Moving Hands

 Monday February 16th 

Intention for the day: To do my best to joyfully move through the day.  If things become stressful I intend to retreat somewhere and find something to do to relieve the stress that is not always my cell phone. 

Here are some happy things from today:

  • This morning I took ten minutes to use the Baoding balls I got yesterday as well as the hand message things that came with it.  They felt very nice on my hands.  I tend to spend a fair amount of time (at least it feels like a lot of time) massaging each hand with the other.  I like that I am able to use something other than one aching hand to massage the other aching hand.  
  • Corvidae and I went shopping for dirt today.  Unfortunately, it was outside and frozen.  Tomorrow it will be thawed out and if I am not exhausted after work I might get some bulbs planted.  I'm hopeful that if I get them outside, at least some will grow.
  • While we were out I picked up a cordless micro engraver.  I want it to engrave something onto the cheap silverware I got to bring to SCA events.  Ideally I will find something that I can engrave that will look okay and be obviously mine.  I practiced briefly on the bottom of my metal pill container.  I want to practice more on something before I move on to silverware, but I don’t know what.



  • Instead of the treadmill or the woods I walked in circles around the house.  It was getting late enough that I thought I would be getting ready for bed.  When I got back inside I did dishes and other things before writing this and trying to relax for sleep.  Fresh air is lovely.  The other set of Baoding balls were delivered while I was outside.  I'm pleased to say that I was able to use them, slowly, while I walked and I didn't drop them!
Massage therapy.

Bud?

Backyard.
  • Sunset while I write this.

End of day intention wrap up:  There were a few times when I started to feel stressed for whatever reason.  Instead of letting it build up, I removed myself from the situation, and not with my phone.  I don’t even remember what happened, but I do remember thinking that I would just do something else instead.  

☮

Started listening to: The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging, by Charles H. Vogl.

Started reading: A Trail Through Time, by Jodi Taylor.  

Thank you for being here and being part of my daily happy things. Stay safe!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy 2026

Image
 You found it! January 1st. Welcome to a new year of me looking for happiness and gratitude within my day. Thank you for being here. I'm going to try to make a small change to my life habits and I'm going to attempt to bring that to my daily blog.   A recent video I saw was about habits to add to a morning to make a happier life. One of these suggestions was to start the day with an intention. That should mean something mindful or positive. It might turn into a goal for me as I tend to be practical so my mind works that way more. One intention for today was going to include getting out for a walk. As the wind blows and the temperature drops, I'm debating that. That is also more like a goal. The other was to do something different that I might not otherwise do. Writing an intention down before my day starts and trying to follow-through will be part of this. I hope you join me as I attempt to build this new habit. The above was written after a nice breakfast out ...
Read more

Birka Day Two

Image
 January 24th Intention for the day: Look for the positive/proactive side in all the exchanges possible. Here are some happy things from today: Much of the early part of my day was spent volunteering at the event.  I also attended a meeting for exchequers (treasurers).  There is a possibility that I will be doing that again. I got to spend a little bit of time with my new protégés.  They both know that I want them to update their information on their wiki pages.   I ended up having a lot of fun with a friend who tried to steal a French fry from me.  It became a lovely game of trying to get a snack without the other noticing.  During court this afternoon some wonderful people were given awards for their deeds.  One of these people is a dear friend and the current Seneschal of our Barony.  He was made a Member of the Order of the Mark.  This is a new peerage level award in the SCA.  Here is a link that describes the current peer ...
Read more

My Moving Day

Image
 January 3rd Intention for the day: to enjoy the moving process today. Here are some happy things from today: This morning I woke early, only stayed under the covers a little while, and then got busy with my day.  It felt good to be motivated to get some of this stuff done.  Packing had to happen before my friends showed up to help. Friends arrived a few hours later.  I had achieved less packing than I wanted to but more than I really thought I would.  This seemed like a good position to be in.  We got most of the things loaded between the two pickup trucks.  We made good time and we got to the new house before I thought we would.  Things got unloaded and my bed put back together.  We didn't have the headboard or a few other things and went back for them after going out for a nice lunch. The boys left when all that was done and Stephanie and I visited for a while.  We are planning a backpacking trip in April and talked over some possibil...
Read more