Harriet's Written Year, Chapter Two

[Jupiter]

10 hours ago, Harriet said:

Wednesday

Writ: yes

Warcraft: yoga with adriene & one hour walk

Weaving: finished a first draft of the Firestone review & sent it to my brother

Witchery: meditated & had a first look at the ritual suggestions for Ostara

Willowy: ate some dried fruit for energy which is not in the rules but not a big deal either

 

Looks like you got a lot done. Great job!

[Harriet]

Thursday

Writ: yes

Warcraft: lifted & walked

Weaving: no

Witchery: yes

Willowy: going fine.

Lifting was a chore today, and afterwards I lay down and slept for 90 minutes. I am so tired. I went for a walk anyway but I really don't feel up to writing or painting. Just going to vegetate until tomorrow. Maybe I need a rest day. Ouch.

[raptron]

16 minutes ago, Harriet said:

Thursday

Writ: yes

Warcraft: lifted & walked

Weaving: no

Witchery: yes

Willowy: going fine.

Lifting was a chore today, and afterwards I lay down and slept for 90 minutes. I am so tired. I went for a walk anyway but I really don't feel up to writing or painting. Just going to vegetate until tomorrow. Maybe I need a rest day. Ouch.

You got the lifting and walking in though. So if the energy does not grow today, perhaps it will grow back stronger tomorrow. 🔥

[fearless 2.0]

well done anyhow! ❤️ 

[Harriet]

Friday

Writ: yeah
Warcraft: yoga and 60 minute walk

Weaving: no. I was stressed by adulting things. Argh

Witchery: made some progress

Willowy: diet continues apace. I eschewed chocolate when Mr Harriet got some out last night, and upon reflection I was happy with my protein shake anyway. That feeling of missing out goes away pretty quickly once I've made my decision.

[fearless 2.0]

you are hitting ¥our goals girl! well done!  

[Mad Hatter]

Warcraft is going really strong, it's awesome! Hope the energy will follow accordingly.  

[Harriet]

16 minutes ago, fearless 2.0 said:

you are hitting ¥our goals girl! well done!  

 

Thanks! I feel a little frustrated that I'm not writing or painting much, but doing all the planned exercise despite the tiredness is a thing. An important thing.

 

1 minute ago, Mad Hatter said:

Warcraft is going really strong, it's awesome! Hope the energy will follow accordingly.  

 

I hope so! Fitness and energy cannot elude me forever. I will walk toward them with persistence until they give up and agree to be mine.

[Mad Hatter]

16 minutes ago, Harriet said:

Thanks! I feel a little frustrated that I'm not writing or painting much, but doing all the planned exercise despite the tiredness is a thing. An important thing.

You're trying to do many things at once though, it's expected that it will be difficult. Focusing on the exercise is a great base to start with, and I'm sure that once that's in place the rest will come easier too.

[Harriet]

12 minutes ago, Mad Hatter said:

You're trying to do many things at once though, it's expected that it will be difficult. Focusing on the exercise is a great base to start with, and I'm sure that once that's in place the rest will come easier too.

A good reminder. Thank you 😊

[Scaly Freak]

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

I hope so! Fitness and energy cannot elude me forever. I will walk toward them with persistence until they give up and agree to be mine.

 

It's technically not eluding you right now either. It's taking more effort than you like and prefer, and you might not be lifting as much as you'd like, but you are fitnessing.

[Harriet]

33 minutes ago, Scaly Freak said:

It's technically not eluding you right now either. It's taking more effort than you like and prefer, and you might not be lifting as much as you'd like, but you are fitnessing.

 

I am indeed fitnessing. Though I meant fitness as in reaching a level where I don't get nastily tired from walking up stairs, bending over, or standing. 😕

[Scaly Freak]

1 minute ago, Harriet said:

 

I am indeed fitnessing. Though I meant fitness as in reaching a level where I don't get nastily tired from walking up stairs, bending over, or standing. 😕

 

Ah. That is High Level Fitnessing in my world. We all want and miss that since the gyms were lost, I think.

[Harriet]

Saturday
Writ: yes

Warcraft: I took a rest from lifting today but went for a 60 minute walk

Weaving: I started taking notes on the next book, Kate Millet's Sexual Politics.

Witchery: I meditated

Willowy: I realised bitter February has become bitter March. I had an easter egg today and it was reaaaaally sweet. I'd like to keep sweets out of my daily rotation--having them just makes me want more, and I don't want to fall back into the habit of using sugar to boost my flagging energy. But I may have them occasionally.

 

[fearless 2.0]

20 hours ago, Harriet said:

Saturday
Writ: yes

Warcraft: I took a rest from lifting today but went for a 60 minute walk

Weaving: I started taking notes on the next book, Kate Millet's Sexual Politics.

Witchery: I meditated

Willowy: I realised bitter February has become bitter March. I had an easter egg today and it was reaaaaally sweet. I'd like to keep sweets out of my daily rotation--having them just makes me want more, and I don't want to fall back into the habit of using sugar to boost my flagging energy. But I may have them occasionally.

 

abou sugar: totally the same here. also been consuming for energy reasons partly... sucks!

 

like Millet! great woman!  

[Harriet]

31 minutes ago, fearless 2.0 said:

abou sugar: totally the same here. also been consuming for energy reasons partly... sucks!

 

I'm kinda hoping if I stop taking sugar as an energy replacement then my body will make it's own natural energy... through... magic...? IDK. I just fear caffeine and sugar are stealing energy from the future rather than making greater amounts of energy in total.

 

31 minutes ago, fearless 2.0 said:

like Millet! great woman!  

 

You read Millet??? Details please 😃 I'm trying to teach myself feminist history but there's sooo much to look at and I'm working so slowly because I'm always tired. There are some treasures (like in de Beauvoir) and some really awful stuff (in Firestone). It's always interesting, though.

[Harriet]

Sunday

Writ: I report herewith
Warcraft: lifted and walked one hour. yesterday's rest seems to have done some good

Weaving: I read and took notes

Witchery: just meditation so far. ETA started the invocations for ostara

Willowy: the diet goes well

[fearless 2.0]

I read a book from her where she describes her manic episode. Forgot the title, loved the writing!  

[Mike Wazowski]

Soooo I’m assuming by an Easter egg you mean a candy one? I read that sentence a couple times trying to figure out if a hard boiled egg with horseradish could actually taste sweet in contrast to something, haha.

 

Also, way to keep killin’ it with goals and accomplishments!

[Harriet]

36 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Soooo I’m assuming by an Easter egg you mean a candy one? I read that sentence a couple times trying to figure out if a hard boiled egg with horseradish could actually taste sweet in contrast to something, haha.

Chocolate with nougat easter egg, yes. Concentrated sugary addiction booster.

 

37 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Also, way to keep killin’ it with goals and accomplishments!

 

Thank you kindly 😊

[Harriet]

Monday

Writ: I report
Warcraft: tried to do yoga but computer crashed then I had to get ready for embassy appointment. walked 1 hour

Weaving: no, was tired after embassy
Witchery: meditation

Willowy: I had a 20g nougat/chocolate eater egg. Down to one caffeinated tea as of today.

So, I had to do an adult thing. I anxiously and obsessively checked my route, the timing, my documents, and showed up thirty minutes early then walked around to make sure I arrived exactly ten minutes early. Then I panicked when they had no record of my appointment, and checked my email to realise the appointment is next Monday, and my anxiety had simply transplanted it to today. But this is the Australian embassy, not the Ausländerbehörde. No eyes were rolled, no eyebrows drawn contemptuously, no long-suffering sights were heaved as though my stupidity were a painful burden to some sadistic bureaucrat whose coffee went cold fifty years ago and who has never experienced warmth since then. No. The guard let me in "I don't like to turn anyone away" and the passport officer renewed my passport anyway, friendly as can be.

I am painfully tired this afternoon. I got in 10 000 steps, though. I realised I could make my phone track steps, and started doing it a few days ago. Interestingly, the one hour walk is about 7000 steps, and I wasn't getting much more than that for the whole day--maybe 8000 total. So one long walk wasn't really offsetting  how sedentary I am the rest of the time. But just plodding around the apartment in circles like a decaffeinated hamster while I wait for tea to brew is 500 steps. I want to move around a little more during non exercise times to see if it gives me a mental/energy boost and to get the recommended 10 000 each day. And I also thought a five minute hamster walk might help me to feel less groggy before lifting workouts. After all, I used to walk to the gym.

[fearless 2.0]

yay to getting the passport done! I am very anxious when it comes to bureaucratic stuff and can totally relate to you being nervous. Also: we are in a pandemic and its awesome to get 8000 steps in when the outside world is almost completely closed to us. You are doing better than you think. ( just my humble view) go get your 10.000 now! ❤️  

[Harriet]

40 minutes ago, fearless 2.0 said:

Also: we are in a pandemic and its awesome to get 8000 steps in when the outside world is almost completely closed to us.

 

No one can prevent me hamstering about the park every day 😊

[Harriet]

Tuesday

Writ: Lo, I report

Warcraft: I lifted and walked

Weaving: I took notes on Millet

Witchery: just meditation. may work on the ritual now.

Willowy: the neurotic food-hoarding behaviour and ravening hunger of earlier times is gone and I am finding calorie counting easy and effective 😮

 

A few days ago Mr Harriet told me not to buy new clothes because I might get smaller... and despite the weight going down on the scales it just did. not. compute. Today my jeans are a bit loose. Probably just stretched out from wearing. Not sure I really truly believe I'm going to get thinner. But I might hold off on buying clothes for a bit just in case.

[Mad Hatter]

On 3/15/2021 at 5:29 PM, Harriet said:

checked my email to realise the appointment is next Monday,

LOL I hate when this happens. 😄 My favourite time was when I got an email asking me to rate my hotel stay - a month before my trip. 🤦‍♀️ Sorry it's causing you so much anxiety though. (On the plus side you don't have to physically go to the country, as I do in a few months, because the stupid embassy refuses to issue stupid passports...)

 

On 3/15/2021 at 5:29 PM, Harriet said:

I am painfully tired this afternoon. I got in 10 000 steps, though. I realised I could make my phone track steps, and started doing it a few days ago. Interestingly, the one hour walk is about 7000 steps, and I wasn't getting much more than that for the whole day--maybe 8000 total. So one long walk wasn't really offsetting  how sedentary I am the rest of the time. But just plodding around the apartment in circles like a decaffeinated hamster while I wait for tea to brew is 500 steps. I want to move around a little more during non exercise times to see if it gives me a mental/energy boost and to get the recommended 10 000 each day. And I also thought a five minute hamster walk might help me to feel less groggy before lifting workouts. After all, I used to walk to the gym.

8000 steps is awesome! If you don't want to do a second walk, I'd consider trying to add in a bit of misc movement instead of aimlessly puttering around the house to get more steps in. While walking is amazing, the 10000 steps is not based in any science, it's just a random number that sounds good. Instead you could do a stretch, or a few push-ups, or swing a sword, or whatever random movement you feel like. Nothing strenuous, just random movements here and there to boost your heart rate. Moving moar parts of your body == moar better! And if you really want to get in that arbitrary number of steps, you could always aim for a weekly 70000 goal since sometimes you do two walks. Just my 2c. 🙂