7 MAY 2024

INTENTIONS

Last night I remembered to restate my intentions before bed, but then I realized I don't have any of my intention statements even partially memorized...so I guess I haven't been really doing this whole thing with enough commitment. Today I will review all my intention statements and try to come up with a way to memorize them so I can restate them at least once in the morning and once before bed.

I've decided for now that I might try focusing on just a few: I will start by getting in shape, making friends with the crows, and mastering the yidaki and quena. Perhaps I'll manifest money someday, but if I have good health, good friends and good music...why would I need to focus on attaining wealth? Seems to me that wealth and finance should only be a bridge to better things, so I'm just trying to skip the middle man here. Money is good for buying things, but I'm also quite good enough at making things. Anyway yeah, money isn't the focus, at least right now.

My back was aching yesterday, so fiercely I could barely wash dishes when I came home from work. I take it as a positive sign. I stretched out with a few dead hangs, practiced one armed hangs and pull-ups (using an elastic band to assist the inactive arm for now), but otherwise didn't do much in the way of exercise yesterday due to overall soreness.

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I did try to watch what I put in my body though, so all-in-all not a bad day for health and fitness - hopefully today will be even better.

THICK AS A BRICK

I played along with Track 4 from Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick album today as I drove into work - ultra challenging to keep up with, particularly as a still somewhat beginner on the quena. Here's the track in case anyone is actually reading this :)

I played through the track maybe 2.5 times on the way to work. I was maybe starting to catch on a bit, but there is so much going on in there I could probably spend months trying to work it all out and get it clean. Nonetheless, it was a tremendous joy just to touch small moments of success. I've seen those things that say when you're trying to figure out your purpose in this life, you're supposed to think of something you can do all day/endlessly with absolute joy and losing track of time...quena is certainly one of those things for me.

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...that's why all my heroes wear multi-color alpaca wool ponchos ;)

CROWS

I pulled into the parking lot at work - stoked about my renewed enthusiasm for my intentions, the two 16oz jars of unsalted peanuts I remembered to pre-pack in my car, and the crows that responded to my calls yesterday. I emerged from my car with a handful of peanuts. I did my crow calls for maybe 3 cycles and heard a response. I scanned the air, but there was a medium fog, and the crow responding to me appeared to be obscured from sight by the low clouds. I called again and got a response; he landed on the power lines in front of me. I sprinkled the peanuts onto the roof of my car and called a few more times. At first he responded and scanned the area - I think he was looking for the crow he was conversing with - and when he realized it was me calling him, he let out a distress call and took off. I'm hoping he'll come back while I'm working and see that I left him something nice...could this be how it begins???

I guess that's enough for today, that's what I've got going on. I'm going to focus today on really locking in my intentions, making sure that they align with my values, and that my actions align with my intentions. I will continue to take steps in progress towards my goals, and will remain resilient in all my undertakings. I hope you have a wonderful day, and that you find yourself ever moving towards the best version of you that you can be!

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