Apparently I am a healthy person with a good vitamin D level (surprising to my doctor because he said most normal people are low in vitamin D. Being healthy isn't just good scores on blood work- it's how you feel. I haven't felt healthy in a while. Not from a physical, mental, or economical standpoint. I need to drink way more water and limit my alcohol in take more.....one bottle does not equal one glass. Food wise I eat seemingly ok, but could do better. I don't have the motivation of my younger self to workout so I really need to get my finances in order to join my gym again. Working out is for the mind too....helps push away tension and those daily stressors. My face has been breaking out a lot more over the last few months as well and I think it is because of too much alcohol and not enough water and exercise. Lastly, it's going to take me years to feel economically healthy because of my student debt and car debt. Looking back now of course I could have made so many better choices that would have cut what I owe by a lot, but I can't go back. I have to trudge forward and work on paying off these loans while cutting back on my frivolous spending. Did I really need $200 hiking boots? Or a $400 (estimate...could have been more but I don't remember) beach cruiser......I live in a hilly town!
I'm tired of making excuses for my self and saying "whoops! shouldn't have done that!" and "I won't do that again!" or "I'm really going to do better". I never follow through! I never keep my word to myself and I need to.
http://www.knightonconsulting.com/blog/158-keep-your-word-to-yourself
Life Detached: My purpose in life is to appreciate, learn, & teach
This is a blog dedicated to the everyday life. To the unlived. To the people who don’t take in the world around them. I am an aspiring teacher and it scares me to death knowing that soon I will be responsible for teaching and shaping the minds of children! It will be my responsibility to incorporate social justice, art, music and many other things that are being taken out of the curriculum. I started this blog as a space to put my every day thoughts no matter how mundane.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Too many cars, not enough people
It’s hard for most people to say they get outside for at
least 20 minutes a day. I’ve been inside the last two days doing homework and
going to school, so I decided to take a break and walk my dog Cooper. We live in
the suburbs and have a fenced-in yard so he doesn’t go on walks very often, but
he knows when we’re about to go and gets so excited. It’s a beautiful, warm day
as we begin our walk (always starting in the same direction as to avoid a
certain dog) and I begin to notice something. We’re outside trying to take in
this day and get some fresh air but there are so many cars zooming by. After
about 10 minutes we reach a point where we can cross over and enjoy some of the
side roads. Starting up the hill of the street we see a woman walking and she
swiftly crosses over when she takes notice of us. This is not uncommon on our
walks. Cooper is very friendly, but he is a larger dog and I think that it
seems easier for people to avoid something that they may be afraid of. The
other thing that I tend to notice is the lack of eye contact when you walk by
someone (if they don’t cross the street to avoid you altogether). I generally
don’t see many people walking around, they’re mostly driving, but when I do
walk the opposite way of someone eye contact is always a hard thing to come by.
I have to catch myself sometimes staring at the ground.
As we headed back towards home I saw an older man with a
bicycle. He was pushing it since it was a steep hill. Neither of us avoided each
other, although we were on opposite sides of the street, we smiled and said
hello. It made me happy to have that small interaction. People are so concerned
about being unhappy, and while they are driving around in their cars they don’t
get a chance to experience these small but monumental interactions. Instead
they’re wrapped up in their own bubble.
Now this walk was supposed to be a 20 minute walk, but the way
that the streets are set up and that Cooper feels the need to stop every 5
seconds to smell another animals markings, it turned out to be at least 45
minutes. A woman pulled up next to me because she was lost. She was looking for
the high school in the town over and was holding a piece of paper, which may
have been directions. I told her how to get to the school and there was a
beauty in this that many people may not see. She actually stopped to talk to
someone to ask for directions. She didn’t pull out a smart phone or a GPS and I
thought that was sort of wonderful.
I don’t always have days where I feel happy and can take on
whatever work I have in store for me, but I do try. Humans need to appreciate
what is around them. Not all of the gadgets and things, but the beauty of a
walk, a brief interaction with a stranger, the change of the leaves. Just start
taking notice and stop becoming detached from the actual world.
This article from the Huffington Post really inspired me and
is certainly worthwhile. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/happiness-habits-of-exuberant-human-beings_n_3909772.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
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