This is definitely a desire of mine : consistency. A daily practice of meditation and chanting. Exercise. There are ways in which my history of drifting or spontaneity (to be a little more positive about it) is a good one. I learn lots of ways to go from point A to point B by not taking the same route each trip; many delicious recipes have been invented by substituting what sound good for what is required. But it also leads to feeling unmoored sometimes. Going with the flow for so long that I really have no idea where I want to end up.
The last month or so I have been reading Martha Beck (and here ). I have read her articles since she wrote for Real Simple 10 years ago. This month I have read Finding Your Own North Star, Steering by Starlight, The Joy Diet (not a diet book), The Four Day Win (a plan to among other things, lose weight). Do you get a sense of desperation here? There is a little bit of that but mostly I love her writing. She is sciency enough to appeal to the wanna-be PhD in me and funny in a way that gets to my inner adolescent boy (the one who enjoys Preston/Child and Rollins books). All of this slightly panicked reading comes from trying my best to come up with where I want to go with the rest of my life. That seems to be the place you have to start if you want to make lasting change in what you experience.
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