I've been having some bipolar days. Not in a mood swing kind of way, more so in a emotional-mental swing kind of way.

It's odd because things have been the most relatively stable and uncomplicated (or so it feels) in a while, but it feels wild and unpredictable. I'm not sure what it is, but there is a wild roller coaster going on inside the skull and mundane life happening outside it. I can start to understand why a lot of people go crazy when it comes to working from home, especially when they have a family: there's a few things that allow people some solitude, and weirdly a separation of work and life is a good way to ensure that you can have some time to yourself. This allows you to be able to have some semblance of calming down that internal storm.

I've once again crossed days while writing this, but I'm going to finish this today and publish it as much as I can.

Exercise, I am more and more convinced, is the key to being able to calm this storm. It's making me realize that Dan Martell (look him up) is very wise in his approach to business: exhaust the body, tame the mind. It's a very stoic and simple approach to being able to solve multiple problems.

I'm wondering if the opposite is also true. I feel it is: exhaust the mind, tame the body. Is that the secret to meditation? Meditation is the act of being able to still oneself, control the mind, and silence it. But what if the opposite is true? A person who smokes weed is generally making themselves so paranoid, so elevated in their thoughts, that they end up going through an entire journey, tiring themselves. How can you get to that form of elevated mindset whereby your body gets tired? Is that a good thing?

These are interesting thoughts, but ultimately I'm looking for a real life solution to calm down this crazy mind and heart that I carry with me (or live in, depending on your understanding of human consciousness). Exhausting the mind to tame the body definitely works, 100 out of 100 times. The opposite: I'd give it a 75% success rate, but it also comes with things that you don't want. Like the munchies.

Anyways, I've had a hard day at work, a hard workout, and now I'm sitting in the sauna. I'm hungry, and I'll go get a snack.

Let's get after it today and revisit our thoughts tomorrow.

Vivek.