Further reflection: working on some personal areas of improvement

Now I am fifty (did I mention that already?) I am wanting to mark the transition to nominal late midlife with some changes of habits. Nothing major, and certainly nothing rapid (in my experience sudden change doesn’t hold), but just a sharper focus on some tendencies I have been encouraging.

Better eating, yes - a bit of fitness activity, yes - but most successfully so far, early to bed and early to rise. I am rediscovering the early morning, and getting into the office quite early. This puts me in a better frame of mind to greet the day.

On another topic, I am consciously working on my general lack of patience. Hmmmm. Enough said about that for now. That and my general need for instantaneous gratification are noted failings that need some work.

More to come.

Oh, and the image above is of a priest with an Anubis mask, from the Temple of Isis at the Villa dei Misteri (Villa of Mysteries) in Pompeii. Included just because I liked it. I promise, no deeper meaning at all.

Marcus Baumgart