Category: Mental health
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Thankful Thursday
3 comments on Thankful Thursday[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) I did one of my shorter walking routes at work yesterday. A little over a third of a mile, but longer than I walked yesterday and Tuesday. Kept reminding myself to keep my stride short (long strides irritate my hip) and that I’m supposed to be easing back into daily walking. But still! I did it! 2) … and I was…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) The cold I had that kept me out of work for a week and low energy for another? Mostly gone! 2) Getting to be the able-bodied one this weekend. A friend was visiting who’d injured his back, so I was doing the lifting, opening doors, going into the grocery store for a scooter while he waited on the bench with his cane,…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Walking more regularly has been improving my ability to walk. I walked a lot more today than usual, without pain. 2) Getting over the cold that kept me out of work last week. I may still cough, but I do have energy now. 3) I did let being sick keep me from walking a few days…but I also started back up…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Orange-mango-banana smoothies, or at least the one I had on the way home today. I seem to be coming down with something — headache, a bit of a sore throat, some coughing and sneezing, very little appetite. I left work a bit early because I was feeling worse. Partway home it occurred to me that a smoothie might make my throat…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Walking is much better; been leaving the cane in the car most of the time. 2) Fun evening exploring Microsoft’s private “mall” one afternoon with a friend. 3) Getting better at prioritizing and being gentle with myself. 4) My office seems much warmer since I got back from vacation. It’s nice not to HAVE to bundle up in multiple layers every day! If this keeps…
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Time for what?
This year I was able to take off one day a week from work in December, along with the time between Christmas and New Year’s. Which means this is my first full work week in over a month. I happened to run across this last night, in Kathleen Norris’ book The Cloister Walk: In our culture, time can seem like an enemy: it chew us up and…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) My friends & family are warm and safe. 2) A marvelous lack of work emergencies this week. 3) Fresh-baked pumpkin bread and See’s café au lait truffles :) 4) Going for a walk this morning (and Christmas shopping this afternoon) without the cane. 5) Enjoying the Star Wars marathon (not the Star Wars Holiday Special) and the man of the house :)
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Able to slowly and gently dance around the living room this week :) 2) Life expectancy keeps going up. 3) Enjoyable walk today despite the sometimes-rain sometimes-drizzle. (I picked a shopping area, so I could spend a lot of time inside or under eaves.) 4) How cleaning my bedroom and CPAP mask/hose can make me feel so much better when I…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Getting a bonus at work this year :) 2) Laughing at this post from Men-in-Full. “Someplace happier” indeed. 3) Being able to get around without the cane most of the time. 4) Nifty lycra-spandex leggings. They’re not just comfy for exercise, they also make great long underwear! 5) The man of the house, who brought me dinner tonight :)
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) My knee may not be getting much better but it’s not worse. 2) Being able to structure my day around resting, icing, and exercising my knee. 3) Ibuprofen, Doan’s, heating pads, and other such modern wonders. 4) The man of the house, for being patient with my whining. 5) This summary of why increasing health costs for fat people is counter-productive.
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for: 1) Over 300 responses to yesterday’s poll and some great discussion in the comments. Wow! 2) Ibuprofen, because I slacked off on walking for a week and strength training for mumble and both knees hurt. 3) But, despite slacking off I can and did walk a mile on the treadmill OK… 4) … and my knees feel better after…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] I’m thankful for: 1) The man of house, for going above & beyond the call of duty tonight and Sunday. 2) Annual physical today did not include a weight lecture. 3) My walking endurance is slowly increasing; 30 minutes or an hour is very doable. I was also able to stand for 1.5 – 2 hours at a networking event. 4) Met someone…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) Wrapping up a project at work. 2) Nice weather makes walking outside fun. 3) Being able to make dinner from an onion, a can of clams, a box of noodles, some grated Parmesan and dried basil. 4) Carrie Fisher’s book Wishful Drinking is out in paperback. Giggling through it Tuesday and Wednesday really helped preserve my sanity. 5) The man of the house, who provides…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) Two new bras that fit great! 2) Friends who take me out to dinner. :) 3) Being able to lift & carry 50lbs repeatedly on Saturday. (Also known as “weight lifting is working for me!” ) 4) Finally getting some serious rain this week. This is helping clear the air, which is good for my asthma, but it’s also a “home-y” thing for…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) The man of the house made dinner — patty melt for me, with minced onion & mushrooms mixed into the patty, and a chili burger for him. Yum. 2) Successfully moving my sleep schedule earlier, so I get to work in good time and get enough sleep. 3) The cable company is currently our of lives and we have faster internet access…
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