Laziness I art thou

[cornerofmadness]

So lazy. I didn't accomplish much today other than garbage disposal, dishes washed and the car cleaned off for whenever I DO escape here. I haven't even written like I wanted to (two days down, barely any writing done)

So once this post is live it's back to expanding my SF LGBT novella (any one want to look at it?)

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to scratchingpost1. I hope it's a great day.




I'm running behind on my good things jar so here it is, all the good things that ended up in 2017's jar (given that it was a crappy year it's surprising anything is there). They're listed in order that I pull the papers out of the jar.

1.ahahaha I have NO idea what I wrote here. It looks like stamp with under the sea. Yeah, no clue. Head desk

2. Crossed going to the Newport "Summer Cottages" off the bucket list

3. I turned 50 (still processing that one)

4. I finished Blood Red Roulette's revision and sent it in for consideration.

5. I sold my steampunk Christmas story The Glow of Lumniferous Aether on Tinsel to Nine Star Press (and it's got a 4 star rating and a few 4 star reviews!)

6. I made it to Cincinatti's Steampunk Spectacle and got to meet Leanne Hiber, Cherie Priest and G.W. Jeter over beers and got to talk to Aurelio Voltaire after a concert for the first time in 20 years.

7. I sold Conned to MLR Press (it's also gotten nice reviews)

8. I went to the Imbolc ritual my friend's daughter led.

9. Made it through a brand new class, epidemiology

10. Crossed wading in the Great Salt Lake off my bucket list

11. Ditto for hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir live (fantastic)

12. I ghost hunted in Newport Rhode Island

13. I ghost hunted in Salt Lake City

14. I learned cool things from the HAPS convention (and the University of Utah is pretty)

15. Hiked in the Wasatch Mountains

16. Put a toe in the Atlantic (on a rainy 50 degree day in July in Newport because that's my life)

17. Had fun at Tsubasacon, the Renn Faire and Bob Evans Farm Fest

18. Had a stress free family Christmas.

19. hired two new faculty members

20. Hiked out to ash cave

21. won nano (with a novel that's still going strong and might be the best thing I've ever written)





Day 14 -In your own space, create your own challenge. Whatever your challenge is, and have fun with it!

My challenge is to make time for yourself, be kind to yourself and if you'd like, take my Good Things Jar. I got this from a friend years ago. Every time something happens that's good and makes you happy, put it in the jar. When times are hard go to the jar, pull out a strip of paper and read it, see that there ARE good things happening. Last year I went so far to put up a Joy of the Day every day on Facebook. This year I'm being less strict on how often I post but I want to keep it up because some days I DO need reminding there is joy in this world.

Comments

Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today I sampled classes in tai chi (fun), two versions of yoga (okay), and a suspended exercise thing that I bailed out of after about five minutes. Three out of the four teachers were very accommodating, the fourth really not.

Re: Okay ...

[cornerofmadness]

I'm hoping they get tai chi and yoga at work. glad at least three of the teachers were good

Re: Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Is your employer large enough to offer health insurance? If so, you may get results by citing how the positive effects can reduce health expenses. This is especially true if your profession is prone to on-the-job injuries such as lifting/stretching strains, carpal tunnel syndrome, or stress-related illnesses.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/yoga-and-meditation-offer-health-care-savings-and-you-can-do-them-at-home-201511188616

https://www.urban-balance.com/benefits/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/health/28brody.html

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/CorporateTC.html

For best success, I suggest that you look for things your company finds challenging or is complaining about or is trying to improve. Then see if that relates to any of the known benefits from whatever program you wish to promote. If so, just connect the dots. People like it when someone finds a solution.

Another option would be to look up one of the places that teaches these things, slip them the contact info for your company, and let them make the pitch. They have people who are paid to do that.

Re: Okay ...

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks. I'm on the wellness committe and in charge of trying to make this happen (Our health insurance IS paying for it). My problem isn't getting permission, it's that we live in the middle of freaking nowhere and there aren't teachers within an hour's drive in many cases.

Re: Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Blargh. Different problem. >_<

But go you for trying anyway! Ideas that occur to me:

* A "let's learn this together" class where you just admit that you don't have a teacher within an hour's drive and you're going to figure it out on the fly. Good for building teamwork, and if you can get management to agree, hold a slot for a teacher to rise from the ranks.

* There are educational video series and some of them are good. If you have audiovisual equipment, that's better than nothing.

* Train your own. If you can find a current employee who is fit and personable and interested, it's a lot cheaper to send one person to a training program than to hire a new employee from far away.

Re: Okay ...

[cornerofmadness]

Interesting idea but I can confidently say it won't fly. These Appalachian hillbillys were pretty bent out of shape when the idea of Asian practices were brought up. Looking for a teacher passed by only one vote and we DO have someone about 20 miles away but I'm not sure if they'll be coming down.

Re: Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yeah, cultural inertia can make it very hard to introduce new ideas. Best I can think of would be just translate everything into Southern dialect. Cat pose, cow pose, dog pose ... forward bend becomes picking cotton. I'd have to use large-grit sandpaper but I could file off the serial numbers and paint over them. ;)

Re: Okay ...

[cornerofmadness]

Snort

[spikedluv]

Love the idea of your Good Things Jar.

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks