Posts Tagged ‘ stress ’

Things Are Going Swimmingly

11/06/2009
Things Are Going Swimmingly

Well not really. I’m still under the microscope with the IRS, but to counteract the stress of this whole audit process, I chose swimming as my exercise of choice last night. And I got a pleasant surprise! My gym has switched the indoor pool over to a salt water filtering system! Yay! Because I didn’t know this at first, when I swallowed water on my first lap, I thought “Hmmm. That’s odd. The water tastes salty.” I crossed my fingers for the next 49 laps (figuratively of course because actually crossing my fingers would have made swimming difficult) that they had switched to a salt water system rather than something being horribly wrong in what was previously a heavily chlorinated pool. There were little kids getting swimming lessons and a lifeguard on duty, so I figured it was unlikely something was horribly wrong with the system. Besides, the water...

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The Stress Effect

11/04/2009

These last couple of months I’ve been under what seems like a never-ending cloud of stress. I’m not complaining. It just is what it is. The stress has emanated from events that I have not had a whole lot of control over but have required hours of my undivided attention. Of course, in the end, I do know that much of this stress could have been avoided if I’d had the forethought to be organized two years ago or to have paid closer attention to things that were happening around me. Unfortunately, that’s not the way these things generally work, and 20/20 hindsight? Well, that’s not much help now. This year, my focus was on my health. And going forward, while that will still be my main focus, maybe I’ll keep one eye glancing to the left and right on the other household/work stuff that crept up this year....

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A Substantial Change

06/24/2009

A short post. Rare for me I know.  That in itself may be a substantial change. I didn’t work out this morning. A planned rest day. However, work is stressing me out big time. All I can think about is going home, putting on my sneakers and going for a walk. I don’t even care if it’s raining. The change? A year ago, I would have eaten my way through the stress, and not with carrots or broccoli. Today, I didn’t even think about food as a way to deal with the stress. I want to  move: walk, run, bike, swim? Something along those lines. Activity instead of food to combat emotions? Unheard of in my past. And a substantial change for the better. I’m joining the Missouri 60 challenge. Read about it here. I’ll be posting my pictures and goals later on this evening. After my walk.

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