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Overcoming Burnout: A Personal Journey
This morning, I watched a video on YouTube about why people no longer want to work. I want to work. I like working. In my last job, I was the worst performer on my team and rose to be in the top 3 on my team consistently. Looking back on that achievement, I don’t feel…
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Balancing My Mental Health & Fitness, Quite Literally, in One Day
Today, I did my first workout, other than walking, since getting the flu and perhaps some pneumonia. Mobility is something I want to improve because I once could do pilates and yoga with smooth transitions. Now that I’m heavier and almost 48 years old, I’ve noticed I’m not as agile as I once was. To…
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Globesity: My Diet & Dietary Indiscretions
This morning, instead of my usual lighter YouTube personal development fare, I watched Globesity: How the world got fat. It talks about how multinational food corporations are feeding the global obesity epidemic. The documentary focuses a lot of soda companies. Recently, I stopped drinking diet sodas because I read about how they disrupt metabolism. Then,…
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Rejection & Self-Respect
Today, I’m listening to a stoicism video on YouTube about how to use moments of rejection as learning experiences—by encouraging our own self-respect and self-worth. Before dawn, I set an intention for the day on my Insight Timer app. Usually, I write long and winding intentions. This morning, there was a suggested intention. It read,…
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Meandering Thoughts & Book on Maternal Psychosis
Clarified Tagline for Reality Bytes I changed the tagline of my blog to say, “My Meandering Thoughts and Healthy Living Journal” after ChatGPT said I had an observer problem with my posts and the theme of the blog. To me, healthy living is about living in the moment and deriving meaning through daily actions and…
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Billboard Call to Action
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? The human condition is hard, but we can help one another and create a world where there is less suffering for all beings.
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The Work of a Human & “Little p Purpose”
This morning, I was lying in bed and enjoying my cotton blankets. I had slept 12 hours, which is the most I’ve slept in 2 weeks due to flu/possible pneumonia. As I lingered and enjoyed the waffled texture of my blanket, I thought about how Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations said we should not lie…
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Recovery from Illness: What I’ve Been Up To & What I Want to Do Next Week
Flu/ Possible Pneumonia I am recovering from an illness that began around New Year’s Eve. For the most part, I’ve been lying on the couch resting. Watching television with my daughter. Reading. I didn’t really want to blog because I didn’t feel up to it then. I’m still coughing, and I am very fatigued. Hoping…
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90 Day Fiancé: Imagining My Person
90 Day Fiancé Spin-Offs For the past several days, my daughter and I have been watching The 90 Day Fiancé spin-offs on HBO MAX. As I’ve been watching them, I’ve felt increasingly discouraged about ever finding a healthy relationship. I know the show is meant to highlight and encourage drama, but relationships in real life…
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Embracing Longevity: A Shift in my Perspective
When I was younger, I did not want to live a long life. I felt like life was cruel and I did not see myself being fifty years old. At 47, about to turn 48 years old, I feel differently about the concept of living a very long life. I hope to live a long…
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