Day 23: Detours – Sometimes You Need To Get Off Track To Get Back On Track

I had an epiphany this morning on my way back home from a networking meeting that starts before most people do. On the drive, my driver and I got so involved in our conversation that we got off on the wrong exit and ended up OVER the bridge…far, far away from my home. We took the scenic route…for the second week in a row. HA!  We had a good laugh about it. Apparently that meant we weren’t done talking yet.

Our little detour got me thinking about the cliché “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey”, then realized…isn’t it the detours that make the journey? I mean, here we were in the car, our own living reality of exactly that…and something clicked for me. Sometimes you have to get off track to get back on track.

As you know I’ve been on this health and wellness program for 23 days now. I have definitely been feeling the effects of the double detox I am doing – still experiencing night sweats and 24hr long dull headaches. Admittedly I’ve fallen off the bandwagon a wee bit and realized this morning that perhaps I started off doing the wrong thing first. I discovered that my success and my failures with this journey ebbs and flows with my sleep patterns. Without getting the proper sleep, I am ensuring my failure.

As with every journey, the road is seldom a straight and narrow one, and mine is no different. I will continue doing my detoxing as planned, since I am already half way through, however now I will put a much more considerable focus on getting some sleep - proper sleep. I mean honestly, at the rate I am going with sometimes 3-5 hours of sleep per night (or less on Mondays), I am ensuring that I would be heading for an early grave. Not sure how I am going to tackle this yet as it has been an ongoing thing for me for many many years, but I will find away. Open to suggestions, solutions and tips too if you have any…and more than just “go to bed earlier”. HA! Easier said than done.