Tag: Self Care
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Book Fact: Reading Feeds your Brain
One of my fears is being afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer’s. I have a family history. Learning that reading helps keep those two monsters away. Read more books! Book Fact #6 People who read books are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Love & Light, Lori
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Squirrels
What details of your life could you pay more attention to? I’m very good at being busy. If there was a detail I need to focus on, it would be difficult to identify. I have been an ADHD kid all my life, long before the diagnosis was a thing. There was no medication for it…
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What Would Happen….
I have seen several posts on social media that say things like “What would happen if you dissappeared and worked on yourself for a year?” I posted a version of that to see what response I would get. I was disappointted. Few people responded. A year is a long time. Humans have a natural aversion…
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My Dog Tells me When
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? My dog, Harley Quinn starts shaming me when she is ready to go to bed. Usually 2200. Photo as proof. Wake up is usually 0700 but here lately I have been awake at 0300. I would like to get more sleep. Love & Light,…
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Not for Sharing
What are your daily habits? Some of our daily habits are not for sharing for various reasons. Safety concerns about over sharing online comes to mind. However sharing in real life can be dangerous too. Humans can be evil on many levels. On the flip side, sharing daily habits that are productive or beneficial can…
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Who are you no longer willing to be?
I saw this question on an advertisement for a journal called Dig Deeper. I tend to think those sorts of self help journals are a bit predatory. They cash in on the insecurities of people to make a profit. However the question stuck with me. Who is it that I no longer want to be?…
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Round is a shape right?
I’m so out of shape. If someone yells, “Run for your life!” I will yell back, “Y’all go ahead. I’m going to meet Jesus. I’m ready.” I saw my doctor today and we have a plan. We, like he’s going to eat what I eat and work at not dying with me. It’s not that…
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Get out of my Way
What are your biggest challenges? By far my biggest challenge to anything I do is me. My own impulsive thoughts or my inability to make a decision. Can I do this? Am I good enough? That’s so silly. Because all of that happens in my head. I got this. I can do hard things. Light…
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To Cow or not to Cow
What are your feelings about eating meat? I’m not a vegetarian. I like red meat. However, all social and cultural reasons aside, I can’t ignore the proof that not eating animal products saved my mother’s life. Her doctors gave her 5 years to live with a newly diagnosed genetic disease and that was 7 years…
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Working On Why
What have you been working on? I’ve been working on my impulse reactions to other humans’ behavior. I know that I can’t control what they do but I can control how I react. I can go from peaceful to crazy in nanoseconds depending on the situation and the person. Certain people doing certain things sets…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 