> If dietary and sleep habits are what disturb your ability to focus your > mind, then change those habits. This doesn't take magical techniques to > accomplish. It's not something you have to wait before doing. Rawn, I suppose the confusion I have is in that it seems as if a number of very complex issues are arising for me as I work on mastering Step One exercises, issues that may take me a long time to fully resolve; and yet the work of character transformation is, in Bardon's system, put off until Step Two. I understand that such work can be done before Step Two. I guess I was looking for people's feedback and sharing, if they've had similar experiences to mine, i.e. major issues coming up in attempts to do "simple" things like being mindful. These exercises are like having pets. Moods change every day, some days they frustrate me because they pee all over the place, the next they make me glad to be a pet owner. :) Thanks, David