March 31, 2014

One thing I learned today: Literally EVERYONE loves AK.

One thing I'm grateful for: Biggie Shorty.

March 30, 2014

One thing I learned today: Don't skip laundry. 

One thing I'm grateful for: A couple of laughs.

March 29, 2014

One thing I learned today: Get out and about.

One thing I'm grateful for: Time to take care of myself on the weekend.

March 28, 2014

One thing I learned today: There's no more faking it.

One thing I'm grateful for: Having written something.

March 27, 2014

One thing I learned today: "It is no measure of good health to be adjusted to a sick society."

One thing I'm grateful for: Depression.

March 26, 2014

One thing I learned today: I will REALLY miss this place if I have to leave. And I am more afraid of change than I've been admitting.

One thing I'm grateful for: Art.

March 25, 2014

One thing I learned today: The body can be like a child throwing a tantrum. Trying to be a good parent and not just appease it.

One thing I'm grateful for: Time to go to bed early.

March 24, 2014

One thing I learned today: Be competitive. Because you can usually win.

One thing I'm grateful for:
 Acupuncture.

March 23, 2014

One thing I learned today: I think it's ok, and possibly necessary, to hunker down for awhile.

One thing I'm grateful for: A nearby place of refuge and healing.

March 22, 2014

One thing I learned today: It's still hard and was a real problem.

One thing I'm grateful for: Resting when I needed to.

March 21, 2014

One thing I've learned today: I have the right people in my corner.

One thing I'm grateful for: A trusting and trusted friend.

March 20, 2014

One thing I learned today: I'm not in control. Of anything really.

One thing I'm grateful for: Help.

March 19, 2014

One thing I learned today: "You don’t get stressed, you do stressed. If I were to ask you what a stressed person looks like, you’d easily be able to mimic his or her physiology. When we start to feel stressed, we do certain things with our bodies: frowning, shallow breathing, muscle tensing, etc. Once you become aware of your stressed physiological state, you can change your physiology—the way you move your body—to become unstressed. Sure, nearly everyone feels stressed these days, but I am significantly less stressed than I’ve ever been, because I make an effort to be aware of my triggers and change my physical movements accordingly. When I feel overwhelmed, I’ll change my breathing pattern, I’ll take a walk, I’ll exercise, I’ll look in the mirror with a big grin, or I’ll make sure no one’s looking and I’ll jump up and down like a crazy person—anything to get me out of that stressed state."

One thing I'm grateful for: Yoga. 

March 18, 2014

One thing I learned today: It can't get much worse than this, so just shift the suffering.

One thing I'm grateful for: Seeing value in pain. 

March 17, 2014

One thing I learned today: It can't get much worse than this, so just shift the suffering.

One thing I'm grateful for: Seeing value in pain. 

March 16, 2014

One thing I learned today: So few people know what I'm really all about.

One thing I'm grateful for: An hour of vipassana. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

March 15, 2014

One thing I learned today: "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand." -Confucius

One thing I'm grateful for: Letting go of all that which does not serve me without guilt.

March 14, 2014

One thing I learned today: That apparently not a lot of random community members go to all day academic conferences just for funzies?

One thing I'm grateful for: Learning for the sake of learning.

March 13, 2014

One thing I learned today: You are not as alone in your thoughts/ways as you believed!

One thing I'm grateful for: Meeting the Santa Claus of yoga.

March 12, 2014

One thing I learned today: "Be a shark: move forward. eat your enemies. feel no pain. grow new teeth." -DS, always the giver of sound advice

One thing I'm grateful for: The kindest law librarian on the internet!

March 11, 2014

One thing I learned today: Make space. 

One thing I'm grateful for: An incredibly understanding boss.

March 10, 2014

One thing I learned today: Caffeine withdrawal is REALLY REAL.

One thing I'm grateful for: A fun bevy of lab tests!

March 9, 2014

One thing I learned today: Bouldering is harder than it looks!

One thing I'm grateful for: Saying screw it for a day.

March 8, 2014

One thing I learned today: I need to figure out ways to build more relaxation into my life.

One thing I'm grateful for: Friends and colors and music.

March 7, 2014

One thing I learned today: People do care.

One thing I'm grateful for: A full hour of meditation.

March 6, 2014

One thing I learned today: Limiting beliefs are self-imposed.

One thing I'm grateful for: Finding POLAR SELZER in the caf today. Aww yeahhh.

March 5, 2014

One thing I learned today: When you get out of the woods, KEEP RUNNING.

One thing I'm grateful for: The first inklings of clarity of thought, of energy, of ability to work, of ideas. And that the second line of these blog posts is getting easier to write.

March 4, 2014

One thing I learned today: "Symptoms" DON'T have to be separate from my identity and who I am, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

One thing I'm grateful for: Lil' Shorty.

March 3, 2014

One thing I learned today: Bringing myself down to others' levels is too high a price to pay just to not be alone. Rising to the top.

EDIT (11/1/14) - I am embarrassed to have written this. Again, in a moment of great suffering I was grasping for rhyme or reason as to why I had to suffer more than others. I am continuously trying to work on freeing myself from this habit.

One thing I'm grateful for: The wisdom of those who have already traversed my path.

March 2, 2014

One thing I learned today: Of course you reserve the right to protect your own interests by distancing yourself from me when I'm suffering, but in doing so, you lose the right to ever call yourself my friend.

One thing I'm grateful for: Being emotionally and intellectually intelligent enough to truly understand psychology - and perhaps more importantly, the ability to recognize what I don't understand and need to learn more about. Those who lack the latter are perhaps the most dangerous of all.


March 1, 2014

One thing I learned today: "When people show you who they are, believe it." -Oprah (Thank you, Swimming, for alerting me to these wise words!)

One thing I'm grateful for: The many friends in my life who have made clear to me that I am NOT a burden.