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God, a gallon of water is SO. Much. Water. I empathize with others who have done the 30 Day Water Gallon challenge now, who feel weird and bloated and strange.  And the peeing.  Of course, the peeing.

The good thing is that I have to keep up with so much water drinking that I don’t really have the “space” to drink much else. I drank a can of Coke Zero last night with dinner and then I was so behind in water drinking that it just didn’t seem worth it.

The Water Drink Reminder app  has kind of a neat gameification element, in that it has a “subtle” little arrow on your progress bar that lets you know where you should be during the day’s consumption, so if you’re behind, well, yea, it can be a little stressful, but it did help me prioritize my beverage consumption.

I was almost reticent to drink my tea this morning, but I realized that it’s nice to start the day with a hot beverage.  Having water with me is suddenly becoming essential — I forgot my bottle at a meeting today (Day 2) and was immediately regretting missing out on the time to drink more.

I liked the reminder that it was time to go to bed, and realized even on the first day that bedtime is something that creeps on me out of nowhere.  Having the reminder from Sleep As Android  that, if I wanted to get my eight hours, that it was time to go to bed was actually really helpful.

One of my evening rituals as per Fabulous  is taking the time to write in my journal, and I realized once the bedtime alarm went off that wow, I really didn’t have time and that I should have gone upstairs earlier instead of frittering about downstairs before bed.

The most amazing revelation was how peaceful it felt to finish the day with a guided meditation from Headspace.  I’ve not been much of a “meditation” type, and the idea of having to be alone with my own thoughts was kind of grim.  Having someone talk me through the “quiet” time though was really remarkable, and, if anything, I wish I had coupled it with turning on “Do Not Disturb” on my phone because the noises from various notifications was more annoying than I had thought about previously.  Even Adam participated, and neither one of us fell asleep, so, if it continues going well, I think it might be a good investment? I dunno.

I might need to reconsider the idea of having a “quiz” to turn off the alarm in Sleep As Android, as trying to find a sheep that’s awake when I’m not wearing my glasses proved harder than you’d think, because I am old and blind.

A friend told me today that I seemed more energetic than I had been earlier in the week, so that’s promising, though perhaps it’s the effect of forcefully taking control of things and ergo feeling more comfortable again.

I’m curious to see how exactly all these routines will be affected if I decide to go out salsa dancing with friends tonight.  I see it as a good sign, though, that I’ve had a liter of Coke Zero next to my desk, leftover from a crazy work push on Tuesday night, and I haven’t even thought about drinking it once.  Maybe it’s because I am developing better habits… or maybe it is because I am literally sloshing around on the inside.