Tuesday, August 15, 2006
I brought a pair of Birkenstocks's (betula) today to replace the Target clogs I've been wearing for months and recently tore up. Maybe these will last and last. I've always wanted a pair of shoes to wear forever - or that I could replace with an identical pair. My daughter approved of them - strange - she didn't like any of the shoes I tried on at Payless.
How'd hip-hop-erize go?
Well, I'm glad you asked. I went. I was late. I thought it started at 6:30 and it started at 6 - 5:30 on Thursdays. Guess I merged the two. Anyway, I got about five dances in. School started today and I dropped by to pick up my young friend but no one was home. I wrote the times in my palm so next week there's no excuse. I could go on Thursday since it's from 5:30 - 6:30 and the EarthSave event that I'm going to is at 6:30 and fairly close to the community center where the classes are held. I might be a little stinky. That's not good. I could just not go to dinner. It's not like I need to eat out. I did just go grocery shopping.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Dancing, Exercise, and Resistance Control
I went to the hip-hop-ercize class. It was fun. I even took a young neighbor. She's going to high school this year and wants to lose weight so she can join the basketball team. I kind of think of her as insurance. If I'm waivering and she wants/needs to go then I'll go. If she's trying not to go and I'm in front of her house ready then she'll go. We've doubled our chances of success.
The class was a lot like auditioning for a music video. Except that of the 13 participants none of us fit the body type. Anyway, it was fun music and hip-hop dance moves. I'm so out of it. An added bonus was that I learned the names of some of the moves/dances. As if knowing what they're called will aid my body in doing them.
Amazing for being in a community gym there were not an misc. people running/hanging around. It's free. It's about 3 miles from my house. And, the center is the proud owner of three pieces of my artwork so I get to see them whenever I go.
Unfortunately, Thursday's class is cancelled! That's actually a good thing since I'm already scheduled to do a healthy eating class with EarthSave. Besides the instructor, Tanika, said that soon there would be morning and evening classes. That's be good for my flighty schedule. Not so good for my neighbor once school starts.
I'll dance anyway. And go to next Tuesday's class.
How is it that I can't dance?
The class was a lot like auditioning for a music video. Except that of the 13 participants none of us fit the body type. Anyway, it was fun music and hip-hop dance moves. I'm so out of it. An added bonus was that I learned the names of some of the moves/dances. As if knowing what they're called will aid my body in doing them.
Amazing for being in a community gym there were not an misc. people running/hanging around. It's free. It's about 3 miles from my house. And, the center is the proud owner of three pieces of my artwork so I get to see them whenever I go.
Unfortunately, Thursday's class is cancelled! That's actually a good thing since I'm already scheduled to do a healthy eating class with EarthSave. Besides the instructor, Tanika, said that soon there would be morning and evening classes. That's be good for my flighty schedule. Not so good for my neighbor once school starts.
I'll dance anyway. And go to next Tuesday's class.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Resistance and exercise for weight loss
In Live the Life You Love, Barbara Sher, advises that when you are resistant to doing something that you actually want to do you should “try to think of a unit small enough to give you a feeling of complete willingness”.
I need to exercise. I really, really, NEED to. I want to. I truly do. I’m about to burst. And perversely feeling myself get bigger is keeping me from wanting to move. Yet moving is the thing that will stop the spread. Moving is the antidote to my inactivity. Anyway, this morning I still couldn’t talk myself into going for a walk.
What I did finally get myself to do is look up some information on the web. Send two emails about possible exercise activities in my neighborhood and then I actually made a phone call. The phone is at the top of my “things I hate” list so for me to call anyone is momentous and for me to call a stranger is next to unheard of. So maybe to paraphase Nin, “the day has come when the risk to remain tight in a bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom”. I hope so. (…hope is not a method) Anyway, I hope so. The phone call was to a personal trainer who is participating in a project called Active Louisville. There’s a Hip Hop-ercise dance class tonight at 6. She sounded so pert, energetic, and helpful that I’m going to go and …. I’m going to go. Let me leave it at that.
I need to exercise. I really, really, NEED to. I want to. I truly do. I’m about to burst. And perversely feeling myself get bigger is keeping me from wanting to move. Yet moving is the thing that will stop the spread. Moving is the antidote to my inactivity. Anyway, this morning I still couldn’t talk myself into going for a walk.
What I did finally get myself to do is look up some information on the web. Send two emails about possible exercise activities in my neighborhood and then I actually made a phone call. The phone is at the top of my “things I hate” list so for me to call anyone is momentous and for me to call a stranger is next to unheard of. So maybe to paraphase Nin, “the day has come when the risk to remain tight in a bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom”. I hope so. (…hope is not a method) Anyway, I hope so. The phone call was to a personal trainer who is participating in a project called Active Louisville. There’s a Hip Hop-ercise dance class tonight at 6. She sounded so pert, energetic, and helpful that I’m going to go and …. I’m going to go. Let me leave it at that.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Would I Actually Play Rugby Football?
I was out with my daughter and picked up a postcard inviting me to join the Louisville Women's Rugby Football Club. My daughter laughed at me. I don't really know what rugby football is. I think I've seen a practice at Seneca Park a couple of years ago yet that could have been something else.
No experience necessary! That's what the card states. And good thing since I have no experience being a member of a team. The only sports experience I have is doing karate in high school. I'm not good with sports. I'm too self conscious of my body. I'm paranoid about getting hit and/or hurt. My temper's too short in physical situations. I'd either end up hitting someone or crying because I wanted to.
People can change. I need a change. I've read over and over again and said it too, that if exercise was fun and interesting I'd do it more often. And if I did it more often surely I'd lose some weight and feel better. I'd actually be more active. That's good in and of itself.
I can at least email and find out about when and how often they practice. I can at least go watch a game. I can at least pretend as if I'm going to do something new and potentially dangeous and beneficial. The Louisville team calls themselves, The Riversharks.
One site estimated the calories burned in an hour to be 780 for a person my size. That's compared to 550 for jogging, which I'd never do & 784 for jumping rope at a moderate rate, which I love to do! Jumping rope fast for 1 hour would burn about 940 calories. That could solve all my weight problems. I can't jump for an hour yet I could jump for 5 minutes, every hour on the hour during 12 of my 16 daily conscious hours. Why does exercise always sound so easy and doable in writing??
related post: dance like no one is watching & lose a pound a week
No experience necessary! That's what the card states. And good thing since I have no experience being a member of a team. The only sports experience I have is doing karate in high school. I'm not good with sports. I'm too self conscious of my body. I'm paranoid about getting hit and/or hurt. My temper's too short in physical situations. I'd either end up hitting someone or crying because I wanted to.
So why'd I pick up the card?
People can change. I need a change. I've read over and over again and said it too, that if exercise was fun and interesting I'd do it more often. And if I did it more often surely I'd lose some weight and feel better. I'd actually be more active. That's good in and of itself.
I can at least email and find out about when and how often they practice. I can at least go watch a game. I can at least pretend as if I'm going to do something new and potentially dangeous and beneficial. The Louisville team calls themselves, The Riversharks.
How many calories can I burn?
One site estimated the calories burned in an hour to be 780 for a person my size. That's compared to 550 for jogging, which I'd never do & 784 for jumping rope at a moderate rate, which I love to do! Jumping rope fast for 1 hour would burn about 940 calories. That could solve all my weight problems. I can't jump for an hour yet I could jump for 5 minutes, every hour on the hour during 12 of my 16 daily conscious hours. Why does exercise always sound so easy and doable in writing??
related post: dance like no one is watching & lose a pound a week
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Exercise Fun with Kango Jumps
In September 2002 I brought a pair of kango-jumps (photo)
I went to the mall specifically to get them.
That’s an endorsement in itself. (I hate the mall.)
Anyway, they looked fun and that’s what I most want from my exercise routine. I also want it to show results fast.
I remember enjoying them for a long time. I’d also brought this music tape. The music is silly, “jump, jump, jump, like a kangaroo …” over and over again –there were others but that’s the song I remember.
My kanga-jumps have been in the basement for some time. I don’t remember why I stopped wearing them. They even give my abs a workout. I think it had to do with that fast results criteria. Somewhere in my mind I thought they’d do it all; aid in weight loss and tone and trim my lazy body. I didn’t measure so I didn’t have a baseline. I did them a disservice. They may have been doing all kinds of wonderful things but how would I know?
Well, last night it occurred to me that I should pull them back out. I’d been walking around my neighborhood with M.A.G., my dog, and that started getting stale. Actually, it started getting depressing because of the high levels of litter.
Plus the past couple of weeks I’ve developed a strong urge to be alone and unseen. I wonder if I could be developing agoraphobia. (The fiction writer in me is fascinated by phobia in general and agoraphobia in particular).
Anyway, I realize that the neighborhood walks were not a complete waste. Despite their inability to make me drop 20 pounds in a week (somewhere in the back of my mind this must be what I expect), they got me moving and I learned a lot about the neighborhood, had some interesting conversations, and I even found a couple of people who will walk with me if I call them. Which I have done a couple of times but I like to walk at 8 am and I don’t like talking on the phone that early (or really at all).
So I decided to keep moving but inside hence the return of my kango-jumps. With this decision came the epiphany that I should only hold myself responsible for the things within my “circle of influence”. I can’t really gauge when I’ll lose weight or where I’ll tone but I have total control over rather or not I follow my plan; put the kango-jumps on, walk/dance with them for 10 or so minutes, etc.
I went to the mall specifically to get them.
That’s an endorsement in itself. (I hate the mall.)
Anyway, they looked fun and that’s what I most want from my exercise routine. I also want it to show results fast.
I remember enjoying them for a long time. I’d also brought this music tape. The music is silly, “jump, jump, jump, like a kangaroo …” over and over again –there were others but that’s the song I remember.
My kanga-jumps have been in the basement for some time. I don’t remember why I stopped wearing them. They even give my abs a workout. I think it had to do with that fast results criteria. Somewhere in my mind I thought they’d do it all; aid in weight loss and tone and trim my lazy body. I didn’t measure so I didn’t have a baseline. I did them a disservice. They may have been doing all kinds of wonderful things but how would I know?
Well, last night it occurred to me that I should pull them back out. I’d been walking around my neighborhood with M.A.G., my dog, and that started getting stale. Actually, it started getting depressing because of the high levels of litter.
Plus the past couple of weeks I’ve developed a strong urge to be alone and unseen. I wonder if I could be developing agoraphobia. (The fiction writer in me is fascinated by phobia in general and agoraphobia in particular).
Anyway, I realize that the neighborhood walks were not a complete waste. Despite their inability to make me drop 20 pounds in a week (somewhere in the back of my mind this must be what I expect), they got me moving and I learned a lot about the neighborhood, had some interesting conversations, and I even found a couple of people who will walk with me if I call them. Which I have done a couple of times but I like to walk at 8 am and I don’t like talking on the phone that early (or really at all).
So I decided to keep moving but inside hence the return of my kango-jumps. With this decision came the epiphany that I should only hold myself responsible for the things within my “circle of influence”. I can’t really gauge when I’ll lose weight or where I’ll tone but I have total control over rather or not I follow my plan; put the kango-jumps on, walk/dance with them for 10 or so minutes, etc.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Skin Care Conflict
I brought expensive “un-petroleum” lip balm but I can’t tell that it works any better than regular chap stick. My lips don’t look or feel any more kissable than usual. I can’t even taste the cherry flavor. Yet, somewhere along the way I became convinced that petroleum was not good for women’s health so I spent the extra money for “un-petroleum”.
Now I’m wondering, if I can justify the extra expense the next time I need lip protection?
Despite my cynicism I want Vaseline to be able to say the same or something to smack down the new-is-better-so-pay-more voice in my head. I’ll visit their website.
Vaseline has a crappy lotion application flash demo as its homepage instead of useful skin care information. You have to look very closely at the bottom of the page for “enter site” and even then the information is hidden behind images and tech wizardry. What words I did finally get to come up didn’t convince me that their lip therapy was anything special. I'd trade some of the site flash for some vitamen E.
I did pick up a skin fact: “every 28 days, the skin renews itself”. I seem to remember reading a different number elsewhere and I want a definition of "renew" but my curious mind will worry about that later.
Since the two products seem to work about the same, personal finance Gwen would buy the petroleum next time. But women’s health Gwen decided to consult a book by skin care expert Aubrey Hampton
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Dr. Hampton is touted as “the father of natural hair care” and he doesn’t mince words when talking about petroleum:
So my decision is not just about an extra dollar. Women’s health and the wellbeing of the planet seem to be at stake. Now there’s no choice. I’ll finish using my in-stock 13-ounce jar of Target brand petroleum jelly (my feet love it) but then I’ll seek out and pay more for skin care that in the long term will be good for us all.
Now I’m wondering, if I can justify the extra expense the next time I need lip protection?
- “Un-petroleum” touts a lot of benefits like
- SPF 18 (I’ve never been sure about
- Healing vitamin E
- Protective jojoba oil
- Naturally soothing plant extracts (petroleum is natural)
- Not tested on animals (who does any more?)
Seeking skin care assurances
Despite my cynicism I want Vaseline to be able to say the same or something to smack down the new-is-better-so-pay-more voice in my head. I’ll visit their website.
Vaseline has a crappy lotion application flash demo as its homepage instead of useful skin care information. You have to look very closely at the bottom of the page for “enter site” and even then the information is hidden behind images and tech wizardry. What words I did finally get to come up didn’t convince me that their lip therapy was anything special. I'd trade some of the site flash for some vitamen E.
I did pick up a skin fact: “every 28 days, the skin renews itself”. I seem to remember reading a different number elsewhere and I want a definition of "renew" but my curious mind will worry about that later.
Petro or Un?
Since the two products seem to work about the same, personal finance Gwen would buy the petroleum next time. But women’s health Gwen decided to consult a book by skin care expert Aubrey Hampton
.Dr. Hampton is touted as “the father of natural hair care” and he doesn’t mince words when talking about petroleum:
This familiar, semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons is derived from petroleum. All petrochemicals pollute our water and destroy marine life. Avoiding them is essential for the health of humans, animals, fish, water, land and air.
So my decision is not just about an extra dollar. Women’s health and the wellbeing of the planet seem to be at stake. Now there’s no choice. I’ll finish using my in-stock 13-ounce jar of Target brand petroleum jelly (my feet love it) but then I’ll seek out and pay more for skin care that in the long term will be good for us all.
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Monday, February 06, 2006
body praise from Jorge Cruise
| I received this nice note from the 3-hour diet newsletter. Yes, it's was just for me :-) Be Receptive to Praise | |
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Monday, January 30, 2006
dance like no one is watching & lose weight
If a 165 pound woman (that's me) dances wildly for 1 hour daily she can burn 445 calories. That's enough to lose one pound every 8 days. Six Tips to make this work:
- wear heart rate monitor
- find music in the 125 - 130+ beats per minute range
- do it every day
- do it in 15 minute increments to get around your I-don't-have-an-hour-to-exercise critic
- keep a glass of water near by
- keep the dancing our little secret
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Who’s that woman with the unstoppable body?
Confession: I’d love to have the body of a video vixen. There I admitted it, sort of out loud. I don’t want to wear the show-all-your-goodies outfits but I’d like to have the option.
Will watching exercise videos help you lose weight?
At the library I picked up Unstoppable Women: achieve any breakthrough goal in 30 days by Cynthia Kersey. I love books with definite timeframes in the title.
I get these books and usually just passively read them. It’s like the way I once watched exercise videos; I’d watch them and hope that some miracle would happen so taht my body would, through exposure, be encouraged to start and keep moving. In the middle of the video I’d remember that “hope is not a method” and either start exercising or turn it off.
At any rate, I read parts of Unstoppable women propped up in bed. It made me tired so I went to sleep. It didn’t bore me it was just overwhelming.
I have so many areas of my life in which I’d love to “achieve any breakthrough goal” that it has taken me a week to sort out that losing 25 pounds is the one I’d most like to achieve. It’s the one that keeps nagging me. It’s the one that could positively influence all the others. Weighed in this morning at 165 ½ pounds. I’m 5’3" so I’m officially obese.
The Unstoppable System
The 30-day program is just that. 30 days of inspirational and hopefully helpful to-dos. Each day consists of …
On Saturdays you also have “intimate conversations with Cynthia”. I hate that girlfriend talk fluff! And on Sundays there’s a weekly review.
Is my emotional intelligence to low for this book?
Hello. It’s me again trying to not commit. You’d think I was a 25 year old guy instead of a 42 year old woman. Here’s another confession: I can’t read the book cover to cover because a large part of it consists of people’s stories; Verneta Wallace’s story, Margot Fraser’s Story, J.K. Rowling’s Story, etc., etc. There’s something about reading “inspirational” vignettes that makes me tired.
But?! But change is my mantra for this year so my personal challenge is to read ¼ of the stories. There are 26 listed. On day 30 I’m supposed to write my own unstoppable story. I don’t know that I’ll take this heighten-my-emotional-intelligence sub-project that far but I will read 6 ½ - okay 7 - of the stories.
Having my own copy of Unstoppable Women would be best but I’m going to have to settle for rechecking this copy out from the library.
Do I really want to join the Unstoppable Women movement?
We’ve already established that I’m not good at committing. Yet, I feel compelled to try (“there is no try only do” – where did I read that?) I will take the challenge. Will I follow the system exactly? Maybe not at first. There are so many parts of my personality that make following a rigid system near impossible. Why do Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable – keep coming to my mind? Maybe it's because Kim represents unstoppable women.
Can you join me in the Change Challenge?
If I’m going to follow through, all the self-help books I’ve ever read, say I need emotional support. In my emontionally-narrow opinion, writing to strangers counts – especially if strangers right back so buy Unstoppable Women or get it from the library and challenge yourself to do something or at least post comments so I’ll know there’s intelligent life out in the world.
Will I keep my commitment?
Okay, I’m going to ...
Will watching exercise videos help you lose weight?
At the library I picked up Unstoppable Women: achieve any breakthrough goal in 30 days by Cynthia Kersey. I love books with definite timeframes in the title.
I get these books and usually just passively read them. It’s like the way I once watched exercise videos; I’d watch them and hope that some miracle would happen so taht my body would, through exposure, be encouraged to start and keep moving. In the middle of the video I’d remember that “hope is not a method” and either start exercising or turn it off.
At any rate, I read parts of Unstoppable women propped up in bed. It made me tired so I went to sleep. It didn’t bore me it was just overwhelming.
I have so many areas of my life in which I’d love to “achieve any breakthrough goal” that it has taken me a week to sort out that losing 25 pounds is the one I’d most like to achieve. It’s the one that keeps nagging me. It’s the one that could positively influence all the others. Weighed in this morning at 165 ½ pounds. I’m 5’3" so I’m officially obese.
The Unstoppable System
| Last night I picked Unstoppable Women back up and decided to actually consider taking the challenge. It’s fairly simple two part program: a- preparation, b- 30 day challenge. So we’re actually talking at least 31 days. Is this the lazy part of me start trying to talk my motivated self out of committing? The prep is emotionally intense, especially if you chose a goal that you’ve been having trouble achieving in the past. It might take a week to do the planning. Getting out of the house might help me get started. It would just be me, the book, a blank notebook, and my favorite pen. It’s a good excuse to visit the coffee shop and have a piece of carrot cake with a large decaf. I could even take a walk since the coffee shop is in my favorite part of town. Yes, yes – focus – focus. |
The 30-day program is just that. 30 days of inspirational and hopefully helpful to-dos. Each day consists of …
- absorbing an “unstoppable insight” gleaned from the author’s experience counseling many other wanna-be-better people
- reading an “unstoppable woman story” (more about my issues with this below)
- completing a predefined “unstoppable action” (when do you do the actions from your planning session?)
- creating your “day planner” for the following day (this reminds me a lot of Barbara Sher’s Wishcraft)
On Saturdays you also have “intimate conversations with Cynthia”. I hate that girlfriend talk fluff! And on Sundays there’s a weekly review.
Is my emotional intelligence to low for this book?
Hello. It’s me again trying to not commit. You’d think I was a 25 year old guy instead of a 42 year old woman. Here’s another confession: I can’t read the book cover to cover because a large part of it consists of people’s stories; Verneta Wallace’s story, Margot Fraser’s Story, J.K. Rowling’s Story, etc., etc. There’s something about reading “inspirational” vignettes that makes me tired.
But?! But change is my mantra for this year so my personal challenge is to read ¼ of the stories. There are 26 listed. On day 30 I’m supposed to write my own unstoppable story. I don’t know that I’ll take this heighten-my-emotional-intelligence sub-project that far but I will read 6 ½ - okay 7 - of the stories.
Having my own copy of Unstoppable Women would be best but I’m going to have to settle for rechecking this copy out from the library.
Do I really want to join the Unstoppable Women movement?
We’ve already established that I’m not good at committing. Yet, I feel compelled to try (“there is no try only do” – where did I read that?) I will take the challenge. Will I follow the system exactly? Maybe not at first. There are so many parts of my personality that make following a rigid system near impossible. Why do Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable – keep coming to my mind? Maybe it's because Kim represents unstoppable women.
Can you join me in the Change Challenge?
If I’m going to follow through, all the self-help books I’ve ever read, say I need emotional support. In my emontionally-narrow opinion, writing to strangers counts – especially if strangers right back so buy Unstoppable Women or get it from the library and challenge yourself to do something or at least post comments so I’ll know there’s intelligent life out in the world.
Will I keep my commitment?
Okay, I’m going to ...
- do the planning part of the unstoppable women challenge this week
- consult my calendar, once I have a plan in hand, and see when I have 30-days that are structured enough for me to follow the program as designed by Ms. Kersey. I need to do an elimination diet and I’ve been trying to schedule it for weeks.
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Monday, January 23, 2006
Bad weight loss advice for mature women
I’m starting to detect a conspiracy theory. The government and food manufacturers have joined with the health care industry to aid the entertainment field in producing and maintaining an audience of fat, sick, depressed women. I’m only half joking.
My fibroid problems started when I decided to listen to the government and the weight loss industry. I wanted to lose weight. I wanted to be healthy. The mantra was repeated on the news, in sitcoms, on billboards, in commercials. It was blatant and also subliminal – I’m sure of it. It was/is full of half-truths and circular double-speak.
Anyway, their advice was;
Unfortunately, wheat and diary are not good for my body. I’m sure it’s not just my body but the bodies of millions of other women. I’d been eating these things for years but when I started focusing on eating healthy I ate more of them. They built up in my body and mucus held all sorts of bad things in. I sometimes ignored the fact that I didn’t feel well after eating.
just remember that I moved posts about "food as poison" to www.MultiPurposeWoman.com - eating should be simple. I wanted to focus this blog on other body issues. The fibroids have taken up so much of my energy and other resources.
This is where I started this blog back in October 2004! How to move forward?
My fibroid problems started when I decided to listen to the government and the weight loss industry. I wanted to lose weight. I wanted to be healthy. The mantra was repeated on the news, in sitcoms, on billboards, in commercials. It was blatant and also subliminal – I’m sure of it. It was/is full of half-truths and circular double-speak.
Anyway, their advice was;
- eat more whole grains (wheat is the easiest to obtain)
- drink 24 ounces of milk in a 24 hour period (as if diary is the only calcium source)
- any exercise is better than none (... who will you blame when your weight loss stagnates? self)
- there's more seemingly useful but simple urgings (test them before believing them)
Unfortunately, wheat and diary are not good for my body. I’m sure it’s not just my body but the bodies of millions of other women. I’d been eating these things for years but when I started focusing on eating healthy I ate more of them. They built up in my body and mucus held all sorts of bad things in. I sometimes ignored the fact that I didn’t feel well after eating.
just remember that I moved posts about "food as poison" to www.MultiPurposeWoman.com - eating should be simple. I wanted to focus this blog on other body issues. The fibroids have taken up so much of my energy and other resources.
This is where I started this blog back in October 2004! How to move forward?
Monday, January 16, 2006
weight loss quagmire
Why would a rational person need prompting to do something they've self-identified as a goal and that could increase the quality of their life - maybe even save it?
Monday, January 09, 2006
Recommitment Deja Vu'
Since November my mind has cleared considerably. I'm sure it's the food or rather the lack of certain foods.
I've been able recently to categorize and sort and purge things that have forever just been big amorphous piles of good intentions, hopes, and want-to-dos. Those piles contained a lot of useful and interesting ideas, projects, and opportunities. I found my life's work scattered throughout my house.
I'm almost done with the sorting, purging, assigning of homes, and containerizing. Then I'll be able to move into equalizing mode. Thanks to Julie Morgenstern's Organizing From The Inside Out, I have a concept and vocabulary to organize the physical things. Thanks to David Allen's Getting Things Done my personal productivity has escalated to the point that I'm writing daily.
Finally! I actually have a novel underway and a set of tools to help me finish it. That's also in a large part due to my November participation in National Novel Writing Month.
So what am I recommiting to? developing this blog. Into what? I haven't encapsulated the focus into a phrase pill yet but I'm working on it. I am sure that I'll return to the basics; body and blogging. Body as in asking and seeking answers to how is the body like an anchor? How is the body like a filter? and Blogging as in spontaneous, chatting, long-winded, soliloquies punctuated by something that is useful or insightful or otherwise worthy of using time. Anyway, I'll post every Monday.
I've been able recently to categorize and sort and purge things that have forever just been big amorphous piles of good intentions, hopes, and want-to-dos. Those piles contained a lot of useful and interesting ideas, projects, and opportunities. I found my life's work scattered throughout my house.
I'm almost done with the sorting, purging, assigning of homes, and containerizing. Then I'll be able to move into equalizing mode. Thanks to Julie Morgenstern's Organizing From The Inside Out
, I have a concept and vocabulary to organize the physical things. Thanks to David Allen's Getting Things Done my personal productivity has escalated to the point that I'm writing daily. Finally! I actually have a novel underway and a set of tools to help me finish it. That's also in a large part due to my November participation in National Novel Writing Month.
So what am I recommiting to? developing this blog. Into what? I haven't encapsulated the focus into a phrase pill yet but I'm working on it. I am sure that I'll return to the basics; body and blogging. Body as in asking and seeking answers to how is the body like an anchor? How is the body like a filter? and Blogging as in spontaneous, chatting, long-winded, soliloquies punctuated by something that is useful or insightful or otherwise worthy of using time. Anyway, I'll post every Monday.
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