I'm trying to stay accountable to myself for the things I have set out to do. THRIVE is a big word. This is what thriving looked like in September and October...
1. Read A Book: In September I read The Infinite Sea, the second in the 5th Wave series by Rick Yancey. I'm really looking forward to the third book! I started Rising Strong by Brene Brown in October, but haven't yet finished it.
2. Try A New Recipe: In September I tried Chicken Marsala, and in October I did Cinnamon Apple Porkchops. Both very tasty!
3. Declutter: I've continued working on decluttering my digital scrapbooking supplies At the end of August, I had 105 GB, 63,966 files in 3367 folders in that section of my external hard drive. As of today, I am at 98.3 GB, 59,364 files in 2919 folders. I'm not done yet, but I consider this substantial progress! Another 3700 files gone even while I'm purchasing and downloading new stuff!
I also finally mailed a couple of packages to friends of things I had been meaning to mail out for months.
4. Complete An Unfinished Project: In September we finally opened our shop at Black Rose - that was a huge accomplishment. No big UFO for October.
5. Improve Flexibility - I haven't even had the heart to do measurements in the past two months. I'll start working on this again soon.
6. Scrapbooking - My Favorite Five - hasn't happened.
7. Photography - other than a handful of photos taken on various trips, not much progress in September and October. BUT I'm trying to change that in November, so maybe I'll have better news to report by year end!
8. Art Journaling - hasn't happened.
9. On the Wellness front - Along with the diagnosis of cervical spondylosis (osteoarthritis - degenerative changes in the cervical spine) came physical therapy. I'm working on improving the range of motion in my neck and loosening up the ridiculously tight musculature. The good news is that the radiating symptoms down my left arm have virtually disappeared after causing me trouble for four solid months. Four hours driving my offspring to college call still trigger it, but otherwise it seems to be okay.
I started back with an Intro to Fitness class. The instructor is a complete sadist and the class is being taught well above my current fitness level. I'm going to keep going (and modifying everything) until I've used up my pre-paid card class and then I'll be looking for something more in line with my current capabilities. In the meantime, at least I'm moving!
I'm also thrilled that Cathy Zielski plans to teach another year long version of Move More Eat Well for 2016. I need the accountability!
