I’m working away in my flat wondering when this sore throat is going to subside.
It feels like I am swallowing staples each time I try to swallow and it kept me away a lot last night as I tried to get some sleep. I went to bed at 10pm but didn’t fall asleep till about 3am when I finally passed out from exhaustion. I am working away and looking at my buddha’s sign behind me telling me to not dwell in the past or dream of the future, but to concentrate the mind on the present moment. Heating and cooling system writing every day can get mundane, but if you just stay present you will find that your HVAC work, or whatever work you do, is much easier to get done. I am always trying to quiet the mind because it likes to ramble on with useless stuff that really shouldn’t be going through my mind, so quieting it down each day is good for my sanity. Working at the heating dealership full time each week took a lot of diligence and doing ductwork cleaning was the same, and when I wasn’t present and was thinking about when 5pm was coming it made the work that much more tough to do. I think with all of the meditation I have done over the past 15 years I have become a bit more relaxed and present, which makes life seem to flow more smoothly than it did before I meditated. Now I can clean ducts in an air con system for a customer and not feel so anxious.