Fluidity in Life and Routine
July 4, 2025
Episode Notes
Hello . Hey , can you see me ? You look lovely .
How are you doing today ? I'm
doing OK . How are you ?
I am having a great day so far . Thank you very much . Um , however , uh , Just uh taking it easy today , taking it easy , relaxing , not doing much .
What are you up to ?
Well , um , I'm gonna be doing some work today . I'm gonna write a few blogs , I'm gonna record some stuff and starting about 4 o'clock I start teaching .
Mm . Where do you , uh , where do you get all this energy to do all this work all the time ? You seem to always just working hard .
Meditation . Meditation . I , I kid you not .
I would like to do that , but I have no idea how to start . What do you recommend ?
I , what do I recommend ? I recommend , go back to your life , choose all the episodes of your life . Relive them .
Close your eyes , face to the right . Breathe in , relive it , breathe out , relive it . Well , for about 15 minutes let's take a break .
Take a break . How often do you do meditation ? Every
day . I ? Uh , random times , whenever I have 15 minutes break , or if I , if it's my discretionary time where I'm free to do work or anything , sometimes , like a few days ago I felt a very , very strong need to do the meditation .
I could find the feeling right now . I stopped what I was doing . I meditated for 15 minutes .
I felt a lot better .
So sometimes you do it when you need to do it , and sometimes you do it just when you get the chance .
That's right , that's right . And these days I , I do a minimum 15 minutes every day , sometimes upwards of an hour and a half .
Wow , an hour and a half of that . That takes dedication . It takes dedication to , to , but I mean to keep doing it and and to to make it part of your routine .
Yeah , OK , let's see . I , I , I , I know what you're saying , and if I can respond , the 1st 3 years was really hard to make myself . Now , uh , it's kind of like exercise .
I , it's like a drug . I take it , I feel better . I want to do this .
And I , I assume you've made it part of your routine , so it's just , it's natural now . Well , you know , here
I try not to have a routine .
OK , but having a routine and having sort of natural rhythms and natural things you do is , is a different thing . Maybe it's not a set routine , but it's still a routine . You feel a certain way , you meditate , you have 5 minutes free time , you meditate .
You , you want to meditate , take the time .
That's right . I agree with you . Yeah , it's just not , um , it's not a set uh scheduled into my day routine .
It's not like every day at 12 o'clock I must , you know . Yeah , yeah , yeah ,
I get that . I get that .
Yeah , it's fluid , fluid . I try and keep my life as fluid as possible .
Well , uh , I'll try that .
Hey , what's your ? Like .
Sorry , what's my what like ? Say that again .
What's your daily routine like ? Like , do you get up and take a shower in the morning ?
Uh , my daily routine . I always have a big drink of water first thing . OK .
Um , I wash my face . I stretch And I always have a cup of tea .
You have a cup of tea , OK .
And I read the newspaper , but reading the newspaper , I like to take my time . OK . Uh , so I don't read the newspaper if I don't have time , but I like to take 15 or 20 minutes , calm , quiet , slow , read the newspaper , drink my tea .
You do exercise . In the morning . No .
I don't have that as part of my routine . I do exercise similar to your meditation when I have time .
Right ?
Um , it's not a fixed thing , uh , when I have time I do it . Um , sometimes in the morning , but not always , especially not weekday mornings . I just don't have time .
But um ,
you like to go , you go , um , you go out and do sports , right ?
I play ice hockey once a week . I go hiking , I go cycling , but mostly I just live a healthy routine , healthy lifestyle . I don't have a car .
I walk or bike everywhere . You take the bike to work ? I ride my bicycle to work every day , all year round for the past 18 years .
OK , OK . Yeah . So you don't have a car and you don't take a train .
Very , very rarely . Um , depends on what I'm doing . If I have some other plans , if I'm going somewhere farther away after or before , but , um , Because my school is right beside a station , yeah , often , I'll still ride my bike to school , park at school , and take the train .
So even if I'm taking the train , I'm still , I'm still having a , a 4 kilometer bike ride each way .
OK , yes . I , I do . Yeah .
They make plans for the weekend .
Do I have plans this weekend ?
No , in general , do you like to make plans every weekend ?
Uh , No , I , I don't like to make plans at all , which , which , but of course things come up and I , I end up planning things . For example , I'm planning to go to Ioa this Sunday .
OK .
Which has nothing to do with you , but I will make the time to come and see you , and we'll have a cup of tea and a chat face to face . And I'm tired of this online stuff , so I will see you this weekend . OK ,
sorry about the online , let's meet up this weekend . Bye bye . Yes .
See you Sunday .
How are you doing today ? I'm
doing OK . How are you ?
I am having a great day so far . Thank you very much . Um , however , uh , Just uh taking it easy today , taking it easy , relaxing , not doing much .
What are you up to ?
Well , um , I'm gonna be doing some work today . I'm gonna write a few blogs , I'm gonna record some stuff and starting about 4 o'clock I start teaching .
Mm . Where do you , uh , where do you get all this energy to do all this work all the time ? You seem to always just working hard .
Meditation . Meditation . I , I kid you not .
I would like to do that , but I have no idea how to start . What do you recommend ?
I , what do I recommend ? I recommend , go back to your life , choose all the episodes of your life . Relive them .
Close your eyes , face to the right . Breathe in , relive it , breathe out , relive it . Well , for about 15 minutes let's take a break .
Take a break . How often do you do meditation ? Every
day . I ? Uh , random times , whenever I have 15 minutes break , or if I , if it's my discretionary time where I'm free to do work or anything , sometimes , like a few days ago I felt a very , very strong need to do the meditation .
I could find the feeling right now . I stopped what I was doing . I meditated for 15 minutes .
I felt a lot better .
So sometimes you do it when you need to do it , and sometimes you do it just when you get the chance .
That's right , that's right . And these days I , I do a minimum 15 minutes every day , sometimes upwards of an hour and a half .
Wow , an hour and a half of that . That takes dedication . It takes dedication to , to , but I mean to keep doing it and and to to make it part of your routine .
Yeah , OK , let's see . I , I , I , I know what you're saying , and if I can respond , the 1st 3 years was really hard to make myself . Now , uh , it's kind of like exercise .
I , it's like a drug . I take it , I feel better . I want to do this .
And I , I assume you've made it part of your routine , so it's just , it's natural now . Well , you know , here
I try not to have a routine .
OK , but having a routine and having sort of natural rhythms and natural things you do is , is a different thing . Maybe it's not a set routine , but it's still a routine . You feel a certain way , you meditate , you have 5 minutes free time , you meditate .
You , you want to meditate , take the time .
That's right . I agree with you . Yeah , it's just not , um , it's not a set uh scheduled into my day routine .
It's not like every day at 12 o'clock I must , you know . Yeah , yeah , yeah ,
I get that . I get that .
Yeah , it's fluid , fluid . I try and keep my life as fluid as possible .
Well , uh , I'll try that .
Hey , what's your ? Like .
Sorry , what's my what like ? Say that again .
What's your daily routine like ? Like , do you get up and take a shower in the morning ?
Uh , my daily routine . I always have a big drink of water first thing . OK .
Um , I wash my face . I stretch And I always have a cup of tea .
You have a cup of tea , OK .
And I read the newspaper , but reading the newspaper , I like to take my time . OK . Uh , so I don't read the newspaper if I don't have time , but I like to take 15 or 20 minutes , calm , quiet , slow , read the newspaper , drink my tea .
You do exercise . In the morning . No .
I don't have that as part of my routine . I do exercise similar to your meditation when I have time .
Right ?
Um , it's not a fixed thing , uh , when I have time I do it . Um , sometimes in the morning , but not always , especially not weekday mornings . I just don't have time .
But um ,
you like to go , you go , um , you go out and do sports , right ?
I play ice hockey once a week . I go hiking , I go cycling , but mostly I just live a healthy routine , healthy lifestyle . I don't have a car .
I walk or bike everywhere . You take the bike to work ? I ride my bicycle to work every day , all year round for the past 18 years .
OK , OK . Yeah . So you don't have a car and you don't take a train .
Very , very rarely . Um , depends on what I'm doing . If I have some other plans , if I'm going somewhere farther away after or before , but , um , Because my school is right beside a station , yeah , often , I'll still ride my bike to school , park at school , and take the train .
So even if I'm taking the train , I'm still , I'm still having a , a 4 kilometer bike ride each way .
OK , yes . I , I do . Yeah .
They make plans for the weekend .
Do I have plans this weekend ?
No , in general , do you like to make plans every weekend ?
Uh , No , I , I don't like to make plans at all , which , which , but of course things come up and I , I end up planning things . For example , I'm planning to go to Ioa this Sunday .
OK .
Which has nothing to do with you , but I will make the time to come and see you , and we'll have a cup of tea and a chat face to face . And I'm tired of this online stuff , so I will see you this weekend . OK ,
sorry about the online , let's meet up this weekend . Bye bye . Yes .
See you Sunday .