I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: My story, if nothing else, is about not giving up and just starting over. I’ve lost some fitness the […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I’m learning. In particular I’m learning more about my body and my newest activity, swimming, but I’m also learning […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Before you can run, you need to walk, the saying goes (although I have parents who swear their babies […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Every day is another challenge. It’s another opportunity to do great things, and it’s another opportunity to slide backwards. […]

I’m on vacation, finally, after a really long work stretch of eleven days, a relapse of a cold, and a lot of stress. I still have many things to do before I get on the plane on Monday night, including preparing enough blog posts to make sure I don’t miss any days while I’m on […]

When I was talking about pain a few entries back, I tried to be clear that listening to your body–your pain–was important. But there are times when I’ve found it beneficial to not listen to my body. The truth is simple: I’m lazy. It would be really easy for me to sleep in every day […]

There’s a lot of positives to having a routine; believe it or not, it actually helps to manage the stress of life better. Getting up around the same time, eating around the same time and same amount, going to bed around the same time–all of that helps tremendously. So what’s the problem with routine? No, […]

I’m tired. Today I’m finishing up day seven of an eleven day work stretch—that’s correct, I’m working eleven days in a row. This is something that might be meant for younger social workers than me. In addition to that, for six of the past seven days I was on call, 24 hours a day, seven […]

I’m sick. Not sick with diabetes–well, I am, I guess–or its complications, but with a cold. How best to deal with this kind of illness? It’s a question with many answers. The first is to try to prevent illness. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Still, someone like me who works in […]

In my quest to improve my swimming (my coworker is totally killing me swimming, but she’s been going up to six times a week versus my one!), one of the things I’ve done (in addition to trying to figure out another time or two a week I can swim and borrowing a book from the […]