But first, a house recovery moment. My house recovery “mental load list” started with 40 items. Then I added 18 more items over the next few months. Only 20 things have been check-marked done. I know I can celebrate that, but there is still so much to manage through. Some of the mental load items … Continue reading September Randomness
I had to go back and look up what my WOTY (word of the year) was (link here) which might have meant I wasn’t really focusing on it. But my WOTY was “Intentional” and I had noted that I wanted to be intentional in being less reactive, to be intentional on setting boundaries, to be … Continue reading August Joys
I recently read an article about habits to help you live a more joyful life (link here for full article), and “it’s the little habitual things” was a key aspect of that article. To counter some of the negative triggers I was dealing with the past couple of weeks, this article really helped me notice … Continue reading Habits for Joy
I am a bit addicted to Facebook (even though I am told it’s for old-fogies now). But I follow a number of inspirational sites and often they provide me with a wonderful phrase for the day, or a question that stirs my contemplation. One that came up recently was, “Do you assume the best or the … Continue reading Do You Assume the Best or the Worst?
As I contemplated a blog topic for today, I noted that the only phrase underlined in my morning journal entries this week was, “Ordinary acts anchor us in the present.” Perhaps that is the answer to my underlying question, “I am doing the work, so why doesn’t it feel like I’m healing (emotionally)?” I recognize … Continue reading The Ordinary
An extremely (overly?) introspective blog post. Perhaps even an exercise in useless self-contemplation, hence the post title of Contemplating My Navel! Perhaps. But in some of it, I was attempting to move beyond the contemplative “what it is and why is it” to the “so what do I do about it” action. I’ve always been a … Continue reading Contemplating my Navel
I mentioned that looking back made me realize how long the journey has been. And yes, it has been a very long one as we are in month 22 post-hurricane and no, we do not have a house-build completion date yet. In an attempt to focus on the positive, I did a half-year review (July … Continue reading Look for the Positives
When I was thinking that the “light at the end of the tunnel” keeps getting smaller, I recalled someone recommended to look how far we have come versus how far we still have to go. Unfortunately, when I look back, I only see how long the journey has been and how many slowdowns we have had. … Continue reading Pulling Myself Up… Authentically?
I spent this week trying to climb out of the negative doldrums I’ve been in. It’s not even the dog days of late summer with its lethargy and apathy. Astrologically, the Summer Solstice (today) is the first day of summer. Meteorologically in Florida, it’s been summer for quite a while, with one heat index this … Continue reading Climbing Out?
Because I am looking at articles about emotional regulation and setting boundaries in toxic environments, my social media feed continues to populate with these types of articles (thank you, algorithms). I was also encouraged to (re)read The Four Agreements. You would think I’d read everything there is to know about this topic by now! But … Continue reading Emotional Regulation Continued
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