Benjamin (Ben) Beckwith, at age 47
My Typical Day:
I usually wake up somewhere between 6 and 7am. There are three things I try to fit into the morning first:
1) A 10 minute meditation
2) A run (and walks with Portia – I walk with her to the park where I do a 20-25 minute run)
3) My arm exercises
I also drink up to 3 glasses of water 1st thing in the morning. That’s all I really need to drink in the morning. Sometimes I have some green tea but usually I wouldn’t until late morning if I’m feeling tired.
Lately, I’ve also added some standard morning stretches from the book of stretches.
Also, usually on M, W & F, Portia and I walk to Bally’s Fitness Spa to do our exercise routines there.
I’ve started a routine at with the help of a fitness trainer where I do weight training 3 times a week. Sometimes I may have enough time to go to the sauna, Jacuzzi and pool. We may get a bagel afterwards.
For breakfast I have whole cereal with no sucrose. Some cereals have no sweetener so I add maple syrup. I have granola, flakes, puffs, oatmeal or hot cereal. To hot cereals I add cinnamon, ginger, cardamom (either seeds or powder) and sometimes nutmeg. I use rice or soy milk.
Right now I’m working 3 days a week at The Career Center of American International College in Cambridge, a walk or short bike ride from my home 3 days a week, Monday and Wednesday 11am to 7pm and Tuesday 3 to 7pm. I am working as a paid intern but am essentially the Technical Services manager fro this small branch of Career Training sites. I first check my Instant Messages and e-mail for any pressing issues. Then I check in with the classes to let them know I’m here and see if there are any computer issues there. Then if I have interns, I review the tasks of the day and delegate them.
On Thursdays and Fridays, I may have my own computer customers (Computer Tutor and Troubleshooter) or put in some internship time (paid or unpaid) with my friends business, Computer Care and Learning.
On Wednesdays and Fridays, I may go to a barefoot unstructured dance at around 8pm. Dancers hold hands, forming a circle. Then people move any which way the like, some wildly, some mellow, some alone, some together in twos or more. The music varies from world beat to Celtic, blues, ethereal, soul and rock.
On occasional Thursdays, I go to Squawk Open Mike Coffeehouse, which is at a church, to play blues piano.
Saturdays, I sometimes do the weekly Fresh Pond road race which is 2 ½ miles (or 5 if I’m really ambitious). My time is anywhere from18 -22 minutes.
On some Sundays, I may go to Salem where my friend, Liz, from dance is sometimes the Deacon with my friend, Ayser, who lives in Salem. Afterwards, I spend some time with Liz before she goes back to Gloucester them spend the rest of the day with Ayser.
On other Sundays Portia and I may walk to the Ethical Society of Boston which meet at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. They always have live music before and after the speaker. Lately, there has been a monthly series on Sustainable Development and Social Justice by Julia Ageyman, an environmentalist author and chair of the Dept. of Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University.
Some Sunday nights, I play guitar at an event called whimsy, at a gallery which is open to varied types of performers.
Well, that’s much of what I do. Thanks for reading.
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