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oh, i know how great i feel when i don’t eat sugar.
but that does not mean it is not fun to eat.
i just need to remind myself how awful i feel an hour later…and keep reminding myself.

this goal gets put off first, but i have made progress. there is about 1/10 left- and area by the ceiling that i could not reach without a ladder. looking forward to this being complete!

am about 2/3 of the way done, but need to move the big book shelves out of the way in order to finish. seems that working is a bit more important than finishing the painting and that needs to come to an end.

some things i am doing

taking dance class for a work-study exchange
buy a bottle of wine at the liquor store and bring it to a friend’s place rather than going out for glasses of wine.
free yoga online
bike instead of drive
getting good at thrift/consignment store shopping
cancelling memberships i barely use.

red lips help me feel fabulous all around.
my current favorite red is boots brand color-conker

i am going to start doing yoga in the late evenings rather than check my email, as i have been having a difficult time sleeping as well.

this is tough.
i spent last night going through old photos trying to clear them out- and got pretty emotional.
i am starting to think i might be best off clearing out EVERYTHING but the absolutely essential or useful.

this is certainly falling in to place.
so far so good!
and i am getting better with my volunteering boundaries

facebook is a godsend and a curse for staying in touch with people.
sooo easy to find people and even easier to slack off.
i remember when i was in college and would take trips to visit friends to catch up. now i just check their FB profile to see what they are up to, and how many kids they have. it does not seem to simplify things as much as i would like, but i have certainly been able to check in with more people that i ever imagined

i always have the best intentions, and then by late summer i see, to lose the time to water the plants when it gets super hot. :(
i also need to think with more of a ladscaper’s brain- i add a plant here and a bush there- all look good together, but not impressive. just a bunch of onesies. i think i should work in greater quantities for next year.

i have checked in to some publishing options, started compiling a list of women to interview, and am getting some new perspective on my personal experience…but i do not feel ready to move forward yet.

i’ll give myself some time since i am working on so many other things.

for some reason i can always sew for other things before myself. i would like to be sewing for myself very soon.

my ideal weight is 20 lbs less than where i am right now, but i think “ideal weight” is so much more healthy than “lose 20 lbs”

according to wikipedia:
Interdependence is a dynamic of being mutually responsible to and sharing a common set of principles with others. This concept differs distinctly from “dependence” in that an interdependent relationship implies that all participants are emotionally, economically, and or morally “interdependent.” Some people advocate freedom or independence as a sort of ultimate good; others do the same with devotion to one’s family, community, or society. Interdependence recognizes the truth in each position and weaves them together. Two people in a good relationship are said to be interdependent.It can also be defined as the interconnectedness and the reliance on one another socially, economically, environmentally and politically.