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Rebounding
I haven’t been blogging because my depression worsened and I was dealing with real event OCD. When I have goals and then go through a mental episode, I feel overwhelmed when it comes to getting back on track. So, for the past few days, I’ve been doing little chunks of productive things instead of trying…
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Today’s Thoughts About Discipline, Habits, & Routines
Discipline, Habits & Routines This morning, I read about how there are three types of discipline. Structural, reactive, and expansive. Ideally, all three are needed to achieve goals. I think I do need to work on some structural aspects of my day. When I was working, I had alarms set for all sorts of things,…
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Thoughts on My Active Recovery
I’m trying to blog regularly, but I feel like some health issues have knocked me off track in reading. I’m behind on the books that I started and hope to get back to reading today—I think I can read at least 10 pages. As a personal trainer, I am redesigning my exercise program as I’m…
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Time to Think & Site Update
Time to Think, Get Well & Row After writing the blog post a week ago on working and burnout, I took time offline to think about what comes next in my life and focus on getting well. As, I am almost a month out from my flu/pneumonia, I’m coughing less and feel like my lungs…
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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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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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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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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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