03 Wednesday Aug 2022
Posted in business, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
I’ve been enjoying my time reading in the garden…
the one issue has been a lack of steps, lol…
recently, I’ve set a timer for twenty minutes of reading and then five minutes of walking, either around the garden or in the spot…
I’ve had some success with a few days of over ten thousand steps… which makes me happy…
now there is no guilt whatsoever about spending the entire day reading😊…
04 Monday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, guilt, imposter, inadequate, mother, syndrome, Valerie Young, widow
have had numerous conversations recently about the imposter syndrome…
had breakfast with a dear friend and we talked about how our small group has been a lifesaver for each of us and the place where we’ve been able to discuss our feelings of inadequacy…
shortly after, I was speaking with another person who had just had a preemie… their partner was spending most of each day at the hospital, but feeling guilty that she wasn’t spending enough time with their older child… the conversation turned to mother guilt… that feeling that you aren’t spending enough time, doing enough things, etc, etc, etc, for one or more of your children…
not long after that I was watching The Social and a gold medal athlete was talking about the need to believe you can do whatever it is, and not get stuck in the Ican’t do it place…
have just started to read The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young… barely into it and it is ringing so true… looking forward to getting to the end;-)…
do you suffer from this syndrome too?
29 Saturday Dec 2012
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alcohol, big girl pants, cheating, difficult, Fazes, guilt, Kobo, learning, missed, questions, reading, Saturday chores, Technology
had a lovely day… did a few Saturday chores around the house, and went to get my hair purpled… interesting how some things are fine for me to do and other require the big girl pants… I missed George today because he could always see the purple better than I could, and would let me know how it looked…
fresh for the New Year and Mexico…
started reading a new book and played with the TV a bit…
I am learning to use the PVR, sort of… it was just installed a few weeks ago and when the person showed me how it worked, it all seemed very straightforward, but it seems a bit more difficult now, than it appeared then…
lots of buttons to choose from…
I do love technology, and have been learning a few tricks on how to work it all… I have finally got it so that only the channels I actually have come up in the menu, which is quite lovely… I have also programmed all the HD channels I have… we won’t talk about the number of questions that my 12 year old grandson and family have answered lately, lol…
I have PVRed two programs on purpose, and one completely by mistake, and I still haven’t figured out how to stop it from taping that series every time it is on, but I’ll figure it out, sooner or later…
this would have driven George crazy, because he would have left all the channels on the menu and scrolled for ages to get through everything… he would also have fiddled with it until it worked…
a little while ago I had a lovely glass of Harveys Bristol Cream, and poppycock (which my friend made me for Christmas) while reading the book I started at Fazes today… I am reading it using Kobo on my iPhone and it is going very well… for the last while before I changed to the iPhone, I wasn’t able to use Kobo on my Blackberry, so I am very happy about this…
for a few years we didn’t have any alcohol in the house as George wasn’t able to drink due to his heart condition, and sometimes I feel like I am cheating on him when I have a glass of something, but tonight I was able to enjoy the treat, without any guilt…
step in the right direction, I guess…
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