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Whisper
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I can't really plan right now. This morning, everything and nothing has changed and I can't really process how I feel.
Need to leave for work in a moment, but after work, I think I will sit in a park and read for a bit, because I can do that now.
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Didn't make it to bell practice last night; was getting to the point where I was worried that I wouldn't be safe to drive.
Good news; I do have my narcolepsy meds now. Should be doing better quickly.
Plan for today
Change out cat litter ✔️
Listen to praise music✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Get med from FedEx✔️
Bell choir practice
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Shower
Do dishes
Cook 2nd meal
Do dishes made while cooking
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Got the chicken not only cooked, but cut up and portioned. Also cooked beef stroganoff, and portioned that out too. It turned out fairly well, though I am a little worried about how well it will reheat.
Hopefully I'll finally be able to get my narcolepsy med after work today.
Plan for today
Church✔️
Listen to praise music✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Change out cat litter
Bake chicken ✔️
Cook meal✔️
Shower
Do laundry
Put laundry away
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Change out cat litter
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Get med from FedEx
Bell choir practice
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Laundry didn't happen yesterday. Laundry probably won't happen today either; I'll be fine for the week.
Feeling kind of cross with FedEx. Tracking says the meds got to Salt Lake on Friday, but delivery (to a FedEx store) is delayed until Monday. Tried calling yesterday see if anything could be done for me to pick them up, but person on the phone didn't seem to be able to see or do anything that I couldn't do on the tracking page.
Going to try and push through to get some critical stuff done, but definitely lowering my expectations.
Plan for yesterday
Listen to praise music✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Trim and paint nails✔️
Go to painting group✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Put groceries away✔️
Do laundry
Put laundry away
Brush and floss
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Church
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Drink bottle of plain water
Change out cat litter
Bake chicken
Cook meal
Shower
Do laundry
Put laundry away
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Painting happened. Not sure how much else will today. Feeling really whiped out, being out of my Narcolepsy medication doesn't help. Was supposed to be able to get it yesterday, but currently delayed in transit
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My thoughts for the last week has been circling around I can do better. Not "I need to do better", not "I want" not "I should", but "I CAN do better" I have more capacity right now. I'm not working 50+ hour weeks. I'm not in pain when I get home from work. Right now, I can do better, and it feels kind of exciting.
I was doing Bistro MD for a while to cover basically all my food needs, and it was helping me lose weight, but I couldn't afford to keep going with it. Since I stopped it, my weight has basically been flat, falling a between 366 and 368lbs. I've got a solution for work lunches that is working well for me. Get three salad kits, cook up some chicken, and BAM, lunches solved. Getting different kits, so there's some variety.
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What I need is a better solution for dinners. I've been looking at some budget friendly, simple meals, and this week, I'm going to try cooking. I'll make one of the dishes Sunday, eat part of the leftovers Monday, and cook again Tuesday. That should give me enough to last the rest of the week, switching between the two meals. I know it seems like a stupid small thing, but from where I've been, this actually feels like a big step for me.
Plan for yesterday
Listen to praise music✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Tidy around chair✔️
Make grocery order✔️
Brush and floss
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Trim and paint nails
Go to painting group
Drink bottle of plain water
Put groceries away
Do laundry
Put laundry away
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Plan for yesterday
Listen to praise music✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Shower✔️
Tidy around chair
Tidy around night stand✔️
Start meal planning✔️
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Tidy around chair
Make grocery order
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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1 hour ago, Chesire said:
Thank you for the list idea. I've been having a rough time and keeping myself focused is difficult. But I copied your list making idea and its been working well for a few days.
It is really awesome that you're finding the idea helpful. That's one of the things I love about this place; seeing what other people are doing and how you might be able to apply it.
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Plan for today
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Clean water chamber ✔️
Clean pedestal fans✔️
Shower✔️
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Listen to praise music
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Shower
Tidy around chair
Tidy around night stand
Start meal planning
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Adding to today's plan
Clean water chamber
Clean pedestal fans
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Banged my knee pretty good at work yesterday and was having some trouble getting up and down. Fortunately feeling a good deal better today.
Plan for yesterday
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Clean water bottles✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Shower
Cut and portion chicken for lunches✔️
Dishes✔️
Brush and floss
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Shower
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Taxes were easier than I thought. Apparently you can just pay that on the IRS website. Woo Hoo! No trip to the bank and post office needed!
Was all set to be in bed on time. But then I got back up and stayed up past midnight. Annoying. I've been feeling extra tired, maybe actually sleep?
Plan for yesterday
Put lotion on feet✔️
Work✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Get check and post taxes✔️
Bell choir practice✔️
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10
Plan for today
Put lotion on feet
Work
Clean water bottles
Drink bottle of plain water
Shower
Cut and portion chicken for lunches
Dishes
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Did well yesterday, especially given how tired I was. Feels good to actually have clothes put away. Not many items on the list for today, but they're going to take a fair chunk of time and don't really think I'll get to anything else.
Rough plan for today
Put lotion on feet
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Church (playing violin!)✔️
Breakfast with friends✔️
Cook chicken for lunches✔️
Wash clothes✔️
Hang hung clothes IN CLOSET✔️
Fold other clothes AND PUT IN DRESSER✔️
Brush and floss
In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Put lotion on feet
Work
Drink bottle of plain water
Get check and post taxes
Bell choir practice
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Boop.
Duo told me that you practiced German; I hope you had fun with it. I'm sneaking uo on a 420 day streak with Spanish, and wish I could get some pot to celebrate the milestone, but a trip out if state seems a bit much...
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I was really tired after painting yesterday. Got a good chunk of stuff done, but not everything. Church and breakfast with folks was kind of draining too. Good things, but it is a lot of social over the weekend. Going to leave my rough plan in place, but not going to worry too much.
Plan for yesterday
Write a reflective post✔️
Clear path to closet✔️
Shower✔️
Put lotion on feet✔️
Drink bottle of plain water✔️
Properly hang clothes currently on door✔️
Painting✔️
Put groceries away✔️
Eat a salad✔️
Put cover on blanket
Practice violin
Brush and floss✔️
In bed by 10✔️
Rough plan for today
Put lotion on feet
Drink bottle of plain water
Church (playing violin!)✔️
Breakfast with friends✔️
Cook chicken for lunches
Wash clothes
Hang hung clothes IN CLOSET
Fold other clothes AND PUT IN DRESSER
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Some thought I've been having this week:
If at first you don't succeed, try a variation on the theme
My goals for this challenge were/are
Journal wasn't working, so try to adjust
Salad 6 meals a week working well, stay the course
Brush and floss hit and miss, mostly hit with it on the list
Foot lotion hit and miss add to list
Water hit most work days, miss most weekends add to weekend list
I'm not good at writing down healthy things I did as I go through the day, and an evening post really wasn't working. "Plan for today" is often a little mental exercise that I do, but don't record it and it rarely gets followed.
Posting it here every morning has drastically improved the rates of:
A. Remembering what I planned to do
B. Actually doing it
Just this week there have been several times I remembered that I had something posted here, and that was the main reason for actually doing it. Going to try a few tweaks with it over the next week to see how I feel with them. Do I need to number them? They're in a rough order of how/when they should happen, but do I need to leave on the routine things like work, feeding the cats, and practicing Spanish?
Input Control and Addictive Patterns
I'm not happy with what I'm filling my brain with; or maybe more accurately, the ok stuff is crowding out the good.
Things I'm finding problematic right now:
Twitch - I've been listening to different streamers at work, and I think I would be much better served listening to praise music instead.
MSNBC - I keep getting sucked into round after round of the latest Trump developments, and it is, frankly, masturbatory.
Palia? - I love this game, it is delightful, and chill, and you can make really cool homes. But, I do really bad with games that have timers that keep running when you aren't in the game. I was doing ok, until I figured out how the Palia day relates to real time (1 hour = 1 day, so complex to figure out!) And now, knowing that my crops grow at 15 minutes past the hour, I'm getting more sucked in. Like, if I use the restroom in the middle of the night, I want to pop on and check my crops. And I'm spending a lot of time running around my in game yard, waiting for the right time of day. I'm an old man, puttering around a virtual yard...
So yeah, I think I need to do less of that stuff, but something needs to take it's place, right?
Listen to praise music at work.
Put on instrumental music and read
Maybe actually do art somewhere other than the (often missed) Saturday class
Watch science or art videos.
Do logic puzzles. I've been watching a YouTube channel that does variant Sudoku, and I would like to try some of that out. There's also this puzzle that I couldn't remember the name of, but like a cross between sudoku and a crossword puzzle. I had gotten some books of it at Barns and Nobel's years ago, so stopped by after painting today to see if I could find it, I couldn't, but one of the employees was able to figure out what it is! Kakuro! Got a few books on order so I can do them. Found a website to do some one too, but I think I like the paper better for that.
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I started an art! And not something super weird this time!
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Plan for yesterday
1. Work✔️
2. Feed cats, and myself✔️
3. Change Sheets✔️
4. Deep clean CPAP✔️
5. Practice violin✔️
6. Brush and floss✔️
7. Practice Spanish ✔️
8. Trim last cat paw✔️
9. In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
Write a reflective post
Clear path to closet
Shower
Put lotion on feet
Drink bottle of plain water
Properly hang clothes currently on door
Painting
Put groceries away
Eat a salad
Put cover on blanket
Practice violin
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
Rough plan for tomorrow
Put lotion on feet
Drink bottle of plain water
Church (playing violin!)
Breakfast with friends
Cook chicken for lunches
Wash clothes
Hang hung clothes IN CLOSET
Fold other clothes AND PUT IN DRESSER
Brush and floss
In bed by 10
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Plan for yesterday
1. Work✔️
2. Feed cats,✔️
3. Take a shower.
4. Feed myself✔️
5. Do dishes ✔️
6. Practice violin✔️
7. Brush and floss✔️
8. Practice Spanish ✔️
9. TRIM CAT CLAWS✔️ 75%
9b. In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
1. Work
2. Feed cats, and myself
3. Change Sheets
4. Deep clean CPAP
5. Practice violin
6. Brush and floss
7. Practice Spanish
8. Trim last cat paw
9. In bed by 10
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Plan for yesterday
1. Change out cat litter ✔️
2. Take out trash and recycling ✔️
3. Work✔️
4. Feed cats,✔️
5. Take a shower.✔️
6. feed myself ✔️
7. Practice violin✔️
8. Brush and floss✔️
9. Practice Spanish ✔️
10. In bed by 10✔️
Plan for today
1. Work
2. Feed cats,
3. Take a shower.
4. Feed myself
5. Do dishes
6. Practice violin
7. Brush and floss
8. Practice Spanish
9. TRIM CAT CLAWS
9b. In bed by 10
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Yesterday's plan
1. Work (I'm here!)✔️
2. Music practice at church (violin is with me)✔️
3. Pick up dinner on way home.✔️
4. Feed cats, feed myself ✔️
5. Change out cat litter
6. Take out trash and recycling
7. Take a shower.
8. Brush and floss
9. Practice Spanish ✔️
10. In bed by 10✔️
Unfortunately, by the time I got home last night, I was totally spent, so middle part of the plan didn't happen.
Plan for today.
1. Change out cat litter
2. Take out trash and recycling
3. Work
4. Feed cats,
5. Take a shower.
6. feed myself
7. Practice violin
8. Brush and floss
9. Practice Spanish
10. In bed by 10
I'm honestly not trying for a 10 point plan, it just seems to be happening that way...
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I'm not doing well with this challenge, which is a clear indicator that I'm not doing well in life.
Breaking the cycle of not posting, and putting down a plan for today.
1. Work (I'm here!)
2. Music practice at church (violin is with me)
3. Pick up dinner on way home.
4. Feed cats, feed myself
5. Change out cat litter
6. Take out trash and recycling
7. Take a shower.
8. Brush and floss
9. Practice Spanish
10. In bed by 10
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Friday
Salad 6 meals a week✔️
6/6 Salad with lunch
Brush and floss✔️
Foot lotion ✔️
Water ✔️
Journal ✔️
Meds, Spanish .
Had today off work. Made some good progress on cleaning mi apartamento. Maggie is going to come over on Sunday and I'm just about to the point where I'm ok with that; just need to do a bit more tomorrow. Wouldn't be comfortable with anyone else, but we lived together for years; she knows my struggles with keeping things neat.
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Thursday
Salad 6 meals a week✔️
5/6 Salad with lunch
Brush and floss✔️
Foot lotion ✔️
Water ✔️
Journal ✔️
Meds, work, tangy tangerine, Spanish
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Whisper: A Post a Day Keeps The Psychiatrist Away
in Current Challenge: 3/25/24 - 4/28/24
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I made it less than 30 minutes at work before asking my boss for the rest of the week off.
I went home and grabbed my painting stuff and went to the painting group at my church, and spent 3 hours starting a new painting.
Then drove home again. I had my book with me, so walked to the park and read in the sun and the breeze.
Hoy es miercoles
Today is miraculous
I sit on a bench
The air is warm
The breeze is cool
The air is clean
The clouds part
The sun warms my legs
I lift my face and
Observe the radiance
Through closed eyes
The sun heats
The breeze cools
Hoy es miercoles
Today is Wednesday
Today is miraculous
I don't have a plan for today.
I don't know if I'll have a plan for tomorrow.
I am alive, and I am free.