the trick: swim with the hours, let your Circadian rhythm syncopate with the waves and the early rising moon.

allow yourself one non-healthy treat a day, a candy bar, a cookie, a cold beer after work. eat an apple or a piece fruit each day.  drink plenty of water

and drink your coffee black.  allow yourself to sleep. read and, when possible, look for signs: feathers left by angels, the blue heron, the egrets, the carp and catfish jumping. schools of minnows near the hull.

breathe and know you are breathing.