sunday ritual
hmmm … i’m still delaying the inevitable! … so here goes another blog! 
i’m here in starbucks tagaytay right now … doing my sunday ritual everytime i am driving back from batangas, i.e. hear the 5pm (or 6pm mass), have dinner … usually in teriyaki boy … and then coffee in starbucks! i usually have to resist having one of those yummy desserts … but then eventually, i’ll give in with a personal resolve that this will be the last time — for the week - that i will be having sweets! this week is one of those weeks that i won over my sweets craving! so i just had coffee … will reserve the sweets budget for later in the week!
it’s actually weird hanging out here by myself … especially on a sunday where there’s a lot of people … mostly families or a large group of friends, mostly from the city … it’s weird but i got used to it! as long as i have my laptop … and a book … and my journal … i’m good! :) i actually cherish these times alone with myself … this is my time to think things through … my time to regroup … my time to plan for the week ahead! i always have several pages in my journal filled on these sunday rituals … that’s good, productive self-downtime right there!
today … i did just that! i filled two pages in my journal … i fixed my financial tracking sheet (long story — will blog about it one of these days! ) … i came up with my birthday resolutions … i fixed my inbox and i blogged! — see, productive! i read in books that being in touch with one’s inner self is a mark of an emotionally intelligent person … being able to commune with oneself and being comfortable alone is healthy! :) i tend to agree but i think i don’t usually have much choice on the matter! there are times i wish i was talking to someone rather than filling pages in my journal … there are times i feel a twinge of self-pity by the rather dolefulness of dining and having coffee alone … good thing, tonight is not one of those i-pity-my-loner-self night …
there’s only one thing i didn’t do tonight and that is to read … i usually have a self-help book with me but tonight, i took my DIGITECH book with me hoping i’ll get started on those 4 chapters … since i’m still blogging … and yes, like i mentioned, delaying the inevitable, i haven’t opened the book yet! hmmm … sooner or later, i have to read those four chapters … and i still have that group project proposal thing i need to do! oh well, enough blogging then …
