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Is this thing on?
It's been too long since I've done any sort of regular blogging. Facebook seems to have captured the bulk of the one-time journallers. I've tried posting here and on my other blog ( http://Shantell.dreamwidth.org ) a few times, but have had very little response. Am I writing into a void? I dunno.
Life has been weird. This time last year, I was a full-time design student well on my way to a nervous breakdown. I managed to finish the year on the dean's list with an impressive portfolio, but it took me a few months to get my mental health back to anything resembling normal. I do want to return to school, but only on a part-time basis. Full-time studies take too much of a toll. And over that past year or two, my physical health took a decline, as well. I was terribly sick and weak, prone to exhaustion, and my body felt like it had fallen apart everywhere. My health is much better now, and I'm rebuilding myself with the help of a sports medicine team. I do a ridiculous amount of physiotherapy (~2-3 hours in a day, sometimes), but it is paying off. My body feels more in balance than it has in years, and if all goes well, I will be back to regular martial arts, dance, and weight training by summer. I'm cleared to start jumping again. I'm cleared to do light weightlifting again. I'm still waiting to be cleared to get back to running and Muay Thai kickboxing.
Life has been weird. I bought a house. It's nicer than any place I've ever lived before. I never thought I'd actually ever live in a nice place, and now I do. It's along a busy street and not in the country, but it's not a long walk for me to get to the woods and the river where I can draw or go foraging for herbs and fruit.
Life has been weird. My sister and her kids moved in with me this past Thanksgiving because of a family emergency and only moved out again two days ago. That was four months of me suddenly taking care of kids full-time when I haven't been around kids much in decades. The house is quiet now, and I can roam around starkers if I want. It feels surreal. Is this the calm before another storm?
Life is still weird. I spent yesterday with martial artists celebrating the Chinese New Year. I found it surreal to be celebrating Chinese New Year in the apparent absence of Chinese people. But it felt awfully good to be back to martial arts training. Today I have an aerial silks class. Today is day eleven of my 100-day push-up challenge. Today, I start blogging again. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. What will I do with it?
It's been too long since I've done any sort of regular blogging. Facebook seems to have captured the bulk of the one-time journallers. I've tried posting here and on my other blog ( http://Shantell.dreamwidth.org ) a few times, but have had very little response. Am I writing into a void? I dunno.
Life has been weird. This time last year, I was a full-time design student well on my way to a nervous breakdown. I managed to finish the year on the dean's list with an impressive portfolio, but it took me a few months to get my mental health back to anything resembling normal. I do want to return to school, but only on a part-time basis. Full-time studies take too much of a toll. And over that past year or two, my physical health took a decline, as well. I was terribly sick and weak, prone to exhaustion, and my body felt like it had fallen apart everywhere. My health is much better now, and I'm rebuilding myself with the help of a sports medicine team. I do a ridiculous amount of physiotherapy (~2-3 hours in a day, sometimes), but it is paying off. My body feels more in balance than it has in years, and if all goes well, I will be back to regular martial arts, dance, and weight training by summer. I'm cleared to start jumping again. I'm cleared to do light weightlifting again. I'm still waiting to be cleared to get back to running and Muay Thai kickboxing.
Life has been weird. I bought a house. It's nicer than any place I've ever lived before. I never thought I'd actually ever live in a nice place, and now I do. It's along a busy street and not in the country, but it's not a long walk for me to get to the woods and the river where I can draw or go foraging for herbs and fruit.
Life has been weird. My sister and her kids moved in with me this past Thanksgiving because of a family emergency and only moved out again two days ago. That was four months of me suddenly taking care of kids full-time when I haven't been around kids much in decades. The house is quiet now, and I can roam around starkers if I want. It feels surreal. Is this the calm before another storm?
Life is still weird. I spent yesterday with martial artists celebrating the Chinese New Year. I found it surreal to be celebrating Chinese New Year in the apparent absence of Chinese people. But it felt awfully good to be back to martial arts training. Today I have an aerial silks class. Today is day eleven of my 100-day push-up challenge. Today, I start blogging again. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. What will I do with it?
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Date: 2019-02-10 05:09 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-02-11 02:24 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-02-11 12:04 am (UTC)From:I continue to have more things on my "should do" list than energy to accomplish. Social blogging is one of the first things that gets scaled back to tiny responses to the prompts of others. Looking forward to getting all the tax documents so I can see to what degree my fears about finances are well founded. Looking forward to first appointment with a new GP-doctor in March when I will have an opportunity to address some serious health issues that won't go away with meditation and woo.
It's encouraging and inspiring to see your return to physical form. Thank you for sharing your progress.
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Date: 2019-02-11 02:23 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-02-11 02:50 am (UTC)From:I need to post more here myself as well, but I'm seeing your post :)
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Date: 2019-02-11 02:23 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-02-13 04:47 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-02-16 06:54 pm (UTC)From:Awesome to see you here, and so glad to hear that life is trending in a weird-good way :)