Happy Monday before full moon tomorrow.  I had a relaxing weekend although I got a lot of work done.  Kind of unexpectedly also, since I was doing the work “out of order”.  I have specific routines I typically stick to since it’s the most time efficient to get through the paperwork, but when that feels too routine, I switch it up.  One problem with my sleeping schedule is that it puts me going back to bed about dawn for about 3 hours.  Which is fine unless I have to be on someone else’s schedule for an early meeting, a conference, or even just church or yoga center on Sundays.

Saturday evening is typically filled with phone sessions that often don’t end until 4am.  Then it takes a couple of hours to wind down from work and be ready to nap before going into my day.   One problem with that is if I get very energized by the calls and then get creative on the computer afterward and don’t want to take my nap.  Just like a little kid, I know I’ll drop later if I don’t, but once I get that second wind it’s hard to not stay in the flow of what I’m working on.

Which is what happened yesterday and I ended up not going to the Yoga Shakti Mission or Unity of Melbourne or The New Way.   By time to leave, I was elbow deep in what I was doing and enjoying it too much to stop.  That’s so often a dilemma of mine.  How do I know which to choose when I have two or more things going on at once?

But the answer is always easy, if I’d just remember it.  I know by how I feel in the moment.  If in the moment I feel like staying here working on the computer, and that feels fun and I am energized by that thought, then clearly that is what I should choose to do.  But if I’m there because some ad has to be done on time, and I’d rather go hear my pals at church sing, clearly I should go to church.

And that means being prepared ahead of time for whatever I choose to do “in the moment”.  That means showering and getting dressed hours ahead of time, so if I make the choice at the last moment, I don’t need another 30 minutes to get ready to leave.  That was one of my biggest lessons to learn when I became in charge of my own time.

For so many years I had to get up early (which was fine) and do hair and makeup and dress and pantyhose and heels and had to do it every single day without fail.  Not washing my hair every day was not an option, I have that baby fine hair.  So when I became self employed, the first thing I did was stop that daily routine.  Jeans and tees became the uniform, and I usually looked right off the beach with my stringy hair.  But it didn’t matter since I was behind the scenes and no one saw me.

Then there were times that I’d get an impromptu meeting or appointment that I’d have to either go to as I was dressed, or not attend at all.  I began cleaning up a little more often and synchronistically, on the days I’d prepared, I’d run into someone or get a call.  When I think back, some of my best Now moments of the past were moments I had prepaved, although not consciously.

So now I know on Sundays to be showered and dressed and ready to head out the door to get to wherever I might decide at the last minute to go.  But yesterday I was engrossed in what I was doing, and having such a good time doing it, that I kept on.   I’m grateful I enjoy my own company.  I enjoy anytime I get alone with my thoughts.  I’m grateful the people I share space with understand and respect that.

Ah, full moon is tomorrow, Tuesday.  Have you been watching it as it crosses the sky?   Every 28 days, just like clockwork.  Every 28 days a new moon, a new cycle, a new beginning.  And every new beginning starts now.  Have you prepared for this Now moment?

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