Day 090 [ 01d, 19h, 03m; 090 consecutive days ] Three months

After tonight's sitting, it will have been three months of sitting every day.  I've been pretty faithful about sitting, but have been just hovering at the bare minimum mark.  Which sitting every day is nothing to sneeze at and very beneficial, I could be getting a lot more out of this with some more effort.  I've been thinking about introducing some pretty heavy exercise and sleep dependencies as well, which will make it more difficult, but I have a feeling they might bring more energy to my practice.  I need to keep reminding myself that my meditation practice deserves to be at the forefront of the things I need to do and is a priority.  Not a priority because I'm supposed to be sitting every day, but a priority because its been so good for me and I deserve to give it a chance to do me even more good.  And quite honestly, there's nothing but laziness on my part keeping me from it.

Day 070 [ 01d, 10h 43m; 070 consecutive days ]

Day seventy.  Gave my second talk in my series of seven, had a couple new people  tonight too.  It feels like we're growing a bit even though we don't have tons of people coming each night.  I feel like pretty soon we're going to hit critical mass and just have a lot of people on a regular basis.

I've been so busy with planning and giving my talks and beginning volunteer training that meditation time is definitely being looked to for sanctuary.

Day 066 [ 01d, 09h, 02m; 066 consectutive days ]

Not much to report, just want to get back on the ball about doing regular updates here.  Felt like I've been only doing this once a week now that I seem in the clear in terms of keeping this thing going.

Last night was my first of seven dharma talks at the meditation group.  I think it went pretty well, I picked a relatively boring subject and a pretty hard teaching to start with.  I wanted to make a little bit of a challenge for myself.  Now the six remaining should be a lot easier and more enjoyable for people to listen to.  Just have to get ready for Mondays talk now.

Day 064 [ 01d, 08h, 17m; 064 consecutive days ]

Not much to report, still just trailing along at the minimmum every day.  Where did I get the time and energy to do hour sittings sometimes twice a day?  It's definitely fallen into a routine, which is not a bad thing, since there's at least regularity.

Tomorrow night I begin doing the dharma talks for the month while Doug is away on a long retreat.  Not too nervous about it.  I've done it enough times now that I know what to expect, how much an hour of talking really takes and whatnot.

Day 061 [ 01d, 07h, 17m; 061 consecutive days ] Two Months!

Just passed the two month mark!  I never thought I'd last this long without skipping a day.  I think at this point it'll be cake, as long as I'm not lax because of overconfidence.  

Today also marks the end of my vegan fast.  I took the month of February to try and abstain from dairy.  I was craving cheese and ice cream almost constantly.  I didn't feel any better (was hoping to find out if I had a dairy allergy) and despite being diligent about taking vitams and trying to eat balanced I felt more tired and run down.  Which may be a coincidence.  So back to ovo-lacto vegetario for moi!