PhoenixAscending

This goal may take a while, but will be well worth doing. Japanese is a beautiful language and fun to speak!

I need to take advantage of the chipping green on my front lawn and get out there and practice this year.

I learned to fold the goldfish in college, but never really took the hobby any further. I’ve taken it back up recently; it’s a very relaxing hobby that you can do anywhere. Plus I love the challenge of making something complex out of a simple sheet of paper.

Right now I can fold by heart:

Goldfish
Traditional Crane
Two colored Crane
Flapping bird

I read a few other books ahead of this one, but got it in there finally. An excellent read, well worth reading a second time.

This book does an excellent job of describing how to train and develop your workforce.

I highly recommend it!

Well worth doing.

I made apple cobbler, apple crisp, and applesauce, but I didn’t get to the pie before the apples froze on the back porch. Maybe next year!

I’ve got my own phone again. Now I can call who I want when I want….

I’m going to appreciate family and friends this week and reflect on what true happiness is!

Not worth the stress this close to the holidays…

I’ve been on the bike two more times and I helped my sister set up her exercise equipment so we both can use it. I did some bench presses, butterflies, lat pull-downs, and some exercise that made my stomach muscles start screaming. I heard them, I swear.

So, not a habit yet, still a goal.

This hurt a whole lot less than I was expecting. The injections that I have to give myself for MS hurt more than this did.

The after care is going to take a lot of attention. This piercing takes 12-16 months to fully heal.

I got the piercing as a symbolic gesture to mark taking control of my life back. I like the long healing time… a reminder that a decision can be made quickly, but it takes an investment of time and energy to carry out that decision.

Well, it’s definitely not a routine. So far my record is three days in a row of doing crunches. I’ve ridden the recumbent bike twice in the last week and a half, once for four miles, once for seven. It’s still better than I’ve done in the past, and at least I’m not giving up even though progess is slow.

I’m not making a lot of progress on this goal. Little bits of exercise here and there. I haven’t been giving this much focus, though. Much easier to just think about it!

Time to stop talking and start doing.

So today I made myself do half an hour of yoga, and I’ll do crunches when I get home in the morning every day this work week. So it has been written, so it shall be done.

I used to have my own phone. For bad reasons I no longer do. I’m finding the need to have it more and more frequently as of late. My own phone, able to call my own friends without someone questioning.

I now have four bags of apples that I picked off the trees myself. I plan on making some pies, and I can’t bring myself to put these apples into a store bought crust!

Besides, my mother will love the opportunity to tell me how to do it correctly (I’ll be cooking in her kitchen). It’ll be a good bonding(!?) experience.

Picked this up at the bookstore yesterday after dinner. I’m partway through Jitterbug Perfume, so I’ll finish that before starting this one…

I need to remember to do things like this for myself more often.

Taking tonight off from work to watch the Giants game, and Kelly won’t be home until 4 o’clock. I have rare alone time; I will make valuable use of it.

First up is a long hot shower (wish I had a bath tub) with all of the accompanying loofah and lotion action. Followed by a manicure and pedicure.

Then, after all of the relaxing stuff… bring on the football game and the six pack of beer! I may go over to my brother’s for part of the game.

And then I’ll wind down with some reading and relaxing music…

This is definitely a book that is worth reading. It is much much harder to put into practice. I am finding that it is possible to be highly conscious of my feelings… and still make choices that are contradictory to the reality that I am conscious of. Out of fear, mostly.

And being highly conscious of my actions and their repercussions is frighteningly difficult. Because I have to take responsibility for those actions if I am conscious of them. Because I am feeling morally charged to change behaviors and patterns that I am conscious of as unhealthy or injurious to others. I can no longer claim not to be aware.

So things are clearer, but not any easier. Infinitely more difficult! Yet infinitely more rewarding, ultimately. More work to do…