Yes, I will complain until the highs are in the lower 80s. 90 PLUS all week AGAIN. I got a weather alert on my phone ... temperature significantly higher for tomorrow. Thanks weather center.
Update from yesterday. The early Unity service was given by a congregational member -- that's risky for being good (I know, judging). Even though I could have been ready, I opted to long walk our little dog instead. I ran outside and it felt good. Sitting in the car for 45 minutes and sitting at a service for an hour would have made my leg too stiff -- not worth it if the service was a bust. They had a visiting minister giving the later service but that was too late.
Making a choice for ME in the moment and no "I should do X" in that thought. Good stuff.
Watched football, played with dogs and that was the day.
Early came early this morning -- although I did wake up ahead of my alarm. I started getting up at 5:30 and it's working better. I naturally stir around 4 o'clock and 90 minutes gives me time to fall back to sleep and wake up again. At 5 o'clock, I'm dead to the world. Problem solving.
I have my last paid-for coaching call this week. Once again, I'm on the fence about continuing. She's fantastic, but I don't know what I "need" to work on. That said, had I stopped earlier, I would have never stepped down my current path. I'll ask her about it and do some thinking about a direction for future coaching.
Let's talk drinking -- alcohol. Bare with me, this might be extra rambling.
Everywhere I look someone is experimenting with a sober period. Bloggers, Melissa Urban, Brooke Castillo, friends, family. I think it's great. Take a moment to check yourself -- maybe that moment is forever if it feels better.
That said, my ears are ringing about SOBER lifestyle. (Again, my age is showing because, to me, sober is the opposite of drunk -- I'm starting to adapt to the more modern use of the word though.)
I have experimented with a sober period and it was good. So are periods when I drink a bit. Listening and listening to testimonials that stopping (even a glass of wine a week) was life changing started giving me a complex about drinking.
Created a scarcity around alcohol. Someday I will have to stop drinking entirely because that's the healthy choice. It activated an all-or-nothing where there wasn't one. Maybe I should drink tonight in case next month I can never try this new Costco wine (seriously -- thoughts like this).
Holly helped me with this one. Don't take drinking off the table, don't "plan" to stop alcohol, don't create scarcity. Guess what? I'm back to not wanting to drink often at all. Just like it's always been for me. I'm not a big drinker, not a regular drinker and I was becoming one because I was scared it was going away forever.
Don't get me wrong -- sober works for you -- awesome. I applaud you. I don't care who is drinking or not drinking. My glass of wine is not about anyone else. But I never had a problem (other things, yep - drinking, nope).
Brooke Castillo did another great podcast last week. She loves to use drinking in her examples. She talked about how she "did enough drinking to last a lifetime" and now it's concluded. She's moved onto another choice -- a sober phase in life and it's fantastic for her. She says it's nice to wake up not be hungover, no worries about what she said the night before or how she acted. No slurring words and acting the fool. Over drink or be sober.
What's interesting is she never mentions a 3rd choice -- enjoying alcohol reasonably. Not sober, but also not hungover. A glass of wine with dinner. I understand this isn't an option for her, but it IS and option for ME.
Moral of the story (it was a long way to get here) -- live your own life, listen to yourself. Trends in health, etc may not apply. Think for yourself (with Holly's help - hah). I was getting talked into a problem that's not a problem for me.
I'm telling this story because when I was on Whole30, having the family over on Sunday was painful to not drink (I was in scarcity mode). I was salivating for a glass of wine (or 3). Yesterday, I didn't drink. Didn't want to drink -- no issue. I thought about a glass of wine, but wasn't in the mood for it. This is NORMAL for me -- finally back to my regularly scheduled relationship with alcohol.
This was a ramble. Hope it made sense. There are so many health trends happening. I need to experiment and figure out what makes sense for me -- regardless of everyone else.
Enough chatter -- nothing on the calendar today except house chores. Happy Monday. Later gators.
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