I break daily from the toils of my labor for lunch and refreshment. This refreshment is of the mind, body, and spirit. My lunch routine has grown beyond just eating, its about fueling everything. Every day I seek to get strong in all things. I am grateful I have forged this pursuit into a daily lunchtime habit.
My lunch routine is simple. I drive to the park and park off by myself. I then proceed to spend some time reading the Bible and in prayer. I then eat some food from a cooler in my van. Then I go for a walk, either listening to education podcasts, or in silence. That is my routine, and it seems as though it makes me stronger in all ways. I have spent time thinking about each part and dialing it in.
I go to the park and park way off by myself to do these things. I don’t want distractions and I want quiet to do these things. This is my space for doing these things, I feel as though its good to have a space for all things. This is my space for lunch.
Reading the Bible and praying is all about taking my faith more seriously. I have not taken my faith as seriously as I should in the past. So I built this into my lunch habits so that I was at least doing something every day. A little time talking to God is good, I don’t always pray that long, but this habit keeps me doing it daily. The same goes for reading the Bible at lunch. I read whatever I feel like, I just want to make sure I’m touching the Bible daily. This little bit helps me stay more centered on God, it is just the start of what I should be doing, but it’s a start.
Eating lunch, well eating lunch is pretty simple. I eat simple foods that fuel me, and that’s it. My lunch’s tend to be nutritional, and stay focused that way. I eat a lot of garbage but not at lunch. Lunch is to fuel performance.
After eating I go for a walk that lasts anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes. I just walk as far as I feel like. This gives me some base of exercise. I seem to think better after getting the blood flowing a bit. Depending on the day I will either listen to a podcast or walk in silence.
Podcasts I listen to while walking are for expanding my knowledge. I listen to podcasts about an array of subjects, some business podcasts, some writing podcasts, and some lifting ones. These seem to be about exposing myself to more ideas and concepts. I don’t know that I learn a lot of deep things from these podcasts, but exposure is the first step in deeper learning. Somedays I just walk in silence though.
I think quiet is important, and super important if we are trying to think at our peak capabilities. Long quiet walks are my best thinking times and where my so many of my ideas come from. The more I walk the more ideas I have. I could warrant spending most of the day walking to be honest.
This might be rambling, but its what I do 6 days a week, Sundays look a bit different. I have experimented with it and shifted different things in and out of this routine. It does a good job of helping me address things that are important to me but maybe not urgent. I am grateful this whole routine is autopilot and taking care of some of these important and non-urgent things. It helps me keep stepping forward in a lot of ways, it is an easy pace, but I know I keep moving forward with these things daily.