Fifth Day of the World Course, 38th of Autumn, 525 M.E. (Electra): A sitting day today. I got my 90 minutes in before the Georgia-Tennessee game started (Georgia won!), my 60th straight alternating-day sit over the past four months. In fact, not to brag (it isn't a competition), but I started this current alternating-day, 90-minute practice back in August 2024 and while I have missed some days here and there, since last April 20 I've only missed one day when I was waiting on an AC-service call to the house and didn't want to miss the technician. 

The theme of last Thursday's New York Times Strands puzzle was "Me Time," and the hidden words were unplug, exercise, read, journal, walk, meditate, and paint. Basically, the puzzle summarizes my daily life as much as anything does, although I'm reluctant to call my days "me time." But as often discussed here, walking and meditating are basically my daily routine. My walking (seven to ten miles) is exercise, I read nearly every night, and what am I doing right here, right now, if not journaling? All told, I'm in a near constant state of "unplugged," even when I'm online. The only thing I don't do on that list is paint, and god damn it, am I going to have to take up painting now (or does creating the daily AI images for this blog qualify for "painting")?