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TerriRichardson112

Exercise: 88 mins, walking, strength
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes

2️⃣ pass days left

Hanging in there!
For his 23rd birthday next week, Grandson has asked us to answer a series of questions about our life experiences. I’m so touched that he considers this to be a ‘neat’ idea. I said yes, of course, and asked him to send through the questions. There are 56 of them. His birthday is on 31st 😂 Fortunately, he says that it doesn’t have to be finished by then.
Reasons for gratitude

• the optimism of the young
• I have the time to at least get started on this project.
• I have been working for some time on writing my memoir.

Katmary71

Oops, I posted in the wrong date last night! Yes to all three, I'll put today in yesterday's thread.

BMcC9

How am I coping ....

My main personal strategies are :

• Being aligned with current reality and acting accordingly
• Reframing how I choose to characterize "events and/or situations" (what is outside my control) and therefore how I will choose to react / respond (which is IN my control)
• Applying an "ever-since-I-can-remember" approach of "make a game out of what you have to do anyway"
• DH & I have always made a point of being "the eccentric old codgers on the block" with tongues firmly in cheeks.

What does that look like in action?

[*] Being aligned with current reality and acting accordingly I acknowledge and respect the situation, but (broadly speaking) put it in the same general category as "behaving wisely during high-humidex / smog-alert times", or "major winter-time wind-chill or blizzard conditions". I just do what the current reality requires. Social distancing / working-from-home / changes in shopping habits et al. I don't obsess or grant the current situation any more "emotional control over me" than any other "season-long weather condition".
[*] Reframing how I choose to characterize "events and/or situations" (what is outside my control) and therefore how I will choose to react / respond (which is IN my control) If I had been finding work-from-home more of an issue than I do, and missing the "casual social contact in the kitchenette or around the office water-cooler" , I would have continued to label it "Practicing for my retirement-sized social circle " and "Acclimatizing DH to when I will be around the house more". I will be retiring in four years regardless.
[*] Applying an "ever-since-I-can-remember" approach of "make a game out of what you have to do anyway" Ever since I joined MFP in the first place (2012) I have rebranded "daily pre-logging" as "playing Go For The Green" ... fiddling with food choices and/or serving sizes to get as close to (but not over) the current calorie target pre-exercise. If over, how much extra exercise time will cover the difference so that I am "In The Green" when I close the day's log?
[*] DH & I have always made a point of being "the eccentric old codgers on the block" with tongues firmly in cheeks. We regularly kit-out our by-the-door emus to match various holidays etc. It gives both kiddies and adults a lift to watch out for what we might do next. Early in the month, I posted them in their Leprechaun Hats. A week and a half or so from now, it will be construction-paper "bunny-ear dilly-boppers all 'round"
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cjane917

Yes x3

MadisonMolly2017

Mar 26
Yes
Yes
Yes
💚

Grateful for too many things to list.
1st in the list: self-quarantined very early.

Lilutz

Yes, yes, no