Miboul – Mind, Body and Soul

As I was walking the cold streets of Jincheon, I heard a young boy yell “Hello Teacher”.

I turned around to find a young boy sticking his head out the window and eating all the air that was blowing past his head.

Ah the freedom. To let the wind illuminate your ear drums with the gush of the air and let your hair dance.

Sometimes I get tunnel vision and loose awareness of my life. I always go onto my itunes and listen to this disney classic. It helps me detach myself from my ego and look at everything from a birds perspective or Heaven’s eye. Pun intended

Employers are great. Well, your boss or your manager. It depends on your relationship. I have had the great pleasure of always being in an honest relationship with them. Relationships whereby we go beyond the boundaries of office life into real life. Understanding them as a human being and not an obstacle. In turn honesty goes a long way in developing a better career in which your boss/manager will do what they can in their power to help you.

Sadly, today I quit. Not because I did not like my job but I wanted to take my life in a different direction. Towards something completely different and adventurous. It was very difficult to tell my boss, but through a lot of courage I managed. He was sad, but we are going to celebrate this new direction over beer.  Nothing better than beer.

I was feeling like crap today. I think the weekend tooks it toll on my body. Even though I was feeling crappy, I was just good enough to squeeze my 15 min cardio. I am happy about that.

Tomorrow the full routine.

I always wanted to jump out of bed, embrace the day and go running. However, I wake up by dragging my body out of bed and fighting very hard against gravity. In most cases gravity wins and so does the snooze button. Who wants to get out of a warm and cozy bed?

This morning I changed it up. I pulled myself out of bed. Got slapped in the face by the cold and did 10 jumping jacks. Jumping jacks might seem simple to do but try doing it the first thing in the morning. Was a challenge but it felt great.

Time to rinse and repeat.

It has been a while since I have written a full out essay. To be fair, this was not a comprehensive essay but still a challenging. I enjoyed structuring the arguments of the essay. Back in my highschool days I could never understand why or how to write an essay. Today’s process showed me exactly why and how to write an essay. I am so happy to learn this today.

Don’t stop writing.

I lift my legs from underneath my blanket and raise my body. My mind goes off into a million tangents. Brush teeth, comb hair, pick shirt, put on socks etc… I paused my mind and just sat there. I cleared a small area in my room, opened the curtains to let in the beautiful sunlight and sat there in silence. I have realized it was more challenging for me to calm my mental chatter in the morning than it is in the evening. However, once you bring your focus back on the waves of breathing everything melts away.

In my busy day doing a million task, I never take out time for myself. Take time out to do nothing.

For the last couple of months I have let go of my daily meditation practice. Today I did my 10 minute meditation. Felt really good to be at peace with all that is around me. Meditation is my tool against the bad days and good days. There is no objective or goal of meditation. It is to help you with your mental chatter and the non stop mental clutter that blocks your awareness.

Sit for 10 minutes and focus on your breathing. Its easier than it sounds but its well worth it.

You will get told No a million times. Maybe bajillion times. But remember that every No is one step closer to Yes. Case and point; I called about 15 people who hung up on me until the 16th one was interested in talking with me.

I had walked into a meeting with a negative attitude. I was judging a book by it’s cover. I pushed through the negativity and the meeting turned into an excellent one.