Journey Back to Kona Day 128: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

I woke up a few times last night, each time thinking of something that I wanted to write about. Of course, it was about the pandemic, and little our country seems to care about older adults, particularly those that live in nursing homes.  It is what I've been focused on for the past 22 1/2 months. I also just finished a book about Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and have Lincoln's writing style in my brain.  I think that I kept waking up with a combination of an article and the style of Lincoln mixed in.  When I woke up this morning, the thoughts were gone.  I'm reminded of a few things.  The first is that there are times that I wake up with a thought and I actually get up and write it down.  I didn't do that last night.  I'm ok with that, because I needed to get my sleep, having to wake up this morning for a meeting. I also know that the thoughts are still within me, and they'll come out soon enough.

I process things when I sleep, and some of my dreams provide me with answers and direction. In some ways, not getting up last night to write down the article that was in my dreams and thoughts was also a recognition that I'm trying to move on.  I have a call this morning, it's an Advisory Council for a project that I'm interested in.  I know that I'll have my differences of opinion on the plans for the project.  That's who I am. If everything was just right, I wouldn't be. At the same time, I will mostly listen and take notes, made much easier (in some ways, but not in others) by the virtual nature of today's meetings.  Multitasking has become the enemy of an effective participation in a meeting. That includes daydreaming, which can occur whether you're in the room or not. Taking notes will help.

There is so much yet to do. Projects to work on, articles to write, Initiatives to promote. Strategy and tactics to plan. There is also my training, which has taken a complete back seat over the past two days, and may very well do so today. I actually went to bed a little late last night, but, in the end, I slept, and I dreamt.