Re: Buns Again
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Thankfully, my stress relief practices are working. The heartbeat in my ears is much less (though not completely gone 100% of the time) and my outlook isn't panicky anymore. Daily Qi Gong, some time every day in a sleep story app with coloring, focusing on my breath, getting up from my desk and stretching. Going outside.
Also, what I'm not doing. First and most important is not turning on the news. Not reading the articles, not dwelling on the stories, and scrolling past the headlines on FB. I don't even want to know my friends' opinions on any of the news. It's helping so much, which I found out yesterday when I went in to read an article on something and I could feel the cortisol rushing into my system. Back of my neck, scalp...and I put it DOWN. Like, arm's length, upside down. Walk away.
I'm super grateful for the connections we have via Facebook and other mediums, but it is easy to overdo. And me with my hyper-focus mode...something new, that everyone wants to know as much as possible about, and I want to find out the actual truth of it, not just what the mainstream media are reporting. And it's super easy physically...just hold up your phone in your hand and use a fingertip to scroll. Down the rabbit hole and into Stressville. Putting that out of my life has done more to ease things up than anything else.
It all comes to letting go. There's a simple prayer used in AA...God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Oy! that's a tough one. Who wants to ACCEPT what's going on right now...phew. Courage to change the things I can. Well...I am changing my own response to things. And Wisdom to know the difference.
Doing well with my food. I'm eating whole foods with starches as the foundation, until satiated. Stopped drinking coffee on Sunday and other than a couple of morning headaches, I'm over it. I do have a small supply of chocolate covered espresso beans which help because caffeine...and the flavor. I miss the flavor of coffee.
Glad not to be addicted to it anymore
not going back.
and...speaking of stress. Working from home and my phone keeps randomly disconnecting. In the middle of calls. So we're going to upgrade our internet. *sigh*
And with that, I'm out for now.
Also, what I'm not doing. First and most important is not turning on the news. Not reading the articles, not dwelling on the stories, and scrolling past the headlines on FB. I don't even want to know my friends' opinions on any of the news. It's helping so much, which I found out yesterday when I went in to read an article on something and I could feel the cortisol rushing into my system. Back of my neck, scalp...and I put it DOWN. Like, arm's length, upside down. Walk away.
I'm super grateful for the connections we have via Facebook and other mediums, but it is easy to overdo. And me with my hyper-focus mode...something new, that everyone wants to know as much as possible about, and I want to find out the actual truth of it, not just what the mainstream media are reporting. And it's super easy physically...just hold up your phone in your hand and use a fingertip to scroll. Down the rabbit hole and into Stressville. Putting that out of my life has done more to ease things up than anything else.
It all comes to letting go. There's a simple prayer used in AA...God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Oy! that's a tough one. Who wants to ACCEPT what's going on right now...phew. Courage to change the things I can. Well...I am changing my own response to things. And Wisdom to know the difference.
Doing well with my food. I'm eating whole foods with starches as the foundation, until satiated. Stopped drinking coffee on Sunday and other than a couple of morning headaches, I'm over it. I do have a small supply of chocolate covered espresso beans which help because caffeine...and the flavor. I miss the flavor of coffee.
Glad not to be addicted to it anymore
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and...speaking of stress. Working from home and my phone keeps randomly disconnecting. In the middle of calls. So we're going to upgrade our internet. *sigh*
And with that, I'm out for now.