Category: Mental health
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Thankful Thursday
No comments on Thankful ThursdayThings that I am thankful for: 1 The man of the house packed a yummy lunch for me today. He also cooked each night I was home this week. 2 AC. Most houses in Seattle don’t have AC. I don’t regret installing ours, even if we barely used it last year. 3 A job where showing up in shorts one day and a dress the next is…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for… Being thanked for work I did on an event. Being complimented on my writing and this blog. Between blackout curtains and weight lifting I’m mostly getting enough sleep this summer. Physically feeling the benefits of regular strength training. Splurging on a few summer tops & such. New Donna Andrews book! I feel like I’m starting to wake up…
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Things to read
From Jezebel’s Work-Life Balance Isn’t Just for Moms: The basic point of all of this is that whether you have kids, have a partner but no kids, or are living alone, working too much sucks. It’s no way to live, and we’re not dummies. So at some point, most of us realize that we’d rather do something that allows us to actually have a life, rather than commit…
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Things to read
I think a lot of people look to exercise to help them lose weight, and when they don’t lose weight immediately with exercise, they quit. They return to the couch, and they basically never move again. What is lost in that is that fitness is almost certainly more important than fatness. — Gretchen Reynolds, promoting her new bookThe First 20 Minutes. On the one hand, this is…
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Anyone who uses an alarm clock ”is by definition sleep-deprived”
Quoting this here, because sometimes I need the reminder that I don’t control my sleep needs. S]ocietal pressure [to go short on sleep], what nationally recognized sleep expert Dr. Mark Mahowald calls “the pervasive, erroneous attitude that sleep is not a biological imperative, that it is negotiable. We have raised sleep deprivation to a badge of honor.” […] Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep a…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] 1. The man of the house is no longer in the hospital with a 104F (40C) fever. (That…was scary.) 2. My new job has better health insurance than we had previously. (I’d prefer a single-payer solution, but it’s what I’ve got.) 3. Hospice care is providing more monitoring for my father to help avoid surprises and ER visits — and they come…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] Things appear to be getting into “routine” with the parent, instead of “crisis-to-crisis”. I’ve also been able to cross some major tasks off my list, and more are in sight. Adding more tasks to my to-do list (managing the parent’s mail and bills, coordinating his care, etc) is making me focus on priorities more. I have a credit union I am happy with…
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Not Doing Everything
Unvirtuous Abbey (“Digital monks praying for people with first world problems”) tweeted this week: For those who have to carry the burden of what they see but are limited in what they can do, we pray. That … says a lot, actually. For many of us worldwide media means that we see much more than we can act upon. So many causes. So much suffering. So much. Toss in…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] My father has been in his new Adult Family Home for over a week and is doing well. The political-bloggers-with-zombies novel Feed that I’ve been compulsively re-reading for the last year did not win the “Best Novel” Hugo but it came in second. Feed and its sequel Deadline are by Mira Grant aka Seanan McGuire. While I did not get to Worldcon this year, I do get to enjoy this ustream of…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] Sherlock is on Netflix instant streaming. A mild summer. My new dress (this, size H, in blue) fits great, is nice and cool, and has pockets. My father and his new care home appear to be getting along. I am getting enough sleep and my anxiety is decreasing. Next weekend will be three days thanks to Labor Day. Hope this finds you well.
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What’s Important?
My mother was fat, though she lost weight shortly before she died. My father, by contrast, was always thin and muscular. Yes, he drank like the Navy seaman he’d been and smoked 1-2 packs a day, but he was strong and healthy. He gained some weight when he retired and quit smoking, but not much. Heck, he’s lost some in the last few years. Why? He wasn’t…
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Medical Insurance Helps People Feel Better!?
On the one hand, it’s good to have actual research backing this up. On the other hand, it’s insane that this didn’t exist before. From the NY Times: When poor people are given medical insurance, they not only find regular doctors and see doctors more often but they also feel better, are less depressed and are better able to maintain financial stability, according to a new, large-scale…
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Some things I’m glad about today
1) Riding the bus to my new job means I’m walking daily again, at least on weekdays. Funny how walking even a 1/2 mile or so every day can feel good, even if it’s spread throughout the day. 2) Yes, I have a temp gig. At the moment it’s a better fit than the old place. 3) The commute is a short bus ride and a…
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Interviews, Interviews
I’ve been getting more job interviews lately. Researching the companies I’m interviewing at and other interview prep is taking a fair amount of time. One place I interviewed at Monday has called to arrange a second round next week, which is a hopeful sign. I am still not getting full lung function, but albuterol, Mucinex, and the humidifier are helping. Doing an aerobics tape in the…
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