Simple pleasures
Oct. 15th, 2023 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_natural_beautySo the last post I wrote about my personal life being a "weird week" or something similar wasn't anything compared to my news I got last weekend! I can't go into details, but I've been pretty stressed out to say the least. About that I plan on now just trying to trust that things will turn out in my favor and everything will be back to normal in the end.
Now I shall write about some little ways I've been getting my mind off of things while I'm here at home to help:
In the meantime I have been getting back into working on Promised Memories - I'm on chapter 10! The last chapter to finish part one! That's been an experience in itself. Come December/January it'll be a year for me working on it. It really gives me a sense of accomplishment. I'm aiming for two pages a week to upload.
A few nights ago I got out a puzzle to work on. That was more peaceful than I thought it would be. No idea why or how, but putting a puzzle together makes me feel cozy and calm. So I plan on doing this a few times a week. This one is inside a solar green house and has some peacocks among all sorts of plant life, a gazebo and a bridge.
Also there is my endless stamps! I've been sorting through envelopes of stamps I've gotten in trades. Oh how I love that hobby, too. This also helped me a few years ago when I was going through a very difficult time in my life for other reasons.
And lastly turning on my radio to just listen to music. I did this yesterday and today when I came home from work and the randomness of what songs would play and the cheesy d.j. just put my mind at ease. It's funny and slightly embarrassing to admit this, but I don't care.... I also sometimes just dance around while I listen to whatever is playing. As long as I like it. And that is sort of stress reliver, too.
Oh - and also a side note: My doctors visit went well. I'm on a medication once a day. In December I go back to see if my tsh levels went down. But I feel like I have more energy lately. This past week I think I only took once nap - which is a huge improvement.
There you have it! My life has gotten pretty unexpected in the last few weeks, but I'm still here hanging on and doing the best I can. I hope everyone that reads these and just everyone in general is doing as well as they can be. Life really can be difficult and scary and unknown all at once. But it is also short. So I don't want to make myself sick by worrying about the unknown.
Now I shall write about some little ways I've been getting my mind off of things while I'm here at home to help:
In the meantime I have been getting back into working on Promised Memories - I'm on chapter 10! The last chapter to finish part one! That's been an experience in itself. Come December/January it'll be a year for me working on it. It really gives me a sense of accomplishment. I'm aiming for two pages a week to upload.
A few nights ago I got out a puzzle to work on. That was more peaceful than I thought it would be. No idea why or how, but putting a puzzle together makes me feel cozy and calm. So I plan on doing this a few times a week. This one is inside a solar green house and has some peacocks among all sorts of plant life, a gazebo and a bridge.
Also there is my endless stamps! I've been sorting through envelopes of stamps I've gotten in trades. Oh how I love that hobby, too. This also helped me a few years ago when I was going through a very difficult time in my life for other reasons.
And lastly turning on my radio to just listen to music. I did this yesterday and today when I came home from work and the randomness of what songs would play and the cheesy d.j. just put my mind at ease. It's funny and slightly embarrassing to admit this, but I don't care.... I also sometimes just dance around while I listen to whatever is playing. As long as I like it. And that is sort of stress reliver, too.
Oh - and also a side note: My doctors visit went well. I'm on a medication once a day. In December I go back to see if my tsh levels went down. But I feel like I have more energy lately. This past week I think I only took once nap - which is a huge improvement.
There you have it! My life has gotten pretty unexpected in the last few weeks, but I'm still here hanging on and doing the best I can. I hope everyone that reads these and just everyone in general is doing as well as they can be. Life really can be difficult and scary and unknown all at once. But it is also short. So I don't want to make myself sick by worrying about the unknown.
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Date: 2023-10-18 10:55 pm (UTC)