Little Daily Victories

I am totally enjoying 99 Walks. It is a great app, which has inspired me to get moving. I had a pretty stationary October. My mind had a lot to contend with, mostly myself.

Little Daily Victories

Thursday

• 18 minute pre-shift workout
• Cultivate Hope meditation during break
• COVID anti-body test came back negative

Friday

• Daily Shine Meditation, Navigate Tough Conversations. Today's message: my worth isn't up for debate.
• Made a troth of veggie broth
• 1.6 mile walk. 99 Walks, Racking Up the Miles
• 5 minute meditation walk
• several piles of dishes

(1) Week Later

Thursday

• dropped my latest podcast episode: Episode 15 - Catastrophic Meditative Goodness.

Friday

• Meditation, choosing self-compassion, and validating my feelings as a source of comfort
• Cordycep, crystalized ginger, water & tea to start my day

Saturday

• Took a mental health day from work
• 2.76 mile run, 49 min: 6 sec

Sunday

• Got myself out of my neighborhood and visited two green markets, which allowed me to walk 2.26 miles in 53 minutes
• I cooked up a huge batch of potato and corn soup, which I think I'm going to use as a base to create other things

Wednesday

• (2) cordyceps
• breakfast was a cut up a yummy, delicious gala apple, mixed in crystalized ginger, sprinkled with my golden milk-maca-hemp-flax seeds combo
• finally got myself out my apartment door for 45 minutes, dropped off laundry, including brand new bed sheets (yes!)
• worked out for a full hour in my apartment, upper body, combo of 1 lb hand weights and 6 lb kettle bell
• did dishes, twice
• cooked a huge pot of spinach, pasta, and mushroom soup (yum...my spice is spot on)

I have been challenged by a man I respect, love, and admire,

1. to be emboldened to do even more good in the world
2. to bring more people on board to also do their best
3. to think of my social circles and groups that I frequent, where there might be a gathering of like-minded people.

So I'm asking you, my dear readers, to help me out with this. I need ideas, both simple and outside the box. How am I to do this?

According to the Emotional Rescue Challenge

I am a "shame driven eater." Can you believe that? I didn't, until I read the description:

"Your emotional eating behaviors come from a deep need for respect and appreciation in your life. You like to feel special and unique, to have a purpose, and to accomplish your goals. The problem is that the world does not always recognize your brilliance or give you the attention you think you deserve. When you feel ashamed, you may turn to food to reconnect with your sense of identity." --Rosane Oliveira

Dr. Oliveira is the founding Director of the UC Davis Integrative Medicine program and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis.

She is responsible for having led me through her 21 day plant based challenge a year ago. Even though I had been a vegan for seven years, I loved her approach to reassessing my eating habits. So I am participating in her abbreviated "5 Day Journey to Take Control of Your Eating Habits."

The River, a Continuation

Some of the sea creatures started getting sick, and I'm not just speaking of the fish. The worms, plants, and algae were being affected as well. And they were all coming to me for advise.

I don't know how to help anyone. I can barely take care of myself. I mean, I want to help, but with nature turning towards me, I felt powerless. So I got on the bus and I went home.

It was on this bus ride that I listened to a Rich Roll Podcast, an episode titled "Keeping Your House Clean." He mentions a recent LA Times article about leaking barrels of DDT on the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean. Dudes, seriously, this is right off the coast of Los Angeles. The Ocean Front Walk is my happy place. "DDT-contaminated phytoplankton get eaten by zooplankton, which fish and whales consume by the thousands." (https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-coast-ddt-dumping-ground/)