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floatingleaf) wrote2013-01-10 11:03 pm
floatingleaf) wrote2013-01-10 11:03 pm
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another random braindump (TM)
Hmmm... looks like I'm getting used to my Dreamwidth account. I've been fiddling with it for the past few days, since I can't seem to decide upon a layout. All the available styles are so plain... I mean, I do like simple, but simple can be elegant, non?...;) For example, this layout I have right now here on LJ is very simple, but so aesthetically pleasing. Of course, I'm sure DW has more exciting options for paid accounts as well - but I am not ready to dish out on one yet, so I can't see them. I did, however, upload a few icons. You can have up to 15 on a free account - but choosing 15 out of 200 is too much of a dilemma for me at the moment, so I just picked some obvious Louis/Lestat ones that I can use for comments on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
vc_media (btw, the community isn't even crossposting to LJ anymore - they are exclusively on DW now, which is the main reason why I keep checking the site almost every day... LOL).
Speaking of VC's... there is this little "library" at my workplace. Basically, employees are encouraged to bring in used books or magazines that they don't want anymore, so that others could borrow or "steal" them if they like. And this week, someone brought Interview with the Vampire. A very old, worn copy, dog-eared and obviously well-read. Someone must have LOVED that book.:D Of course, I will never find out who, since there are well over a hundred people working at our office, and I am not about to start going around asking whose book it used to be.;P At any rate, they got rid of it, so probably not a crazy Anne Rice fan anymore.;) Btw, my own copy is much newer and in better shape, but has an ugly "modern" cover - while this old one is very stylish and lovely (just plain black with some guttering red candles). So... should I steal it?... Or exchange for my own?...:)
In other exciting news, my period is due this weekend - which of course doesn't mean that it will actually arrive. I have been feeling bloated and headachy today, though, so I'm guessing I'll get it eventually (meaning either tomorrow or a week from now, judging by what's been going on for the past few months).
Also, I have decided to outsmart my constant "no time for exercising" excuse and start by doing 10-15 minutes of yoga a day. Surely I can find THAT much time on most days? The key is to do it FIRST, before I get caught up in internet stuff and "only replying to one more comment", which somehow takes 20 minutes, and then it's most certainly bedtime.:/ Besides, such a brief "workout" shouldn't leave me exhausted and unwilling to do anything else for the next two weeks (which is what usually happens if I do 30-40 minutes at a time). It's time to face the truth: I am a wimp, and I need to start small. Baby steps, as they say. No guilting myself into overdoing it and then giving up. Easy does it. The same goes for diet: no big, drastic changes, just a tiny bit of cutting down on this or that over the coming weeks/months. Mostly portion control. As in, I'm going to try to put a little less on my plate, no matter how hungry I feel at the moment, and see if I really do need those few extra bites after I'm done. Sounds like a plan? The thing is, I was raised to always "clean out my plate", and old habits die hard. Sometimes I overeat simply because "there are only a few bites left", and "it doesn't make sense to save such a small amount for later" (and don't even mention throwing out food that isn't spoiled or rotten; that is simply NOT DONE in my family, and after all those years I still can't make myself do it, try as I might). So I need to rethink this whole concept BEFORE I start putting my food on the plate, or into my lunchbox. Appreciation of food is one thing, and appreciation of my own health and wellbeing is another. There should be a balance, not a contradiction between the two.
See? I am so damn good at theorizing. It's the practice that is my weak point. Speaking of which - yes, my new bedtime is officially 11 p.m., and of course, I am not ready for it.:/ Not that I expect to be sleeping particularly well tonight, anyway, due to obvious PMS-related antsy agitation. Well... let's hope that means I AM getting my period soon, instead of feeling crappy for another week or so... *sigh*
vc_media (btw, the community isn't even crossposting to LJ anymore - they are exclusively on DW now, which is the main reason why I keep checking the site almost every day... LOL). Speaking of VC's... there is this little "library" at my workplace. Basically, employees are encouraged to bring in used books or magazines that they don't want anymore, so that others could borrow or "steal" them if they like. And this week, someone brought Interview with the Vampire. A very old, worn copy, dog-eared and obviously well-read. Someone must have LOVED that book.:D Of course, I will never find out who, since there are well over a hundred people working at our office, and I am not about to start going around asking whose book it used to be.;P At any rate, they got rid of it, so probably not a crazy Anne Rice fan anymore.;) Btw, my own copy is much newer and in better shape, but has an ugly "modern" cover - while this old one is very stylish and lovely (just plain black with some guttering red candles). So... should I steal it?... Or exchange for my own?...:)
In other exciting news, my period is due this weekend - which of course doesn't mean that it will actually arrive. I have been feeling bloated and headachy today, though, so I'm guessing I'll get it eventually (meaning either tomorrow or a week from now, judging by what's been going on for the past few months).
Also, I have decided to outsmart my constant "no time for exercising" excuse and start by doing 10-15 minutes of yoga a day. Surely I can find THAT much time on most days? The key is to do it FIRST, before I get caught up in internet stuff and "only replying to one more comment", which somehow takes 20 minutes, and then it's most certainly bedtime.:/ Besides, such a brief "workout" shouldn't leave me exhausted and unwilling to do anything else for the next two weeks (which is what usually happens if I do 30-40 minutes at a time). It's time to face the truth: I am a wimp, and I need to start small. Baby steps, as they say. No guilting myself into overdoing it and then giving up. Easy does it. The same goes for diet: no big, drastic changes, just a tiny bit of cutting down on this or that over the coming weeks/months. Mostly portion control. As in, I'm going to try to put a little less on my plate, no matter how hungry I feel at the moment, and see if I really do need those few extra bites after I'm done. Sounds like a plan? The thing is, I was raised to always "clean out my plate", and old habits die hard. Sometimes I overeat simply because "there are only a few bites left", and "it doesn't make sense to save such a small amount for later" (and don't even mention throwing out food that isn't spoiled or rotten; that is simply NOT DONE in my family, and after all those years I still can't make myself do it, try as I might). So I need to rethink this whole concept BEFORE I start putting my food on the plate, or into my lunchbox. Appreciation of food is one thing, and appreciation of my own health and wellbeing is another. There should be a balance, not a contradiction between the two.
See? I am so damn good at theorizing. It's the practice that is my weak point. Speaking of which - yes, my new bedtime is officially 11 p.m., and of course, I am not ready for it.:/ Not that I expect to be sleeping particularly well tonight, anyway, due to obvious PMS-related antsy agitation. Well... let's hope that means I AM getting my period soon, instead of feeling crappy for another week or so... *sigh*
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I keep on promising that I put some photos, and I never do; I keep on promising I'll write a letter and never get back to it. I don't like it.... The same with yoga- I even stuck a xero copy of the set of asanas I used to do in the past on the cupboard, just in front of my eyes, to remember...Eh! Maybe I should follow your way of very little steps, starting from 5min a day, just before going to sleep.
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So far at least I stuck to eating more veggies in the canteen and only taking a small bowl of desert ...
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