Skip to main content

Year Four, Day 14: No Worries!

Today was my "reward" day at Starbucks.  My free drink was a venti Matcha Green Tea Frappuccino with soy milk and whip cream, lightly sweetened.

I sat at the Starbucks at Cascade Station and got out my knitting.

It feels so peaceful to knit again.  My mind is finally clear enough to be in the present moment. I'm trying to limit my internet time, television, and worrying.

Instead, I am walking and praying, thinking, and daydreaming.  And I am knitting, praying and contemplating.

It is most therapeutic!



I have a new system in the morning. I pack a small tupperware container with Rice Chex, drop in a plastic spoon and pop on the lid. Then I pack a small container of almond milk. It is the perfect size for my morning cereal! Then I have breakfast at the Max station while I wait fir my train.

Way to life hack!


I am feeling good about my hooping. I am beginning to relax about the weight.  I am who I am.  I think I'm going to just focus on more exercise  - would like to start running with my daughter, and get back to the gym; more water, more fresh veggies and fruits. And not worry so much about the weight!

Worry is the biggest health risk I know of anyway!


So...no worries! At least for today.


I had a repeat Lyft driver over the I-205 bridge this morning. We talk about our kids. I gush about my grandbaby.

Last time I cried about my son. My driver, "C", kept listening to me, even when  had parked in front of my daughter's trailer.

Then, in his lovely Latino accent, he recited the Serenity prayer.

I believe in Lyft Therapy.

And Baby Gracie therapy.






No worries. At least for today!

Talk to you tomorrow.

Love,

Zita





Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Year Four, Day 328: Success at Last!! This is What I Do

Hello My Long Lost Friends! Or, perhaps it was I who was lost? And now I think I am beginning to find myself!  Under layers of fat, and self loathing!  How's that for an opening line!  Or perhaps the title of a novel:  Layers of Fat and Self-Loathing! Today I stepped on the scale.  I am weighing myself every morning these days. I was shocked! I told my partner the scale must be broken!  Yesterday I weight 186. Today 185! I have been on a strict intermittent fast for the past 10 weeks. I have officially lost 12 pounds!  And the best news is I think I not only can stick to this way of eating, I am actually beginning to really enjoy it!  And look how far I've come! I've been writing since May 12, 2015.  Over 8 years now!  I know this blog post says Year Four, Day 328, but there have been many pauses in blogging. For instance, when I am not pleased with progress or simply have no words! I was 53 when I first began blogging. I am now 61. I honestly feel better than I did 8 years

Year Four, Day 335: "Crisis Fatigue"

Hello Friends! I have missed you! I have been so utterly exhausted and downright depressed, that I couldn't summon enough energy to even lift my fingers to this computer keyboard to write.  Apparently there is a mental disorder for people going through crises.  Crises such as pandemics, systemic racism, political division, unemployment, police brutality, civil unrest.... It's called "crisis fatigue". When humans are presented with a threat, adrenaline is released to give us quick energy. This is called the "fight or flight syndrome". But when threats are overwhelming, and perceivably continuous, like this year, it overwhelms the system. People can feel numb, depressed, anxious and irritable. Yup. That's me.  I guess I'm quite normal after all! I found an interesting article that describes crisis fatigue, especially in relation to current events.  But it doesn't really address how to take care of ourselves during these unsettling times!

Year Two, Day 313: Most Excited Am I!

I almost started today's blog with my standard, "Most tired am I" And I am. So tired. And ready for spring.  But tonight when I got home, my wonderful housemate told me that I had a package waiting for me on the counter.  So I ran in and found the book I had been waiting for: Open Mind, Open Heart , by Thomas Keating. Most excited am I! I put a bag of popcorn in the microwave, filled my water and was heading downstairs to open my new book - but I had to detour around the cat who had just killed and attempted to eat a spider. Good kitty! :) I ordered this book the day that I was inspired to turn my introversion into a positive. To use it as a stepping stone to a deeper relationship with God. To go up to the next level in my spiritual path. Thomas Keating is known as "The leader within the Catholic world in the task of recovering our Christian contemplative heritage" Ewert H. Cousins, General Editor, "World Spirituality, An Encyclopedic Hist