WEEKLY MEDITATION 5: A Meditation on Mental Fitness (S.C.A.T)

M.05.23

Evolution is a circle. I feel a lot of grace, being able to tap into things I did in my twenties and repurpose them when I need to. SCAT was never an issue for me in my twenties. I didn't start drinking coffee until I was 23/24 years of age. I barely drank in college. Born and raised in Miami, you've done it all by the time you've turned eighteen. Tobacco was a habit I picked up around COVID, sitting around with idle hands. Sugar, comes with the coffee most of the time.

I set out to go thirty days without SCAT and out of the thirty days, I probably had 20-22 days without sugar, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. I'm at the point in my life where going out doesn't excite me. I like getting fresh air - going on hikes, going for a nature walk. When I'm bored though, and I don't want to move around I'll succumb to coffee, wine, or a cigar. What I noticed from this thirty day journey was a removal of a fuzzy or cloudy brain. Yes the days felt longer, but it was due to the fact my mind was sharp 24 hours in the day. It was easier to get up in the morning, it was easier to think. I could say something in my head with exactness.

Reverting back to this monk style of living didn't feel foreign. In my twenties I was very stiff when it came to my diet and workout routine. What was different this time was I didn't notice how long I hadn't gone without one of these things and once I removed all of them for at least three weeks, I could really see that the feeling of being "bloated" wasn't really a feeling I felt in my stomach or body but it was more so impacting my brain and thought process and my circadian rhythm in a sense.

Shay J and I have always talked about the concept of being high on life, and I really started to feel like Common did in that PETA commercial. Since I was so disciplined in most of my twenties this feeling was normal to me then, but coupled with how much wiser you are as you get older it's a powerful combination. As an older me, this power was kind of scary.... in a good way.

I'm hoping to go 60-66 days back to this mental exercise from April to Early June. I hope everyone out there is finding small improvements within themselves and sometimes you have to go back to what worked in the past.

2.05.23

- MCMXX