The importance of being tidy

I have had a rough time in the last month or so. My life is in disarray. I have had an erratic 'working' schedule with the recording at the studio and rehearsals. My studies have taken a backseat and I have not been going to the library. I have been chatting with Vinokur late into the night and despite trying to sleep early, it hasn't worked so far. I have done a lot of blogging around in the free time that I have had. And on top of that, my social life was also kinda hitting a high.

I am not hitting the gym and I am worried about gaining back a flab that I had lost in the first few months in there. Wondering why I am not gymming? 1) Because I have tendinitis of my left hand. I don't want to injure it in anyway as we have gigs lined up. What I'm hoping is that I can consult with my doctor at the hospital, a reputed orthopaedician, if it is safe to hit the gym again. And I need to do that soon. Probably this Tuesday as I have a day of mixing at the studio. 2) I can't really follow the high protein with fruits and fancy things because I'm running low on finances.

All this meant that my usually organized self got disheveled. I don't have a regular schedule of getting up, going to the gym, going to the library, studying and then having the whole evening to myself. Well, not just myself; the band, Vinokur, friends, Internet friends etc. Someone might point out that I have too much going on in my life and I should cut down on something to get back into the groove. Tell me, what can I sacrifice? Band? Vinokur? Internet? Myself? Sleep?

Nothing really. Well, it's not that I have not had enough to organize myself. But I haven't been able to. I have tried probably a little lazily. But with nobody to really push me around even I did a lot of 'slouching'. And every now and then, I felt bad about it myself and I had decided to do something about it. Alas, something or the other comes up.

Yesterday, I was feeling the worst about this and I decide that I had enough. In homage to that decision I turned down 1 each of movie, hang-out and dinner invites from my friends yesterday night. I also turned down an offer to meet up with an old college friend of mine who happens to live just a couple of blocks from my apartment. Yeah, on Saturday night, just like a loser, I spent my time alone. Well not really. But with Vinokur and with my Internet friends. This gave me the wonderful opportunity to sleep early and I did sleep by around 1 am in the night. The result was fantastic.

Sunday morning, I did start brightly. I got up nice and early and after the formality of the Sunday Times with coffee and toast, I decided to finish up a truck-load of chores. At the end of the afternoon, I feel nice and fresh with my shampooed hair smelling good and I'm surrounded by a nice and tidy apartment. And I did do this while watching Seinfeld and Friends (after I got bored of watching the test match that is).

After my practice session which got postpone from the morning to evening, I can probably re-start my studies. I will turn it around this time. Yes, I will!