Tuesday, August 08, 2023
> It's been a good productive day. I enjoyed my AM in the sunlight but we didn't make it out to walk the dogs. We both got busy with several things. The most substantive being the delivery of the dirt for the new lawn. In hindsight I think it was shortsighted to not level things out more as it'll take time, water, heat and erosion for things to settle. I'll take care of that in the back. Jen worked her butt off and I helped as much as I could with loading and wheeling dirt from the street to every nook and cranny. We'll have to repeat it tomorrow and then start on the back yard. I had a great call with Michael at BIGS and I'm feeling very empowered and aligned with the final steps. I started listening to "Ajahan Sucitto" last night based on a recommendation from Charles/Amanda and I really got a lot out of the first listen. Jen's diving into doing some site feedback for Maria already and I'm impressed with what she's done already. I started mansplaining and she gracefully let me know she knew what she was talking about. And she does. That's a bad learned habit I need to unlearn. I will. I did well today staying present and even conscious about being irritated with the front lawn work, wherein my realization of the absurdity of being irritated kicked in very quickly. A recent podcast was saying that even after years of effort you can't always unlearn subconscious responses but you learn to manage them a lot better. I'm on that path and I'm enjoying every day more because of it.