In Recovery

This is what happens when you're productive,

when you've been go-go-going for six weeks straight

and you stop:

Your body shuts down.

To be fair, my body hasn't completely shut down,

but I'm tired.

I have a scratch at the back of my throat.

I took a hard nap this afternoon.

I'm drinking cinnamon tea.

I just finished a 20 minute meditation.

I'm bringing the energy level down.

I'm in recovery.

Today's activities:

Went to the office.

Paid my car insurance.

Read two plays.

Sent in an invoice to get paid.

Set up a meeting for tomorrow.

Sent in my resume for two applications for teaching jobs.

Finished reading the Larry McMurtry memoir Hollywood.

It was interesting.

I like that it very much feels like blog posts.

I'm not doing any heavy lifting this week.

I'm settling up my debts,

meaning the debts accrued while I was writing for six weeks,

which means that I pushed myself hard

and now it's pay back time.  

I need to take it easy.

Tomorrow I'm seeing a friend for coffee.

Then I'm going to yoga.

Then maybe a light run.

And hopefully some work on my website.

But what I really need to do is get my diet together.

I gained ten pounds during this writing session.

So I need to go back and get the lentils and kale back in my diet.

I need to drink some protein shakes.

I need to enjoy my brown rice and my greens.

Some lean protein.

Less red meat.

Lots of water.

Lots of running.

I should be okay in a few weeks.

I also need to bring my lifestyle down a bit.

I allow myself indulgences when I'm writing.

Now my indulgences will be doing a lot of reading.

I'm taking Joss Whedon's advice and I'm filling the tank.

I'm giving myself a two week recovery period

before I get my office back.

Truth be told, 

I'll be in Portland for the first week of July,

so I will be feeding the tank in other ways as well.

Need to replenish.

This is just as important as the writing phase.

I need to take in information and feed myself that way.

Something I just realized:

When I'm taking in lots of creative calories

(i.e. filling the tank, watching a lot of Netflix, going to movies,

reading, plays, etc),

I'm not taking in a lot of food calories.

And the reverse is true.

When I'm burning off those calories by writing,

I'm eating more.

That works.

I am grateful to be done!

I am grateful for this "down time."

I am grateful for Netflix and HBO Go.

I am grateful for the time to replenish.