The 30 day challenge this month is to pay extra attention to The Sps. Based on his feedback prior, I already do well in this regard. That said, I thought this would be fun to do again and it affords many opportunities for creativity and a happy environment. I have the TAD (time, ability and desire) so why not?
I did something cute the other night, I tucked him in. Our sleep schedules are vastly different, he always falls asleep hours before I do. Usually I’ll stop what I am doing and snuggle for a few minutes til he goes asleep then get back to my writing. I’m a night writer, ha!
He was complaining about being cold and the blanket not laying correctly so I fixed the blanket, rubbed his feet a minute (I hate doing this generally) and tucked the blanket around him. I also slept one night without the overhead fan, which I need for white noise. It wasn’t terrible so I’m down to try it again.
Yesterday evening I made a complicated south Indian dish. It was a beef curry with a slaw and samandi and a curry base AND another herby base. It’s a South Indian curry, over rice and with lentils (dal). It took two hours as there were so many steps and prep. A sous chef nightmare, I tell you. It tasted like cooked potpourri with all those seeds and herbs and plant parts. I did not like it, but The Sps did. And as I wasn’t a fan, he got a couple of leftovers too! I’ll try the beef curry dish again someday, once I have fresh veggies from my garden again.
Today I ran into the store to grab his favorite donut to have as a snack tonight. More sweets for my sweet.
Other challenges today? Off the rails. Reduced fat Pringles does NOT count as a starting the day with potatoes.
FINE I’ll list the five reasons for making healthy choices.
- Diabetes is very bad for my eyes, how about we avoid that.
- CKD advances to dialysis, how about we avoid that too.
- All those fabulous clothes in my closet I am close to fitting into again.
- I feel pride when I have success to write about.
- My joints don’t prefer my fatassery.
Grateful For:
-in the 60’s this week. It’s early December. In zone 5.
-found a ton of new gifs on telegram. I love a good gif.
-chatting with the kids more these days, one of my unofficial goals. We are all introverted so it’s work on both sides. One kiddo took a big step and I am *proud*!
Godspeed Ya’ll!
This content was previously written to ensure this was a true series, and to share insights.
Quick recap. The journaling is part of a 30 Day Challenge I started almost a year ago. I consider that a component of the Future Self Journaling process. The gratefulness notes near the bottom of each self improvement post is also a specific and helpful part of Future Self Journaling. The Rituals for Live Dreambook was given to me by my children, so why not add this to my blogging/future self journaling time?
https://theholisticpsychologist.com/future-self-journaling/
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