{"id":1241,"date":"2013-06-10T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T10:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whitehindu\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:36:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:36:19","slug":"day-in-the-life-of-the-white-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whitehindu\/2013\/06\/day-in-the-life-of-the-white-hindu\/","title":{"rendered":"Day In the Life of the White Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My life is pretty freakin awesome.<\/p>\n

Sometimes when I get overwhelmed with stupid things and get too engrossed in blowing things out of proportion, I like to take the step back and look at my life as someone from the outside would.<\/strong> It helps me see how wonderful things are in reality. I know that I love to read about people\u2019s day to day lives in engrossing detail. I think we all like to catch a glimpse into what other people\u2019s lives are like.<\/p>\n

So today I\u2019m going to take you with me and give you a tour of my life!<\/p>\n

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One aspect I love about our new apartment is the way the closet is a long hallway into my bathroom (we have separate bathrooms! I love it!) I don\u2019t have to wake up with an alarm clock. Everyone in my office tends to get a late start. Being \u00a0a morning person, it\u2019s no problem for me to get in there by 9:30 and be the first one there.<\/p>\n

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In the new apartment, my altar is in the closet of my home office. I feel better about having the Gods near my work space as opposed to my sleeping space.<\/p>\n

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Off to work! I might be ready to trade in my boring data entry job for full time writing, but in the meantime I have a pretty sweet setup.<\/p>\n

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The building is located in a really charming little historic mill town full of antique shops!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a tiny company and lots of the boys who work there are now my friends outside the office too. They come over for board games and several of them are invited to my wedding. That\u2019s the corner of my desk in the left edge of the picture.<\/p>\n

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Taking off my shoes at the door when I get home.<\/p>\n

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For an apartment, I have a nice big kitchen. These days Brad can be found there most nights making our dinner! (Notice the tiny dog ears near his feet. Our little dog, Thea, loves to investigate what\u2019s going on in the kitchen)<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve got lots of weeknight activities. Two nights a week we gather with friends for gaming. Tuesdays is board gaming and Thursdays is RPGs (i.e., Dungeons and Dragons). I don\u2019t care for the D&D, but I hang out and chat. Fridays we go rollerskating at our gym. Some weekdays I take a lunch break and take the dog for a walk with my friend and her baby (she and her family live about half a mile from me). Several evenings we hang out and watch TV shows on Netflix with our best friend.<\/p>\n

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(At a friend\u2019s apartment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Saturday afternoons we walk a half mile to the interfaith center where the Sathya Sai Baba group meets for bhajans.<\/p>\n

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In the evenings we snuggle up with the dog and I read out loud from whatever novel we\u2019re in the middle of (at the moment Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, Book 2)<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

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There you have it, a day in my life. Do you ever use that trick to remind yourself of the good things in your life? I highly recommend it! Just pretend you are looking at your own life from the outside and seeing all the fun little things that make it look easy. This, for me, is a form of exercising being present<\/strong>. I have a tendency to live in my head: thinking, worrying, pondering, planning. This is something I do to help break me out of that for a little breather!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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