I didn’t sleep well last night.  I was awake at 2:00am, 4:00am and gave up at 5:00am.  It’s making me question how good the expensive jet lag protocol I bought is working.  Hopefully that will set me up for some good sleep tonight.  I had emptied my suitcases last night in hopes to do a more logical packing job in the morning and getting some of the things out of my backpack that are making it so heavy.  Now I had lots of time for that. 

I found out Wendy is feeling sick and the girls asked me to find cold medicine.  I asked Google if 7-11s in Japan carried cold medicine and it said they did.  Great – there is a 7-11 two blocks from my hotel.  And I have time for that!  I found some vitamin C, but no cold medicine.  I asked the clerk and he told me, no.  He gave me the location of the nearest pharmacy.  It wasn’t open and wouldn’t be before I had to be on my way to meet the girls in Bessho Onsen. 

I re-packed and decided to check out of the hotel and make my way to the Shinkansen station.  I could find a coffee shop there and enjoy a latte while I waited.  I left the hotel around 7:15 and got a text.

I was supposed to have a session with an ATP client at 7:00am, but I forgot.  My client texted me to tell me he was on the call.  Oh no, I felt so bad.  I could have done it from my room if I hadn’t just checked out.  I jumped on the call from my phone and apologized.  I was on a busy street with a ton of loud traffic.  So, I ducked into the first alley I came to.  There was a small ledge running along one of the buildings about 1 foot tall off the ground. The ledge was clean and not quite wide enough to sit on.  I squatted down and squished my butt on the ledge and propped my phone up on my suitcase in front of me.

The alley was clean and quiet.  Everything in Japan is clean.  I can’t imagine squatting in an alley for a meeting in any other country.  A few people walked by, but the didn’t act like anything was amiss.  Just a foreigner doing a video call in the alley.

ATP is Awakening To Presence.  It is coaching how to live in presence.  Living in presence helps to let go of the stress and false stories most of us live from.