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Oct. 6th, 2022 02:06 pmWork is a little slow so I decided it was a good time to do a little dreamwidth catch up. Two thoughts that occurred to me are:
1) I’m not alone in struggling to maintain/establish a regular posting schedule so that makes me feel better.
2) Do folks think it’s weird to comment on older posts? Is it similar to ‘hearting’ older Instagram posts? I’m cool with folks commenting on my older posts but now I’m curious, how do you feel about it?
In my last update I mentioned I was going to start a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and I’m now in the third week of the program. The class itself is on Tuesday evenings for about 2 & ½ hours but there’s coursework we’re supposed to every day which totals to about an hour of meditation & and 20-30 minutes of work sheets. I’m enjoying the classes but the homework has been a challenge.
First, I struggle with time management so trying to fit in an hour of meditation each day has been tricky. Second, we had to do body scan lying down meditations for the first two weeks & I kept falling asleep! Thankfully, this week we’re doing standing meditations and it’s so much better for me. Overall, I do think it is helping and I’m hoping that the course will help me get into & maintain a regular meditation practice.
John’s fully moved into his new downtown and I feel we’ve adjusted to the new commute. It’s nice, he has an actual view of the Narrows aka St. John’s harbour. The only downside is his new office doesn’t have a parking lot so I’m the one always driving but that’s a very small downside since I prefer to have my car so I can run errands while waiting for him to get off since he works later.
The biggest news of the last few weeks was hurricane Fiona and how it devastated communities on the west coast of the island. We live on the east coast so we weren’t personally affected but it was still heartbreaking & scary to see the damage done. We’ve been doing some fundraising at work, like many places around the island now and along with government funding & red cross donations hopefully those that lost their houses will be able to rebuild. I just hope we don’t get hit with any other major storms this season.
1) I’m not alone in struggling to maintain/establish a regular posting schedule so that makes me feel better.
2) Do folks think it’s weird to comment on older posts? Is it similar to ‘hearting’ older Instagram posts? I’m cool with folks commenting on my older posts but now I’m curious, how do you feel about it?
In my last update I mentioned I was going to start a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and I’m now in the third week of the program. The class itself is on Tuesday evenings for about 2 & ½ hours but there’s coursework we’re supposed to every day which totals to about an hour of meditation & and 20-30 minutes of work sheets. I’m enjoying the classes but the homework has been a challenge.
First, I struggle with time management so trying to fit in an hour of meditation each day has been tricky. Second, we had to do body scan lying down meditations for the first two weeks & I kept falling asleep! Thankfully, this week we’re doing standing meditations and it’s so much better for me. Overall, I do think it is helping and I’m hoping that the course will help me get into & maintain a regular meditation practice.
John’s fully moved into his new downtown and I feel we’ve adjusted to the new commute. It’s nice, he has an actual view of the Narrows aka St. John’s harbour. The only downside is his new office doesn’t have a parking lot so I’m the one always driving but that’s a very small downside since I prefer to have my car so I can run errands while waiting for him to get off since he works later.
The biggest news of the last few weeks was hurricane Fiona and how it devastated communities on the west coast of the island. We live on the east coast so we weren’t personally affected but it was still heartbreaking & scary to see the damage done. We’ve been doing some fundraising at work, like many places around the island now and along with government funding & red cross donations hopefully those that lost their houses will be able to rebuild. I just hope we don’t get hit with any other major storms this season.
