The Diary Game- 09/12/2020- Day 37

Date- 09/12/2020

Saturday

The more you focus on meaningful and possible ways of living life, the better possibility of a quality life. And that manifests through acceptance & commitment. Your thoughts, feelings, must focus on the present interface, you can plan your long term & future goals though. But the action always starts from the present interface.

Waking up early is not just about experiencing the morning aura and energy, it is also about better time management. Other than that perplexities, anxiety, stress, irritations, etc grapple us in our day to day life, It's a good night's sleep that helps us pass it. So quality sleep is important. So as waking up early, to realize the morning which brings the much-needed freshness in our life.

I wake up at 4:35 AM, as the alarm hits my ear. I realized it's a new day, fresh & a beautiful one. I am not sure whether my destiny is waking me up or my struggle. But whatever, it is the continuous journey to which I am obliged to. That is where & how I learn most of the things of my life.

^{Morning view: The sun is trying to break through the clouds}

I had two glasses of lukewarm water empty stomach, and then followed the morning personal hygiene routine. Then I began to practice yoga followed by meditation for the next 40 mins. It was 5:50 AM when I finished the yoga session.

At 6:00 AM, the morning visitors started arriving at my terrace. I welcome them, generally, at this time, they begin to make a peculiar sound to indicate that they have arrived and they need to be served with biscuits, grains, etc. And I never cease to fulfill their demand.

^{Feeding Birds}

Then comes the important business of the day: "study & preparation for my exam". In the morning session, 4 to 5 hours of study is a must and that is the most productive & effective hours for me. I continued studying with full focus & concentration until 10:30 AM.

Then I took a break from my study session, and started washing & sanitizing my kitchen-- began to wash the pots, pans, utensils, rinsed it in clear water. I also cleaned the worktops. It took 35 mins to finish these chores.

^{Washing & sanitizing my kitchen, utensils}

Then I went to the bathroom to take a shower, then performed daily "pooja"(worship), expressing gratitude for another day in my life, another opportunity.

It was already 11:30 AM when I was done with all this stuff in the morning session. So next comes the engagement in Steem Blockchain. I went through the Steemitblog page for updates on #the1000daysofsteem and ANI News for daily briefings on domestic and international news.

I visited a few diary posts and began to comment wherever I found interesting content, I kept on commenting for the next hour.

At 12:30 PM, I returned to the kitchen to prepare food. I don't feel irritated in the kitchen. I seek solace in culinary pleasures. Perhaps my busy schedules try to take that route of relaxing a bit cognitively.

I usually cook food for myself only. I caught into this trait of cooking because my mom kept involving me in the kitchen chores in my childhood and in that process, I began to learn how to cook food. Later in my life when I struggle with many ugly turns of life, a very tight budget for survival ultimately lands me into this culinary pleasures.

^{Preparing "Idli"}

I prepared idli today. I don't have an idli maker, still I managed to make idli using steamer. Not much difference except its shape.

^{Lunch: "Idli" with "Chutney"}

It was 2:00 PM, I had my lunch and then head to the study table, to resume my study for the next 2 hours.

At 4:00 PM, I started engaging in Steem Blockchain, being a CR and having assigned the role to curate the Achievement Tasks 5 & 6 in the Newcomers community, I checked the submission of the Newcomers, commented wherever I feel necessary either to pass the Achievement or to suggest improvements to pass the Achievement task. Updated the same in the spreadsheet as well.

I would encourage all the Newcomers to join this program, it helps and you will groom up nicely, you will have better clarity of this chain and its functioning.

The evening session at least 6-7 hours is purely dedicated to Steem Blockchain. I am trying my best to scale better. I also checked a few diary posts to engage with.

This evening session continued for a full 5 hours until 9:00 PM. Then I returned to the kitchen again to prepare my food. I prepared paratha today. It took another 40 mins to get the food ready to be served in dinner. As I stay alone I cook only for myself.

At 9:50 PM, I had my dinner. Sorry, I forgot to take a shot to share with you.

I stayed up for another hour or so before retiring to bed and again started engaging in Steem Blockchain, commented on a few more diary posts, writing my diary post as well.

It was a busy day, but I love this busy-ness.

That's all for the day.

Thank you.

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