Reboot Days 4, 5, and 6: Attitude

Matt's colorful vegetable juice, Day 4

Well, Joseph's out of the race, but Matt's still going strong. After the first three days he'd lost 6.6 lbs. It's been six days now and Matt is down 10 lbs total!  He's even inspired some other people to try the Reboot, or at least to watch the documentary. He seems to feel fine. I hope that he'll get the time to write an entry on this blog about his Reboot experience, but in general he seems to be as energetic as ever and thinking clearly. His body seems to be doing just fine without caffeine, sugar, carbs, or even much protein. I imagine he must feel better too!

I've been struggling with the workload and having a good attitude. In addition to making 4-5 dishes/juices/smoothies each day for Matt, I have to make food for the rest of us. But I can't make the food until I've cleaned the mountains of dishes (have I mentioned we don't have a dishwasher yet?) and then put them away so that I can dirty them again making two separate meals, after which they need to be cleaned. Meanwhile, Diana is running around my feet very sweetly playing by herself, but that usually involves scattering her toys (and other things) around the entire house including all over the kitchen floor where I'm working. There's also the occasional bump on the head, pinched finger, need for snacks, dirty diaper, and clinging to mommy's legs just to see what I'm doing. Then I have to pick and sweep up everything that she's scattered around the house and do more dishes. By the way, that's why I fall behind on blog posts.

Now, I volunteered for this, and I'm still happy to do it, so it should be fine. But darn it if it's not a struggle sometimes to give to others gracefully and without complaining! To me, it highlights how very much humans are weighed down by a naturally selfish nature. God gives so much to us freely, people who could never deserve it, and here I am getting grouchy about the workload that I volunteered to take on. It certainly feels like a lot of work sometimes, but I know there are other people who do still more with a better attitude. Joseph has helped me with cleaning up and dinners, which is incredibly sweet of him since he has more than enough to do with his two businesses. I have figured out that when I stay on top of things instead of taking breaks when I want to, the days go much more smoothly. There's no rushing and stressing. That's probably something I should have learned long ago, but sometimes it takes a while for things to really click. I'm also trying to work on having a better attitude regardless of the circumstances. Some days are still better than others, and hopefully I'll continue to improve with Joseph's encouragement and lots of practice. (Oy.)