2.5.27 - 124 - Sabbatical Day 2 - The Journey Back to Fitness

Day before yesterday, we ended up at the club in the evening for a swim and this was a post swim drink. The only way to live in Singapore is to live in a comfortable sabbatical. Which is my status now. Of course, it is a sabbatical with a purpose, which is to look after Ma, which suits me just fine.

I went to visit the Steiner school on Thursday. This was the same day of the picture. I was completely exhausted yesterday though. The school seems to be doing noble things, but the premises are small and I applaud what they are trying to do. But in land scarce Singapore it's super tough. 

But that is literally not my problem at all.

Anyway... after I spoke with Oisin about life I did feel much much better. And everything made sense again. The both of us, the three of us, are survivors. We survived him. We talk about the trauma and what he had put us through. We are therapy for each other. 

But today, I wanted to focus on my fitness journey so far because that is one of my goals of this period in time. To get fit.

I don't have an end goal, as such, but I do have a daily goal which for now consists of running every morning, doing core work which is mostly sit ups and swimming, and stretching. I don't have any goal beyond that daily medicine. On some days I could mix it up with a walk. I could do. Just to keep in touch with the walking.

So this had been my fitness journey so far...

Running and walking: 35 days

Then I am going to start swimming every day as well - I was and now I'm going to swim once more.

So that's literally it.

I have till end August to keep doing this and that's ages.

Life without Pa continues. Because we are together, the healing is better.

But this is my year of sabbatical. My year of rest. My year of pause and reflect and think about it. The year of hope and moving forward.

It is kind of a mad year as well of idiots and war mongers and unpredictability. Of greed. Of getting real. Today, for the first time, I am breathing out. I am sighing with relief.

My first milestone is the first of June. That's exactly a month from today. After that i'll have a look at what the next milestone should be.

During this time, we have daily running, sit ups, stretching and swimming. 

That is my first, most important thing.

The there's all the admin that needs to be sorted.

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