1. Letting the opinions of others control your life
2. The shame of past failures
3. Being indecisive about what you want
4. Procrastinating on the goals that matter to you
5. Choosing to do nothing
6. Your need to be right
7. Running from problems that should be fixed
8. Making excuses rather than decisions
9. Overlooking the positive points in your life
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Okay... so, update.

Got back on the weight loss wagon after two weeks of being unable to racewalk properly (partially due to an intermittent inflamed nerve in my leg, and partially due to taking a flight of stairs too damn fast for my knee to be willing to deal with. But man oh man was it worth it. Further proof, if any were needed, that there's ( Read more... )

Stepped it up today from one mile per day (for two days) at moderate intensity last week to two miles per day (in one hour, hopefully to be three days) at moderate intensity this week, starting today. (Moderate intensity meaning I have enough breath to talk - maybe - while doing this, but definitely not enough breath to sing.)

I'm not in pain. But ( Read more... )

I have several invisible illnesses. One of them is Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent. Another is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yet another is hydrocephalus, also called "water-on-the-brain" (and the attendant complications of both the treatment and the illness). It's hard for people who aren't me to understand what it's like to be me, and to ( Read more... )