We went away for a few days. We lost power from Hurricane Isabel. I was tired. Blah blah blah. It's all a bunch of excuses.
The truth is that I haven't made much progress in the book. The most recent chapters I've read have suggested a few more exercises that I'm really having trouble with. The exercises are based on visualizing yourself doing something, and I'm not having a lot of luck. Maybe I'm just not creative enough, or something like that. I'd like to have a little success with some of this before I continue on in the book, because I expect later exercises are going to depend on the ones I'm working on now, much as these depend on the earlier relaxation techniques.
I've gotten good at relaxation. Just ask my wife! Seriously, I've reached a point where I can get comfortable and just sort of sag myself into a pretty relaxed condition. I'm getting much better at keeping my thoughts from drifting toward topics such as work, the kids, whatever. This seems to me to be a major step, since I can spend less time and mental effort getting to the point where I can begin the current set of exercises. That's also why I'm reluctant to move on until I can successfully do the visualization techniques.
Well, off to try again. Maybe talking about it here will be of some help.
Really. Nothing to report. Busy week. Busy weekend. I've continued reading, and I've continued with the exercises, but I'm not at a point where I would expect any real progress to be made.
