm in a constant stress situation between trying to gather enough side work to pay the bills, and trying to finish this huge program. So, I work every day. I take no time off for exercise or fun or whatever. Just day after day of waking up, programming, sneaking a few minutes for food/showering/laundry/going to the bathroom, and then, when I reach exhaustion--sleep.
This situation was my choice (bad or good) to sacrifice virtually everything else in my life in order to finish this project. Now, I really think that I'm at the point where I can start easing away from that schedule, and maybe try to start getting some balance in my very unbalanced life.
So, coming into Level 2, I have some work to do. I've waited too long between clenses. So my body and mind need a bit of time to get back in the swing of things. So I'm taking a longer pre-clense this time, and really trying to think this whole thing through a little better. Last time, it was more about physical health. This time, its about balance. I want to integrate this stuff into my head.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this level 2 as the thing that will help me learn how to bring balance back to my mind and body.
Andrew_M
I work at home as a programmer, and I've been working on the same project for a couple years now. It's a personal project that pays nothing, so I'm in a constant stress situation between trying to gather enough side work to pay the bills, and trying to finish this huge program. So, I work every day. I take no time off for exercise or fun or whatever. Just day after day of waking up, programming, sneaking a few minutes for food/showering/laundry/going to the bathroom, and then, when I reach exhaustion--sleep.
This situation was my choice (bad or good) to sacrifice virtually everything else in my life in order to finish this project. Now, I really think that I'm at the point where I can start easing away from that schedule, and maybe try to start getting some balance in my very unbalanced life.
So, coming into Level 2, I have some work to do. I've waited too long between clenses. So my body and mind need a bit of time to get back in the swing of things. So I'm taking a longer pre-clense this time, and really trying to think this whole thing through a little better. Last time, it was more about physical health. This time, its about balance. I want to integrate this stuff into my head.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this level 2 as the thing that will help me learn how to bring balance back to my mind and body.
Andrew_M