A Very Satisfying Sunday

This day turned out to be one of my most satisfying Sunday in recent memory.

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From work, to adrenaline rush, date with my love, wedding errands, online access and even watching Ginebra win. It's a day filled with things to be glad about and more.

I went to work site just to give the workers under me some pep talk and monitoring. A power outage on site momentarily threatened a normal day at work. Thankfully, my immediate superior came and saved the day.

Then, I had some fill of adrenaline rush driving in and around the workplace, at the risk of getting caught without a professional driver by my side. Good thing; me, the car and those I share the road with are all safe and sound.

Lunch with my special one proved to be the highlight of my Sunday.

Finally, ONLINE ACCESS!

Me and my girlfriend even got to do some wedding preparation errands.

When we came back, I was able to catch a Ginebra game that resulted in a dominating win.

To top it all, I was able to blog today. And that is really, icing on the cake!

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So, thankful. I am.

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BREATHING IN... BREATHING OUT...

It is so early in the day but I feel quite overwhelmed. It feels like there is this internal chaos that I could hardly breathe. Duncan Sheik's famous song comes to mind.

I feel bottled up.

Then I remembered one of the early famous bloggers, Leo Babauta who became famous for writing about simple living. I am glad I did because that led me to his Zen Habits blog and his The Beginner’s Guide to Zen Habits: A Guided Tour.

Leo's first recommendation was to BREATHE. So, yeah. I breathed in. Breathed out. And I instantly felt better. Greatly aided by this simple but effective quote he shared:

‘Smile, breathe and go slowly.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Feeling better and thinking a bit more clearly, I also heeded his advice to put the word "BREATHE" as my screensaver or desktop pic.

I downloaded wallpapers showing green natures, put the word "BREATHE" on them and made a slideshow of them as my desktop background. I also made a note to self, to just see my laptop's desktop slideshow whenever I feel anxious or negative or something.

The only caveat was that I am using Windows Home Basic on my laptop which does not support slideshow.

Normally, such snags encountered will shove to a funk. But I remembered to BREATHE.

I was able to find a come around. John's Background Switcher was heaven sent. Hat tip to John!

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