Restarting – What Worked

Well, that didn’t go as planned.

The problem with choosing too many troubles at once is that eventually, you’ll be asked to choose between them. So I did, and the blog lost the battle.

An update on the original troubles chosen (other than the blog which was, obviously, cast aside):

The health and fitness focus is still going well. I started the year doing yoga, solidcore, and taking lots of long walks. Now, I’ve now shifted to focusing on solidcore plus gardening/weeding (more on that later!). Longer walks happen on occasion, but it’s driven by activities I want to do, rather than walking for its own sake.

Combined with dietary improvements like heavier protein intake, I’m feeling pretty good about my fitness progress. I can now do at least part of the solidcore class using full-body planks, not kneeling planks, and I use the handlebars much less for support in lunges. Also, thanks to supplements that my doctor prescribed, my cholesterol has improved significantly, and my blood sugar is much less prone to spiking. I’ve got an annual check-up coming up in July, and then in August I’ll be having a minor surgery to remove a lipoma. I also had my first mammogram in the spring. Exciting stuff! Mostly invisible to outside observers, as I haven’t lost any weight or anything, but I feel much better, which was the main goal.

On the classes— these took up a lot of time and mental energy in the early spring. Am I glad I did them? Yes. Will I write about them here? Also yes. But am I glad they are over? Definitely. By the end, as I looked at the future available classes, I was glad there weren’t more that I wanted to take. I am ready to direct my own intellectual activity more, and less interested in letting others lead the way.

More on what that will look like soon, stay tuned…