Archive for the ‘Mental’ Category
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
It is quite amazing just how many people take expert advice at face value, even the Government does it. When I mention that I was walking as exercise, people look at me like I have lost it. And yet, walking is good exercise and a few keep fit sites do ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
After a 12 day break from walking in the morning, I returned to experience the full colours of Autumn in the trees and on the grounds. I may not like the cold and wet but I do find the colours so much richer and I love it.
With my foot feeling ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
A monologue from an ex-alcoholic. It is worth watching because for once a 'famous' person tells it straight.
Do you wonder if what he says at the end makes sense? Some of us seem to be able to drink, some of us do not. A study has shown that having a ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Another way to break bad habits, dependencies and addictions is with a little help from your friends. Whereas alcohol dependency is likely to be hidden, nicotine addiction is usually more open and people around you are more willing to accept its very addictive nature.
I stopped smoking just over 2 ...
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
I just sort of naturally settled down to 4 to 6 drinks a day (night) and I usually have the higher number if I stay up later - now usually a Thursday night and a Sunday night which is when a number of TV programs I enjoy. The other nights ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
During the following period, I have taken up exercising again, walking to
work and on some days walking back, rewarding myself with a pint or two at the local pub when accomplished prior to arrival home. In the early part of the period, I tried to reinforce my talk and motivate ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
One Sunday morning after a particular heavy Friday and a light, by my standards Saturday, I got up and went to 'work', hung-over. That's where my family though I was going and I did go to the office, to get away from everything. I took with me a dictation machine, ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
They say that to form a habit or to break one, you need to follow a routine for 21 days. Where do they get this stuff, I don't know? But habits, by their vary nature, are things we do consistently and to break them obviously must not do consistently. The ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Many years ago when I started this blog, I started it as a way to keep track of what I was doing to improve was a rapidly deteriorating life style. I was drinking and smoking way too much and it seemed like I could not stop the downward spiral. I ...
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
I rarely remember dreams but when I do, they do tend to memorable. Had one just the other day and wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that I feel a bit restricted, hemmed in, if you like, even though it was not stifling, if you know ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
'No-one, even those closest to me, knows what I have had to go through to get to where I am now. Why then do you resent what I have?'
A few weeks before my identity theft saga started (see http://notthenews.net) , I told my mother that I could not find it ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Saturday was my birthday and I didn't do much in the way of celebrations, in fact I didn't really feel in a celebratory mood. For some reason I woke up with the image of a blue sky, my children laughing and splashing in a clear blue sea, a white sandy ...
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
News story doing the rounds today about how parents' ambitions in today's society are damaging their children's well being - see http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb/02/children-wellbeing-success for example. Now, this is not the first time that this sort of discussion has come up and I think it is good that it is debated but ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Scenario: It is 2015, the world is recovering from one of the last great recession but Europe and the USA are not doing so well. So many people were laid off in those years and countries led by China and Asia but including African and South American countries picked up ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
The 5th of January I wrote and said things where going back to normal. How I lied! If anything Christmas time is the worst time for making you break habits you have tried to hard to maintain. The few days of not following routines are fatal to anything that requires ...
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