Re: Super duper belated birthday wishesbrit_columbiaJune 16 2014, 21:38:41 UTC
Hi Jo! Don't worry about being late. I recently didn't log in for ages either and I missed a whole bunch of stuff. I suggest not catching up with Dragon Lady until I have posted the final chapter, which I have not exactly started. But the good thing about Dragon Lady is that it's so much fun to write that if I can just get a stress free weekend where I don't have to go in to work in addition to all the other weekend chores, then I could write the next chapter in a weekend. So it will hopefully happen in July.
I'm really finding the step counter to be a good motivation for moving more. For example, this morning while I was waiting for my toast to pop up, I paced around my apartment and got a couple of hundred extra steps in. Just wearing this thing is a reminder that I need to squeeze in as much extra movement as I can. Also whenever I walk anywhere, even if it's just to the Starbucks that is closest to my office, I take a longer route to get more steps in. I am currently at 3309 steps for the day and my goal is to be at 5000, my halfway point by 5 pm.
Re: Super duper belated birthday wishesjo_booksarelifeAugust 5 2014, 07:12:14 UTC
Yes, step counter is awesome! The other day, I dragged myself out of bed and went for a hike with friends on the weekend - got in 20,000 steps in a single day. All because I wanted to get my average steps per day up. That felt pretty good :)
I will wait for the dragon lady to get over then. Good luck with work!! You sound like you are really really busy.
Re: Super duper belated birthday wishesbrit_columbiaAugust 7 2014, 01:42:27 UTC
20,000 steps in one day is great! I think the most I've done is just over 16,000. Maybe I should call up my hike-loving friend and let her plan a hike for us.
Yeah, I'm really, really busy at work. But I came up with an excellent and surprisingly simple solution for that, which is to raise my prices. A lot. So far so good. But I still have a backlog of work that I have to clear. You probably noticed I didn't get to Dragon Lady in July. I may not get to it in August either. In September things ought to be a bit better under control. I've had to completely give up writing for now, which is a drag because every other year that I've been in business, August has been slow, but not this year.
Your message made me get up and pace around my office until I was up by another 500 steps! Jo, you're good for my health!
I'm really finding the step counter to be a good motivation for moving more. For example, this morning while I was waiting for my toast to pop up, I paced around my apartment and got a couple of hundred extra steps in. Just wearing this thing is a reminder that I need to squeeze in as much extra movement as I can. Also whenever I walk anywhere, even if it's just to the Starbucks that is closest to my office, I take a longer route to get more steps in. I am currently at 3309 steps for the day and my goal is to be at 5000, my halfway point by 5 pm.
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I will wait for the dragon lady to get over then. Good luck with work!! You sound like you are really really busy.
I will see you around Brit! :)
Jo
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Yeah, I'm really, really busy at work. But I came up with an excellent and surprisingly simple solution for that, which is to raise my prices. A lot. So far so good. But I still have a backlog of work that I have to clear. You probably noticed I didn't get to Dragon Lady in July. I may not get to it in August either. In September things ought to be a bit better under control. I've had to completely give up writing for now, which is a drag because every other year that I've been in business, August has been slow, but not this year.
Your message made me get up and pace around my office until I was up by another 500 steps! Jo, you're good for my health!
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