Archive for March 23rd, 2009
Owning It; Living It
I really gave the words my friends and family shared with me last week a lot of thought this weekend. Knowing how much they all care really means a lot, and I think in a way I needed the push.
With time to process it, and also time away from work and the daily grind, I found myself surprisingly not dwelling on it or analyzing everything to death, but rather on just “being” and going along for the ride and seeing where it took me.
Typically, on Saturdays, my husband and I both do our morning exercise (running or biking together in non-frigid weather; or racquetball for him at the Y/the gym for me the rest of the time) and then clean the house, eat, do yard-work or whatnot.
But right now, he’s doing this 6-week Sat. class to earn 1.5 credits towards his MBA (which he’s doing part-time in the evening MBA program at Univ of Mich.), and so I have all morning til about 2 on my own for the next few Saturdays.
So I decided to go against the grain (being a creature of habit, this was big) and instead of rushing to get that workout in first-thing like I usually do, I let myself sleep til 9 (though I did feel him kiss me goodbye at 7 when he left for class!) and began massive cleaning, organizing all my new Lia Sophia business materials. (more…)
10 comments March 23, 2009
When Walking Away Works
Recently I read about a fellow blogger’s experience with anxiety, following hearing a skinny friend moaning about her weight, and it really hit home.
I bet many of us have had similar experiences in the past: the skinny friend ordering the salad and bemoaning everyone else ordering fries when SHE wants fries; the girl who brags about how many miles she ran and justifies why she’s eating such-and-such (as though anyone gives a darn) …
And perhaps there would have been a time where I was either a part of that situation … either dwelling on the problem, or commiserating about a solution.
But I’ve noticed over the past few months that I’ve deliberately and fully extracted myself from conversations about weight (more…)
11 comments March 23, 2009
