For those who wonder, "what do you do all day?" I present today, a typical day in the life of a contemplative stoic urban monk:
7:00 am - Clock radio comes on, but lay in bed until 8:45, listening to news, petting cat
8:45 am - Finally get out of bed, make coffee, and take vitals (blood pressure and weight)
9:00 am - Drink black coffee and watch morning news on television
10:00 am - Breakfast (one English muffin, toasted, no spread)
10:15 am - More news, some internet scrolling, listen to music
12:00 pm - Watch the Celtics' preseason game from Abu Dhabi
1:00 pm - Halftime, make yogurt with berries (blue-, black-, straw-, and raspberries) for lunch
1:30 pm - Watch second half as Celtics beat Nuggets, 107-103
3:00 pm - 90 minutes of sitting meditation
5:00 pm - Update blog, listen to music
6:00 pm - First Friday: neighborhood social get-together on street, mingle, chat
7:00 pm - Listen of webcast of BU Women''s Ice Hockey game at Minnesota
8:00 pm - Dinner (salad) between periods of hockey game
9:00 pm - Video gaming (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) or Netflix
11:00 pm - Retire, read a few chapters of a book (A Life Like Any Other, by Darcy O'Brien) in bed, and then fall asleep
Tomorrow will be much the same, with a long walk in place of the sitting meditation, and the Georgia-Auburn football game the main sporting event. Days that follow will alternate between sitting and walking (zazen and kinhin), and the video games and novels changing as they're completed.
It's not a life for everyone, but it suits me well.
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