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[floatingleaf]

This week's newsflash:

1) dissonant_dream, your second postcard has arrived.:) Stratford upon Avon is indeed a beautiful place, and I'd love to go there some day. Preferably with you. *massive squishhh*

2) I have finally purchased the Appaloosa DVD. A pre-viewed copy for $14.99. Had lots of fun watching the extras. The deleted scenes are all good and add more to the story, and I wish they hadn't been deleted. Especially one, where Virgil tells Everett to stay with Allie if he (Virgil) should die first. It just reveals so much about the relationship between these two guys. I mean, most men (especially men in westerns, lol) would tell their best buddy something like: "Look out for her, sure, but she is MY woman, you know". While Virgil basically says: "If I am gone, she's yours". Just... awesome.;P

3) According to my http://www.mint.com account, for the past three months I managed to actually spend less money than I earned. It was a challenge, let me tell you, but apparently it can be done. Not sure what's gonna happen once the federal taxes go back up... but I will cross that bridge when I come to it. There just comes a point where you stop angsting over stuff you can't control, because it doesn't solve anything and only makes you miserable. Feeling angry at some anonymous people possibly responsible for the shitty situation you happen to be in doesn't help either. What does help is focusing on the positives and taking care of yourself as best you can (healthy food, enough sleep, exercise, mental stimulation in the form of a good read or a good movie etc.). That can be a challenge too, but at least one that brings tangible rewards. 'Breathe calmly and put one foot in front of the other' is really the best action plan I have for now, so I am sticking to it. Doesn't sound very ambitious, perhaps, but there you go. As long as I don't need mind-altering substances to help me sleep at night, I am fine. *shrug*

Comments

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

Yay! Wow, they got places fast this time. I only sent them on Friday. And you are always welcome here :) *hugs*

I must watch Appaloosa. Hopefully it'll be on TV soon.

As for #3, well done, and also thank you. It's good to be reminded to stop angsting and just breathe and focus and try and live as best we can.

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

I must watch Appaloosa.

Yes, you must.:) I'm not typically into westerns, but this one is really cool... plus, Viggo & Ed Harris are absolutely priceless together.:D

It's good to be reminded to stop angsting and just breathe and focus and try and live as best we can.

I try to remind myself of this every day. Some days it works better than others, but yeah... TRY is the key word here, LOL.

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big fan either, but I'll always watch Viggo, so. It's on my list :D

Try, indeed. That's really all we can do. :)

[stormatdusk.livejournal.com]

i LOVE your whole last paragraph. i think that's very, very much a fabulous action plan, and it's your consistency that is making it work. sometimes i think that being consistent is one of the biggest lessons i have to learn, and that i'll be doing it my entire life. you're inspiring me!

in that vein: i've been drinking water (which i hate) every day (not a lot yet, but i'm building gradually) for the past eight weeks. i can't believe the changes in my health already. i've never gone more than, oh, a week? before, so this is huge for me. what's really great is that i no longer hate doing it, and that i'm actually starting to want to ditch soda for water, more and more. *bounces*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

you're inspiring me!

Really? Wow. *blushes*

what's really great is that i no longer hate doing it

That's the thing with all the healthy habits. You hate it at first, but if you persist nonetheless, pretty soon it becomes the most obvious and natural thing to do. At least that's how it was for me.

I hardly drank any water for the first 35 years of my life, lol. It was always either black tea with insane amounts of sugar, fruit juice or some other flavored/sugary concoction (we didn't have canned sodas in Poland when I was a kid - which was a good thing, I suppose :P). I wasn't aware that black tea, which has a lot of caffeine (almost as much as coffee), actually dehydrates you - so when I felt thirsty, I just made another cup. Same goes for any highly sweetened beverage - it just makes you more thirsty, so you drink more, therefore ingesting more sugar... etc.etc.etc. While water quenches thirst and cleans you up.

i can't believe the changes in my health already

Oh yes. I used to have those frequent, nasty headaches that felt like something was clogging my brain. They seemed to come randomly and for no specific reason, but now I am pretty sure one of the main factors was dehydration (and general lack of proper nutrition). Needless to say, I don't have them any more - unless I don't eat or drink anything for over five hours. Then I might start feeling that weird pressure in my temples again. Except before, I used to feel it even when I WAS eating or drinking - because even though I was ingesting stuff, my body was reacting negatively to the lack of actual nutrients, which weren't a big part of my diet, lol. At least that's the most plausible explanation I can come up with.

Anyway... ditching soda is one of the best things you can do for yourself, so keep going. Pretty soon you will cringe at the taste of it, the way I do now.:P