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Me, I'm trying to cook a lot, get to bed early (early for me is before 1, lol), get to the gym 3 times a week, and sneak in some cardio at home on non-gym days.
Getting my exercise program back up and running. I've decided to do 2 sprint triathlons this year and a handful of running races, to give me the impetus to keep things up. I'm also going to take my gym up on its offer of 3 free personal training sessions for members, and my town pool up on its offer of low-cost triathlon swim stroke coaching.
I'm eating better.
And I'm keeping busy doing things no one wants to do in summer - deep cleaning the house, throwing stuff away, sorting files. Also, signed up for RPM again, which takes care of February.
I usually am a big fan of winter, but this winter's been a bit rough for some reason. It helps when I can ride my bike to work or wherever else I'm going (which for me means above 13°F). I force myself to go to as many karate and yoga classes as possible, and to bake cookies to share with my friends.
I've been doing January healthy living (for me, anyway) -- going to the gym two or three times a week, no alcohol til February, eating okay, sleeping regularly.
I watch the sun every day stay a bit longer in the sky. (Oh, occiblu you do that too, cool.)
I've got a plant light that I keep over my desks. Feels pretty good in a cold office.
Making sure I take my vitamins, and eat some good fish twice a week.
Making absolutely sure I get out of the house to visit with friends or at least go to church. That's been the single biggest thing. I've got social anxiety issues, so I've made this a priority.
Me, too. I read that it's hit a lot of people harder this year because Daylight Saving Time got pushed back, which meant that when the clocks changed, there was a huge difference in how long the days were; I guess it had been more gradual in past years, which gave people time to adjust a bit more.
I definitely felt like someone had thrown me in prison this year, like the doors to the outside world just clanged shut and I couldn't get out. For about a week I thought I really had lost it; I was glad to read that there may have been an outside reason for it.
No winter blues here. Summer blues, absolutely. That prison that clanged shut for occhiblu? I get that same thing, only it starts in April or May and doesn't open up again until October. Winter means relief from the oppressive ball of fire in the sky and the horrible light and heat in which it smothers me for half the year.
There's a reason I left California for the Great Pacific Northwest.
It's been snowing here a lot recently and has been varying from just cold to effing cold. Just last night I stopped to fill my gas tank, and as I was pumping, the strong wind about froze my face and ears off. So, the winter blues are kind of winning.
I've been pretty tolerant of winter this year. It's the cold that makes me want to do nothing but curl up in bed and sleep with a space heater keeping my bedroom at a balmy 83 degrees.
And then I get to come to work and freeze. No wonder I nap as soon as I get home.
It's been a mild winter in Wendelland until the last couple days, but the rains hit 36 hours ago and won't be past for at least 5 days or 5 inches whichever comes first (last night the animated weather maps showed the heaviest storm cels were passing directly over my home; today they're missing me mostly in favor of Lompoc and Santa Maria). So, I'm bundling up and preparing Wendellsday Night Radio at MeCha Radio tonite at 6PM Pacific, 9PM Eastern. It'll be Part One of "Everybody Sings About the Weather" with a few snow songs but mostly rain songs.
I'm spending more time baking and cooking, getting to the gym at least three times a week, and going to bed at 10 so that I can turn off the light by 11.
I've also prescribed myself 10 minutes of sunshine every day. If I don't make the effort, I don't see it. Ever. Drive to work in the dark, no windows in my office, home in the dark. Sleep in on the weekends. Just standing outside for 10 minutes around lunchtime is really, really helping.
I get outside whenever I see the sun come out. I go out even when it is very cold, at least for a bit. Miso soup with ginger broth. De-cluttering projects: I got rid of 60 cassettes today.
The discovery of this winter: cashmere! Thin AND warm! I never knew.
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