Better than last week
Apr. 12th, 2020 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
singedsunI've been watching the next horror movie on the list, new to me, called "Resolution". It's nearly finished but I'll probably have to put off the last however long for tomorrow and post some final thoughts after then. But the whole movie has given me some very strange deja-vu where I feel like I've watched the whole movie before but none of this specific movie makes sense? There's some heavily lifted elements out of a movie called "The Endless" from however many years ago (2012/2013?) but that's not it...completely. I feel like maybe I did watch this and it's just not memorable enough to trigger anything specific. I'm really only hanging around for the ending to validate my own curiosity on whether the ending seems recognizable or not. Very strange.
This week has already been a little stressful at work, but I'm trying to tone down the indulging I allowed myself to do last week. I'm trying to allow myself some gaming but reign in the time so that I'm back to doing 15-20 minutes of yoga a night and then taking at least 10 minutes to do some other specific task or part of a task that I know needs doing. One of my goals since I now know it could be months two-six at the least or more before I'm back in the office, is to get our back guest room in the kind of order I can get a desk in there to move in my big desktop computer and monitors and having my proper gaming space back. I think having a dedicated space to work in that room and then still having my vanity space in my bedroom to keep separate from work stuff will be a nice way to feel a little more like I'm actively able to separate the two. Especially when i have these production issues that are taking me into 6 or 7 or later at night.
The yoga app I've been using, Downward Dog has been free so far, but is supposed to go back to paid version on like May 2nd. I don't know if they'll plan to extend that since there are several places lifting restrictions early in May. But I also don't know that I can afford to pay for the full app when I'm really only using a very small portion of what it offers. I'm using their chair yoga option, so I don't have to wreck my knees kneeling (it doesn't matter what I'm kneeling on, I have no cartilage in my knees so any time on them is too long). it's been working really well for me because it's not restricted to just chair movements, it lets me use the chair to modify things like down dog and warrior and things like that. But the app itself is full of options I know I'll never use and is very pricey when I'm only using that small bit. I have tried the Yoga Nidra option (which is like sleep yoga) but obviously I've gone to sleep pretty fast when I've tried it so I don't know how effective it is or how often I'll use it since music is just as effective for me there.
I did use a plus size yoga program through Alo for awhile that I'd paid for, and while I liked a lot of the modifications they did for larger bodies, it still assumes you've got good knees. LOL. So I need to investigate an alternative to switch to. I know there's some individual youtube flows, but I cannot watch and/or do the same flow day after day. IDK maybe I'll figure out how to suck it up and pay for the whole year at once which would be cheaper than the monthly payments. I just really dig how customization the app is, especially on more stressful days when I can feel everything sitting on my shoulders, I can work on those specifically and get some of the tension out on my own. But if anyone has suggestions, I'd be open to them!
This week already feels different from last week even with the continued work frustrations and I know it's because I'm indulging and ignoring less and just giving at least 10 minutes (you can do anything for ten minutes) to something I need to get done. Like unloading books on shelves, rearranging the back room, cleaning out a junk-filled closet. It's helping.
Hope this week is starting off better than last week for you too.
This week has already been a little stressful at work, but I'm trying to tone down the indulging I allowed myself to do last week. I'm trying to allow myself some gaming but reign in the time so that I'm back to doing 15-20 minutes of yoga a night and then taking at least 10 minutes to do some other specific task or part of a task that I know needs doing. One of my goals since I now know it could be months two-six at the least or more before I'm back in the office, is to get our back guest room in the kind of order I can get a desk in there to move in my big desktop computer and monitors and having my proper gaming space back. I think having a dedicated space to work in that room and then still having my vanity space in my bedroom to keep separate from work stuff will be a nice way to feel a little more like I'm actively able to separate the two. Especially when i have these production issues that are taking me into 6 or 7 or later at night.
The yoga app I've been using, Downward Dog has been free so far, but is supposed to go back to paid version on like May 2nd. I don't know if they'll plan to extend that since there are several places lifting restrictions early in May. But I also don't know that I can afford to pay for the full app when I'm really only using a very small portion of what it offers. I'm using their chair yoga option, so I don't have to wreck my knees kneeling (it doesn't matter what I'm kneeling on, I have no cartilage in my knees so any time on them is too long). it's been working really well for me because it's not restricted to just chair movements, it lets me use the chair to modify things like down dog and warrior and things like that. But the app itself is full of options I know I'll never use and is very pricey when I'm only using that small bit. I have tried the Yoga Nidra option (which is like sleep yoga) but obviously I've gone to sleep pretty fast when I've tried it so I don't know how effective it is or how often I'll use it since music is just as effective for me there.
I did use a plus size yoga program through Alo for awhile that I'd paid for, and while I liked a lot of the modifications they did for larger bodies, it still assumes you've got good knees. LOL. So I need to investigate an alternative to switch to. I know there's some individual youtube flows, but I cannot watch and/or do the same flow day after day. IDK maybe I'll figure out how to suck it up and pay for the whole year at once which would be cheaper than the monthly payments. I just really dig how customization the app is, especially on more stressful days when I can feel everything sitting on my shoulders, I can work on those specifically and get some of the tension out on my own. But if anyone has suggestions, I'd be open to them!
This week already feels different from last week even with the continued work frustrations and I know it's because I'm indulging and ignoring less and just giving at least 10 minutes (you can do anything for ten minutes) to something I need to get done. Like unloading books on shelves, rearranging the back room, cleaning out a junk-filled closet. It's helping.
Hope this week is starting off better than last week for you too.
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