Highlights: Day one of a self-led, self-hosted, self-inflicted sesshin of my own. The idea and inspiration struck me at some point between this morning or last night. I vaguely recall being annoyed by the dogs in the morning but that seems like 15 hours ago. A lot can change in that time, including annoyance. I did well during day one. I let Jen know that I was practicing relative silence for the day and did so. When speaking I kept it short. I took a 3 + mile walk to Bel Gatos and back. Along the path the smell of skunk was extreme as was the site of a dead skunk at the road side. I got all "Ricky" for a moment (American Beauty) and looked at it with a sense of wonder at the nature of life and death. It felt respectful to acknowledge at least the reality of one beings existance coming to end in how we understand it. The hike was great while the podcast was moreso. Mel Robbins did a powerful episode on the statistics of relationships throughout our lives and I had to listen twice, once again with Jennifer tonight. That and some other inspirational content (The diary of a CEO, Actualized) felt timely given my day's intention to regain an action based mindset. I have set the stage to start writing more aggressively tomorrow. I don't want my fear of judgement to prevent what feels like mymission going unfulfilled or my potential being wasted. Lauren reached out briefly to get some feedback on a mail draft so that was a welcome exchange. I managed to keep focused today. My "habits" need rebooting once in a while and likely will even more during the year ahead. I'll be targeting my day-end earlier in order to create a space to be off devices and reading for at least 30 minutes or more each night. I hope it will result in more sleep and continued inspiration.