It's 8 pm Monday evening. Labor Day weekend 2015 is coming to a close. I feel very good. I had a busy weekend - time to catch up on a lot of stacked up business from the summer - and I accomplished a lot.
All sorts of things - from finally making it to the wine store to pick up an order from over a month ago, to planning for next summer's family reunion, to planting some herbs for an indoor garden, yoga teaching, fall schedule planning, listening to and playing some music, reading a few random news articles that caught my attention, washing some laundry and cooking dinner. I had a good walk, a good bike ride, and worked on a back-bend practice all 3 days. I called Dad for a chat, sorted out a pile of mail, and organized and filed a few more papers (though there's still a stack). I looked at my retirement budget, and set up a little spreadsheet to track the family trust account a little better. And a few more things.
All this was aided, at least, because I stopped using my iPhone so much as a distraction and used it for a to-do list that I kept with me all weekend. I kept adding more to it because I was getting so many things done. Most of the things that aren't checked off are ones that I need more information about, and I have emails and messages out requesting the answers.
I've also had really good, balanced energy. When I felt my focus and energy flagging, I'd switch and do something more active for a while.
I talked with my yoga classes about the observing mind and the thinking mind. The observing mind is always in the present, taking in what is happening. The thinking mind, sometimes, seems determined to keep me out of the present. Yoga cultivates and strengthens the observing mind. It helps me stay focused on what is before me now. When I couple that with having clear intention about what to do, I accomplish a lot.
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