I took Duke for a long, long walk yesterday and did some of the "work" from Self Coaching 101. It's a process that is best explained by the author. That said, the very general gist of it is your THOUGHTS create a FEELING which leads to an ACTION and subsequent RESULT. Plugging in any of these variables allows you to work the thoughts out or create the feeling you want, the result you want, etc.
It sounds strange from that explanation, but I PROMISE, it's simple and really helpful at times.
It helped me work out some of my stress of the weekend. The WHY. The WHY I felt it was so important to drink. I'm still planning to have some wine, but I think I fixed a lot of the worry about it. I'm back to being excited about the weekend.
Without the longest back story ever, I can't do the explanation justice, so I'l leave it at that. I like self-help stuff, but this is something special (in my opinion). It such a fast read -- totally recommend the book!
Speaking of books - I finished Behind Her Eyes. I sort of predicted the ending a couple of times and I was close enough to the actual twist. It was still good. I was in suspense the entire read and enjoyed it every time I read. That's an A-rating to me. I'm not sure if I'm headed back to my other book or starting something new. I have the suspense bug now!
I planned to run with Duke today, but HUGE thunderstorms right now. Guess it's a treadmill run. Even if it stops, it's going to be too slippery to run the hills with the dirt run off on the golf course. Dang - this is a rough one. I have one dog hiding, one dog shaking on my lap and one dog who could care less LOL. Honestly, I'm kind of shaking myself. The wind is impressive.
In other, other news ... my continued BLOAT. What is going on? Does Kombucha help THAT much?!?! I took a probiotic, but still gassy and bloated. Nothing in my diet is different. I need a fix before company LOL.
The massage yesterday was great. I found my person again (every time I find someone, they get a new job). I already scheduled another massage in a couple of weeks. She LISTENS to me. It's never too hard and she has a really fantastic style. I took the hour to focus on good thoughts and breathing. Came out feeling super refreshed -- instead of having a "sore" spot from being overworked in an area. I'm the princess and the pea.
This morning is busy ahead of heading to the lake. Food to prepare, gift to buy (at Farmer's Market unless rain is an issue), beach bags to pack. I'm up early with the dogs (nothing new there) so I'll have enough time to get it finished.
Fair warning: probably 2 more days of talking about this weekend and then moving on! Even I'm sick of it. PS I'm not "thinking" about it in the way that my STANDARD is set up. I'm not obsessing about HOW I'm going to eat/drink. I'm focused on PEOPLE. The thinking has been about the WHY I need the standard this weekend. Subtle difference, but in my head it's a big one.
Later gators.
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