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Health Matters, Personal Development
Mar. 25th, 2022 12:22 pmBy the end of last month, probably due to a certain laxness on my own part generated by in part by what had previously been a comfortable emotional state and then followed by comfort eating to get my mind off certain subjects, I realised that I'd put on a few more kilos than I was entirely happy with. It is something that I know I can be prone to, and I do have variability in my weight (we're talking a 25kg range over scant months) which has led to raised eyebrows from medical professionals on multiple occasions. Well, with a combination of anxiety ("stress yourself thin!") but, more healthily, a rather stronger application of exercise and dietary regimen, I have dropped 10kg in under four weeks. This is, of course, perhaps a little too quick and it is even with a couple of big nights out. Nevertheless, I had (and still have) some excess which I am happy to lose, and whilst recent events have meant my anxiety levels have declined, the diet and exercise regimen should not. I have a target and mind, and when that is reached the important thing will be to keep up the process to ensure that I am hale and healthy; none of us are getting any younger.
Self-awareness about one's physical health should also be extended to interpersonal relationships. I am deeply blessed by my many and dear friends who have offered kind words concerning the most recent pages that have been written in my life and the choices of others that affect me. However, I do take into account those who have gently suggested that I should be more circumspect. I do acknowledge that I am perhaps too much of a public person, and I do tend to wear my heart on my sleeve, and I can be a foolish, passionate, and romantic individual who, by nature, will put the care and needs of others above my own especially given that my needs are few and I can see that others do not even have that. I do take into account when criticism is levelled with kindness, and please note I do seem to suffer from Goethe's madness. But as always, regardless of the individual or context, a sensitivity to the validity of others requires that one make an effort to address one's own errors; in my case, it will a careful curating - not a censorship - of some content. I gently request a little bit of patience towards me as I work through this. Always try to become the best version of yourself.
Self-awareness about one's physical health should also be extended to interpersonal relationships. I am deeply blessed by my many and dear friends who have offered kind words concerning the most recent pages that have been written in my life and the choices of others that affect me. However, I do take into account those who have gently suggested that I should be more circumspect. I do acknowledge that I am perhaps too much of a public person, and I do tend to wear my heart on my sleeve, and I can be a foolish, passionate, and romantic individual who, by nature, will put the care and needs of others above my own especially given that my needs are few and I can see that others do not even have that. I do take into account when criticism is levelled with kindness, and please note I do seem to suffer from Goethe's madness. But as always, regardless of the individual or context, a sensitivity to the validity of others requires that one make an effort to address one's own errors; in my case, it will a careful curating - not a censorship - of some content. I gently request a little bit of patience towards me as I work through this. Always try to become the best version of yourself.
