Friday, May 18th
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alexandraerinThe Daily Report
So, one thing I'm realizing in retrospect I've left out of my daily post: my knees have been killing me since, oh, about Wednesday. I have some naproxen for them, but it's mostly a matter of avoiding certain positions/postures... i.e., the ones where they start to hurt a bit. The problem is that when I get really involved in something (writing, reading, playing a game, whatever) I stop paying attention to the little signals until a big one comes down the line.
So today has been a pretty laid back day, literally and figuratively, so I can listen to my body's signals a bit more.
This has led to a bit of a taking of inventory, during which I've realized there are things I've meant to be doing all along this month that I haven't been doing (mostly things relating to formatting and publishing), which leads me to consider that even though I've never gotten the hang of them for long, the task lists really are useful and necessary.
Though since they've also never worked, I think I need to find a new way of doing them. I mean, that's what the essence of most of what I do in this space is: embrace what works, discard what doesn't.
So there will be some thinking out loud or experimenting along those lines in the next few days.
State of the Me
Again, knees are in bad shape. Health good overall, though, and slept well last night. I think I'm learning a new trick with my sleep regimen: when it seems to stop working completely, drop the melatonin but keep the valerian. Even when this doesn't actually effect a good night's sleep, the side effects of valerian are better than what melatonin does to me when I take it and don't sleep.
Dreams From Last Night
I was in a movie, but movies in my dream required the actors to tour the country performing the movie in front of a projector thing that displayed them on the screen in real time.
Plans For Today
Have done absolutely no writing yet, though I will be. I want to stick to the minimum convention on Tales of MU.
So, one thing I'm realizing in retrospect I've left out of my daily post: my knees have been killing me since, oh, about Wednesday. I have some naproxen for them, but it's mostly a matter of avoiding certain positions/postures... i.e., the ones where they start to hurt a bit. The problem is that when I get really involved in something (writing, reading, playing a game, whatever) I stop paying attention to the little signals until a big one comes down the line.
So today has been a pretty laid back day, literally and figuratively, so I can listen to my body's signals a bit more.
This has led to a bit of a taking of inventory, during which I've realized there are things I've meant to be doing all along this month that I haven't been doing (mostly things relating to formatting and publishing), which leads me to consider that even though I've never gotten the hang of them for long, the task lists really are useful and necessary.
Though since they've also never worked, I think I need to find a new way of doing them. I mean, that's what the essence of most of what I do in this space is: embrace what works, discard what doesn't.
So there will be some thinking out loud or experimenting along those lines in the next few days.
State of the Me
Again, knees are in bad shape. Health good overall, though, and slept well last night. I think I'm learning a new trick with my sleep regimen: when it seems to stop working completely, drop the melatonin but keep the valerian. Even when this doesn't actually effect a good night's sleep, the side effects of valerian are better than what melatonin does to me when I take it and don't sleep.
Dreams From Last Night
I was in a movie, but movies in my dream required the actors to tour the country performing the movie in front of a projector thing that displayed them on the screen in real time.
Plans For Today
Have done absolutely no writing yet, though I will be. I want to stick to the minimum convention on Tales of MU.