Everything is meaningless without one's health
May 23, 2020, 9:00 AM
Top of mind: my knees are bothering me.
I've become old. I think the threshold from youth to old age wasn't particularly as well defined as I would like. It didn't happen at a particular age. It started with a hospital visit, and it just kind of went downhill from there. I used to joke about it quite a bit.
But then as the myriad of health issues had compounded in the past years, it dawned on me. For all the effort I put into my various endeavors, it doesn't mean a god damn thing if I'm not healthy enough to enjoy the fruits of my labor.
End Rant. I think.
So it's been a bumpy week in terms of keeping up with my schedule, and trying to get things done. Being conscientious of my health (and the related discomfort), made me "take it easy". So my health goals have gone out the window for the time being, whilst I recuperate. And that includes getting plenty of sleep, thus making me get up later than usual each day for the past few weeks.
I might have noted this to myself last week, but I was checking out the various retro game collector forums and found myself scrounging eBay looking for obscure stuff to obtain. I don't even know what for, or where this compulsion is coming from. I speculated that it might be a social thing, but then again I never really post anything online. Maybe it's just a mild sort of retail therapy. I don't even know.
My sleep quality has been terrible. Mostly because I've been staying up too late. I need to work on that.
I received a message from an eBay buyer, who was a complete fucking asshole. No thanks; I don't need any of that shit in my life.
It occurs to me that a lot of stuff that I think about or do in my day-to-day life has to with... stuff - literal things. I've always been partially interested in minimalism, but never really took the plunge. I don't think I'll ever go as extreme as having no chairs or sleeping in a hammock, but I could be more mindful of the literal things in my life that add value.
On a happier note, and keeping with the theme of trying to be more thankful, I have to say that I've been really enjoying getting through the Naruto series. The heavy fights are starting to get repetitive, but at least I know I'm wrapping the series (I think I'm on episode ~450 of 500).
The header image was taken from flickr via a Google Image search. Here's the appropritate attribution:
"Killer Bee V.S Naruto Uzumaki" (CC BY 2.0) by cocamert
I'm excited to see how this series will all end. Mostly, I'm wondering how Hinata and Naruto end up together. AGH.