Wow, what an achievement to decrease medication at a time of so much stress and work pressure! Hope you're proud of yourself, even if it goes slowly. I totally agree with you that yoga, meditation or mindfulness practice are a very powerful way to manage milder symptoms of depression and anxiety, or to support medication, or just to keep yourself centered and slow down the pace of life for a moment and reflect.
I was wondering what you're going to do about VVC. I think I need to decide fairly soon, because the flights just get more and more expensive. And frack, they already are quite steep. Honestly, what's more offputting to me is actually the flight and the jet lag. Going to the US for 5 days is just a big drag. Anyways, at the moment I'm leaning to going, because I would like to (re)connect to some people. I really enjoy LJ so much more if I actually KNOW the people I'm reading about.
I'm still enjoying TVD, I like the OTTness of it all, and the ridiculous plots and the fluff and the drama. Caroline has really grown on me, she's a spunky little minx now. Also I have further proof that I only like my vampires when they're bad, because I start to find Stefan more intriguing than Damon.But I'm not going to write any meta about the show ever, and can totally see why you might have lost interest. At least we got a TVD vid out of you before it happened :).
Thank you, thank you!! I am definitely trying to remain very happy/proud about the (slow) progress. It's a challenge as I am an impatient little thing! ;)
Yeah, I seriously can't stress enough how useful mindfulness or yoga or anything like that is in handling stress and emotional fluctuations. I've always found yoga useful but realise now that sometimes in the past it just wasn't enough for me personally--it took the edge of but I needed to go deeper. So I think also persisting with trying to find what's right for you is so useful. I do need exercise regularly too or I just get too caught up in my head. I constantly forget this though! ;)
Yeah, flights are hideously expensive... it's a real long shot for me, I think, Basically I'd have to have some sort of big windfall for it to happen. And since I'm directly responsible for how much I earn, it may come down to how much I want to kill myself working to get there (which right now is: NOT A LOT!). I'd love it to happen for the reason you say though--it makes connecting online so much more meaningful.
Caroline is great! I really do still enjoy her very much. :) But yeah, I think when the Damon/Stefan dynamic shifted in season 3, I just kind of had fatigue about it... it's been hard to emotionally connect to the show even though the plotting remains tight. It was fun while it lasted though!
I was wondering what you're going to do about VVC. I think I need to decide fairly soon, because the flights just get more and more expensive. And frack, they already are quite steep. Honestly, what's more offputting to me is actually the flight and the jet lag. Going to the US for 5 days is just a big drag. Anyways, at the moment I'm leaning to going, because I would like to (re)connect to some people. I really enjoy LJ so much more if I actually KNOW the people I'm reading about.
I'm still enjoying TVD, I like the OTTness of it all, and the ridiculous plots and the fluff and the drama. Caroline has really grown on me, she's a spunky little minx now. Also I have further proof that I only like my vampires when they're bad, because I start to find Stefan more intriguing than Damon.But I'm not going to write any meta about the show ever, and can totally see why you might have lost interest. At least we got a TVD vid out of you before it happened :).
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Yeah, I seriously can't stress enough how useful mindfulness or yoga or anything like that is in handling stress and emotional fluctuations. I've always found yoga useful but realise now that sometimes in the past it just wasn't enough for me personally--it took the edge of but I needed to go deeper. So I think also persisting with trying to find what's right for you is so useful. I do need exercise regularly too or I just get too caught up in my head. I constantly forget this though! ;)
Yeah, flights are hideously expensive... it's a real long shot for me, I think, Basically I'd have to have some sort of big windfall for it to happen. And since I'm directly responsible for how much I earn, it may come down to how much I want to kill myself working to get there (which right now is: NOT A LOT!). I'd love it to happen for the reason you say though--it makes connecting online so much more meaningful.
Caroline is great! I really do still enjoy her very much. :) But yeah, I think when the Damon/Stefan dynamic shifted in season 3, I just kind of had fatigue about it... it's been hard to emotionally connect to the show even though the plotting remains tight. It was fun while it lasted though!
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