1015 PM PT February 26, 2026

I keep thinking about my breathing — “you can’t breathe a past breath or a future breath, you can only breathe a current breath.”

That’s relevant because my train is at least 90 minutes late getting to Emeryville tonight. I’m expecting to get to my hotel by 1145 PM — in the morning my train leaves at 825 AM. All I can think about is how I won’t sleep well tonight, and I will be tired all day tomorrow.

That’s called catastrophizing. I have a knack for that sometimes. I guess I’m not alone in that, but that doesn’t help when I’m letting my mind run away from me.

Don’t believe everything I think, right?

I know it doesn’t matter. I have had plenty of short nights of bad sleep. I’ve had plenty of days when I’m tired afterward. The upside here is once I get on the train I can sleep!

I’ll do a better job of managing my mind tomorrow. I allowed myself to get bored once the sun went down today. I have a book to read, I can write my blog, organize my photos, stare out the window, sit in the observation car. Plenty to keep me engaged!