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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Douglas Fir
Nov. 15th, 2021 07:27 amFor your viewing pleasure, here is a palette of dark greens that I'm fond of.
New Year, New Us
Jan. 1st, 2020 09:51 amHey y'all! I was right, I was not even remotely close to awake last night at midnight. It's very cold here today (yay!) and I've got a lot of my regular household things done. We're waiting on it to warm up a little and for the dew to burn off so we can work on the deck. The cats are all freezing completely to death and will *literally die* if they can't sit on me. Silly kitties. ^.^
So, who's doing goal setting today? ME. Me me me me. Alas I don't have easily available posts about previous years, since I don't think I ever wrote much publicly about them. When I look back over the past few years I see a lot of positive changes I've been able to make, so I feel optimistic about making some new ones.
I have a set of smaller goals I've already started working on - instituting a no buy/low buy year, getting more comics done, and in general being more creatively productive, which goes hand in hand with one of my bigger goals, to spend less time online. I waste a lot of time on shit like Reddit, which while fun and occasionally informative, it's just social media for people who hate social media. I'm not planning on closing my account, but I am going to put a site blocker on it that will allow me an hour maximum each day. And the way my mind works, I'll tend to not want to "run out" my time in case I want it later. So I'm more likely to use that time reading, drawing, playing with the cats, picking my nose, or doing yoga.
The yoga goal is an interesting one, as it's very open ended. I've been a self-taught yogi from the beginning in 2000 when I first picked up a couple of how-to books and started doing yoga in my apartment after work. I've never gone to a class and never felt like I needed a teacher. This is anathema to some folks, but I'm content with being self-guided and working on my own, so I'm going to continue in my own way. I do wish to reach out to other yogis, especially the more like-minded sort. After some searching and reading, I decided my "deep dive" into yoga need not include teacher training - yoga teacher training is mainly there to teach you how to teach other people to do yoga. So its goals aren't the same as my own. I would also like to try a retreat at some point, especially since there's a retreat center near me in the Ocala area. I think it's in the national forest/WMA.
No buy/low buy is pretty easy to define - stop buying dumb shit. Did I buy dumb shit today? No? Good, I met my goal.
Last year, my personal "color of the year" was a bamboo green, or a yellowish spring green. This year I'm going with teal blue because I wanted something a little darker, but still cheerful. A good teal makes me think of vacations, relaxing times, and clear mental space, so that's the vibe I'm looking for. Sorry but I couldn't figure out how to actually embed the color chip this time.
And finally, this is the guide I have found useful for habit-building. Heck the whole site is useful, but be forewarned that they're pushing their one-on-one coaching pretty hard. If that's something that works for you, then I'd look into it, but as I was saying above, I'm usually pretty good with self-directed and self-paced things. I understand some folks like having the extra accountability built in, though.
Now, let's go forth and do awesome stuff!
So, who's doing goal setting today? ME. Me me me me. Alas I don't have easily available posts about previous years, since I don't think I ever wrote much publicly about them. When I look back over the past few years I see a lot of positive changes I've been able to make, so I feel optimistic about making some new ones.
I have a set of smaller goals I've already started working on - instituting a no buy/low buy year, getting more comics done, and in general being more creatively productive, which goes hand in hand with one of my bigger goals, to spend less time online. I waste a lot of time on shit like Reddit, which while fun and occasionally informative, it's just social media for people who hate social media. I'm not planning on closing my account, but I am going to put a site blocker on it that will allow me an hour maximum each day. And the way my mind works, I'll tend to not want to "run out" my time in case I want it later. So I'm more likely to use that time reading, drawing, playing with the cats, picking my nose, or doing yoga.
The yoga goal is an interesting one, as it's very open ended. I've been a self-taught yogi from the beginning in 2000 when I first picked up a couple of how-to books and started doing yoga in my apartment after work. I've never gone to a class and never felt like I needed a teacher. This is anathema to some folks, but I'm content with being self-guided and working on my own, so I'm going to continue in my own way. I do wish to reach out to other yogis, especially the more like-minded sort. After some searching and reading, I decided my "deep dive" into yoga need not include teacher training - yoga teacher training is mainly there to teach you how to teach other people to do yoga. So its goals aren't the same as my own. I would also like to try a retreat at some point, especially since there's a retreat center near me in the Ocala area. I think it's in the national forest/WMA.
No buy/low buy is pretty easy to define - stop buying dumb shit. Did I buy dumb shit today? No? Good, I met my goal.
Last year, my personal "color of the year" was a bamboo green, or a yellowish spring green. This year I'm going with teal blue because I wanted something a little darker, but still cheerful. A good teal makes me think of vacations, relaxing times, and clear mental space, so that's the vibe I'm looking for. Sorry but I couldn't figure out how to actually embed the color chip this time.
And finally, this is the guide I have found useful for habit-building. Heck the whole site is useful, but be forewarned that they're pushing their one-on-one coaching pretty hard. If that's something that works for you, then I'd look into it, but as I was saying above, I'm usually pretty good with self-directed and self-paced things. I understand some folks like having the extra accountability built in, though.
Now, let's go forth and do awesome stuff!
My Floppy ...
Oct. 17th, 2018 01:22 pm earlobes. LOL. I've been stretching my earlobes for years now - my skin doesn't stretch well so it takes me longer than most people to be ready to go up a size, and the dictum that "if it hurts you're not ready to stretch again" doesn't apply to me because no matter how long I wait, it hurts. Well, except now. I've gone from 9 to 10 to 11 millimeters with no trouble between stages, where before going up a millimeter was an agonizing act of sheer will. I'd grab a Nylabone I bought myself just for this, stick it in my mouth, count down and CRUNCH the new plug in while biting down on the dog toy. I was repeatedly told I'd blow my ears out doing this, but it didn't seem to matter how much time I gave it, it always hurt. Anyway, I'm glad that now it's mildly uncomfortable at best to go up a size, but the plugs are getting more expensive. I'll probably go up from my current 7/16" in spring next year.
For now I bought myself some silicone "earskins" for running. The glass plugs will fall out, and I've already lost one running outdoors. And with nothing in the holes they tend to flop around, which feels weird. Anyway they came today, just in time for the 10k! Huzzah. I bought a closeout seasonal color from fall 2017, teal. And it's ... Jacksonville Jags teal. Like that bright-ass NFL jersey teal. I can't stop laughing because it looked darker on the computer screen, and I know things will look different in person but holy crap, this color!
It actually shifts a little depending on what you pair it with, so with different colors of shirts, the teal is more blue, or more green. Just with my normal skin tone (cool-tone caucasian) they look much more green - the kind of teal green that makes me think of mermaids, Caribbean waters, and flip flops. So not a bad color at all, just that Fox is going to tease me about being a Jags fan now. XD
I'm about to try them out running. I have some treadmill sprints to do, and honestly I'm procrastinating right now. I'd much rather just stay here and read a book, but as I'm fond of saying, miles don't run themselves, it'd be weird if they did.
These things would be comfy on the plane. I could probably put the side of my head against the seat. I'll just pack the glass plugs and put them in at the hotel.
For now I bought myself some silicone "earskins" for running. The glass plugs will fall out, and I've already lost one running outdoors. And with nothing in the holes they tend to flop around, which feels weird. Anyway they came today, just in time for the 10k! Huzzah. I bought a closeout seasonal color from fall 2017, teal. And it's ... Jacksonville Jags teal. Like that bright-ass NFL jersey teal. I can't stop laughing because it looked darker on the computer screen, and I know things will look different in person but holy crap, this color!
It actually shifts a little depending on what you pair it with, so with different colors of shirts, the teal is more blue, or more green. Just with my normal skin tone (cool-tone caucasian) they look much more green - the kind of teal green that makes me think of mermaids, Caribbean waters, and flip flops. So not a bad color at all, just that Fox is going to tease me about being a Jags fan now. XD
I'm about to try them out running. I have some treadmill sprints to do, and honestly I'm procrastinating right now. I'd much rather just stay here and read a book, but as I'm fond of saying, miles don't run themselves, it'd be weird if they did.
These things would be comfy on the plane. I could probably put the side of my head against the seat. I'll just pack the glass plugs and put them in at the hotel.
