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[thenerdygirl]

Work 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.

Comments

[gilda_elise]

I don't mind getting responses to old posts. I know some people don't get to their account every day.

And I'm not crazy about the "heart" thing, on new or old posts.

[thenerdygirl]

I agree, especially since so much of our day to day lives revolve around screen work so it makes sense to want to step away on one's down time.

[spiffikins]

I'm totally on board with people commenting on old posts - everyone is on their own schedule!

I had to giggle at the fact that you are being stressed out from the homework of a Stress Reduction course :D

[thenerdygirl]

Cool! Haha, that is a very good point. I repeated your comment to my partner and he laughed, agreeing with you 😁

[einhornmaedchen]

1.) Definitely not. I've been out of commission for a while now and just when I wanted to catch up I got a bad cold D:
2.) It's not weird to comment on older posts, at all! I am happy about every comment I get :)

A harbour view would be my absolute dream ♥

Yeah, Fiona was heartbreaking for sure :( I donated a little to the Red Cross as well.

[thenerdygirl]

I'm sorry to hear you've been sick, I hope you're feeling better now! The next time I'm down at his office I'll have to take a picture to post.

[einhornmaedchen]

Thank you, I am feeling a lot better!
Yes, a picture would be lovely if you get around to it :)

[mandee_jayne]

I never mind if anyone comments on an old post, but I always feel a self-imposed stigma that someone else is gonna think it's weird lol, so I generally don't comment unless it's less than a week old. But I literally don't think anyone is judging, and we're all just thinking everyone else would judge lol.

[thenerdygirl]

I think that's exactly what I'm doing in my head, so yes you're right lol. It's so hard not to get caught up in that thinking trap!