I have said several times that one of the reasons I chose Taiji is because it’s the lazy martial art. My teacher told me this in the first few classes I took. It’s about exerting as little energy/effort as possible for the maximum output. It spoke to me because I’m lazy. Or rather, it’s really… Continue Reading
One thing I really admire about my brother is that he just does things. He thinks it might be interesting to do something, and he does it. He once said that he has no regrets. That blew my mind because I had nothing but regrets. Well, at least I used to before my medical crisis.… Continue Reading
I am incapable of not criticizing things. At least in my head if not out loud. This is the legacy of an anxious mother, but it’s also because I am very nitpicky about generalizations. I like things to be as specific and truthful as possible. It makes me seem contrary because I will argue both… Continue Reading
Let’s talk more about goal-setting and the reason I don’t call them resolutions. I have a weird brain. I have to work around my own flaws. One thing is that my brain will not accept certain things. It just won’t. Once it has barriers to something, it might as well be a brick wall. When… Continue Reading
This has been a hard year for my family when it comes to traveling. My brother and his family (three kids and his oldest kid’s spouse) went to Taiwan for Christmas and came back on New Year’s Day. Well, they were supposed to fly back on that day. What happened instead was wild. They made… Continue Reading
I have a flat tire. Which is annoying as fuck. If only because I have to get it to the tire place with a flat tire. I went to the pharmacy to pick up my med. A man in the parking lot politely told me my tire was flat and suggested I put air in… Continue Reading
Here’s the thing about me. I have a hard time making appropriate goals. I either overshoot or undershoot it. Or I have no idea what I should do with it. I bought an instapot (Instant Pot) several years ago. I mentioned yesterday that one of the things I want to do in the new year… Continue Reading
In my last post, I mentioned that I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I do, however, set goals. Do I meet those goals? No, but that doesn’t mean I don’t make progress. And that’s another reason I set goals rather than make resolutions. The latter are basically pass/fail. You either do them or you don’t… Continue Reading
I’ve been musing about the end of the year and the beginning of the next. In the last post I wrote about it, I was just more musing about life and movies. Now, as I’m writing this, it’s the actual first of the new year. There has been snow, which makes my cold heart happy.… Continue Reading
We are rolling along to the end of 2023. This was my second bonus year, which means the end of my terrible twos. I’m going to be three, which means it’s time to pull myself up by my bootstraps. No more lolling around for me! I have an idea floating in my brain about pop… Continue Reading