The whole cancer scare was quite a wake up call for me as you can imagine. As I slowly healed plans formed in my head. Plans of health, self care and fitness. How was I going to do it? Besides sheer will power what motivates me to exercise and eat right? I don't know. I suppose if I knew, I'd be healthy and fit.
This is what I've decided to try this year. I've started back with my trainer, Christie. She's wonderful and will adjust my work out routine based on any issues I have. For example, when I first started with her my shoulder had a couple little tears in the rotator cuff and major inflammation in the AC joint. She researched and got a routine going for me that eventually healed all of that, without surgery. Now, after the hysterectomy I'm weak. I'm trying not to be frustrated by that but it is hard. I have to rebuild my entire core muscle group since they cut them right down the middle and I have to build up my stamina/heart health again.
I've bought myself a "fitbit". This is a cool little gadget that tracks every step you take, calorie you burn and all the shut eye you get. It didn't take long to figure out I wasn't getting enough sleep. I had no idea I was only getting about 6 hours and 30 minutes a night. For some reason I'm awake for 8 minutes in the middle of the night, every night. Not at the same time each night but it's still 8 minutes. I wonder what I do in those 8 minutes? Am I sleep walking? I don't remember going to the bathroom. Maybe I should put a nannie cam in my bedroom so I can figure it out. Because of this little device I've made a concerted effort to get more sleep. I can feel a stronger energy level the last few days.
All of these statistics are logged on a secure website that I can access anywhere, even from my phone with the app. Everything has an app now. I just got my 50 mile badge. I've walked or ran 50 miles since January 3rd. Not bad, eh. I'll expound on other things I'm doing to try to motivate myself in the next blog.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Politeness and Common Courtesy in Today's World
I know we live in a fast paced world. I live here, you live here and it's hard to keep up most days. But with that said; why is it that common courtesy seems to have just been thrown by the way side? Are we too busy to be polite? I doubt that. Or perhaps we are just too lazy? Or perhaps just so tired of the humanity all around us that we don't care.
I say "thank you" all the time. I was raised to be polite. You would say, please, thank you, pardon me, etc or you'd get a whack up side the head. What bugs me is when I say "Thank you" and some one says "umm hmmm". What is that? Does that mean "piss off, you're lucky I helped you"? Or does it mean you're too lazy to say "you're welcome"? I first noticed this years ago in Los Angeles whenever I said "thank you" to someone black. I know, you're all saying "that's racist", no it's not racist, it's a statement and an opinion and using the term black allows me to identify a segment of the population. I've just started noticing white people doing that "umm hmmm" thing. Clearly this problem is spreading and we need to stop it.
The origin of the whole "Thank you" and "you're welcome" back and forth began in the middle ages with "wilcume" meaning "I'm pleased you came" That morphed into when someone arrived at your home they were "well come", i.e. we're pleased you came. Somewhere in those centuries it morphed as a response to "thank you". They might not have had proper hygiene and plumbing back then but at least they were polite. And just to clarify - "No problem", "think nothing of it", and "it was nothing" are not equivalent nor appropriate responses to "thank you". The sense in you're welcome is one of "it was pleasing to me to do" whatever it was that you were thanked for.
Now is that so hard?
Today - practice your common courtesy. A warm smile, holding the door open and a "thank you" and "you're welcome" goes a long way in making it just a little easier to get through the day.
I say "thank you" all the time. I was raised to be polite. You would say, please, thank you, pardon me, etc or you'd get a whack up side the head. What bugs me is when I say "Thank you" and some one says "umm hmmm". What is that? Does that mean "piss off, you're lucky I helped you"? Or does it mean you're too lazy to say "you're welcome"? I first noticed this years ago in Los Angeles whenever I said "thank you" to someone black. I know, you're all saying "that's racist", no it's not racist, it's a statement and an opinion and using the term black allows me to identify a segment of the population. I've just started noticing white people doing that "umm hmmm" thing. Clearly this problem is spreading and we need to stop it.
The origin of the whole "Thank you" and "you're welcome" back and forth began in the middle ages with "wilcume" meaning "I'm pleased you came" That morphed into when someone arrived at your home they were "well come", i.e. we're pleased you came. Somewhere in those centuries it morphed as a response to "thank you". They might not have had proper hygiene and plumbing back then but at least they were polite. And just to clarify - "No problem", "think nothing of it", and "it was nothing" are not equivalent nor appropriate responses to "thank you". The sense in you're welcome is one of "it was pleasing to me to do" whatever it was that you were thanked for.
Now is that so hard?
Today - practice your common courtesy. A warm smile, holding the door open and a "thank you" and "you're welcome" goes a long way in making it just a little easier to get through the day.
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