I've turned that corner where I don't feel pulled to zoom around the world so often. There aren't too many places that I'm "dying" to see anymore. The urgency isn't like it was. Anticipated that day would come someday and it has. Am not even that excited when I get upgraded -- You know something is wrong when that is happening!
Very content to be at home with lots to delve into -- New recipes, making it half way through a university level Spanish course, getting into cycling after replacing my 15 yr old bicycle with what D would classify as a "real" bike.
Actually two real bikes as I decided to get into fat biking this winter. Warning -- it is actually much harder than it looks! I've always been a bit of a hazard on a bicycle so this is a big big deal for me. But I do have to say it has been noticable easier with the better bikes. Similar to when I got new skiis. Technology does make a difference.
Trying to be patient while waiting for online purchase parcels to arrive. I seem to be always late to adopt things, so ordering from places like Amazon is new to me...And of course I end up ordering near black Friday and my stuff is likely caught with what must be tremendous volume of sales.
Only have 4 more working days to round out the year, out of a total of 76. No complaints there. Feeling much better this year versus last summer. Next year will be the first where I will no longer be contributing to my registered savings. Just my non tax and non registered account.
Health wise, I've done such a smashing job with reducing red meat consumption over the last year, that my iron levels have plummeted. So I've had to make some dietary adjustments and start taking iron supplements for hopefully just a short time to get it back up. I'm so sick and tired to taking pills of any sort.
I actually got stopped at customs upon arrival in Tokyo where the gentleman went straight for my bottles of vitamins. It was not the easiest trying to explain to someone who didn't really speak much English about Omega 3, CoQ10, Vit D, Multi-Vitamins, etc.
It was on a longish 12 night stay where I got lazy and decided to just throw the bottles in, rather than just take the numbers I needed. Could have been a coincidence but I've been back to Japan twice since and had no issues when taking what I needed.
Anyway, am currently on a 3 month trial of an even lower statin dose (5 mg vs alternating 5 and 10 mg) to see if I can manage to keep the test numbers in a good place (equal or less than 2.5 mmol/L LDL as I'm considered high risk) as I continue to fine tune my eating. Am a good 85% plus meat free these days.
Also super grateful for my Naturopath who caught this dropping iron trend as well as sharing with me what she sees clinically with people whose cholesterol levels become too low (too close to 2 mmol/L LDL, not good) -- Where I was starting to sit at, even though my dosage is already considered to be low. The current trial is a direct outcome of her clinical wisdom.
We are supposed to spending the holidays in France this year. But the turmoil that has gripped many parts of the world may have the final say to those plans. We do have a plan B and C. I read a comment somewhere related to the current Paris strikes that people often say they wish to seek out a real "local experience" when they travel; well, here it is folks.
Very content to be at home with lots to delve into -- New recipes, making it half way through a university level Spanish course, getting into cycling after replacing my 15 yr old bicycle with what D would classify as a "real" bike.
Actually two real bikes as I decided to get into fat biking this winter. Warning -- it is actually much harder than it looks! I've always been a bit of a hazard on a bicycle so this is a big big deal for me. But I do have to say it has been noticable easier with the better bikes. Similar to when I got new skiis. Technology does make a difference.
Trying to be patient while waiting for online purchase parcels to arrive. I seem to be always late to adopt things, so ordering from places like Amazon is new to me...And of course I end up ordering near black Friday and my stuff is likely caught with what must be tremendous volume of sales.
Only have 4 more working days to round out the year, out of a total of 76. No complaints there. Feeling much better this year versus last summer. Next year will be the first where I will no longer be contributing to my registered savings. Just my non tax and non registered account.
Health wise, I've done such a smashing job with reducing red meat consumption over the last year, that my iron levels have plummeted. So I've had to make some dietary adjustments and start taking iron supplements for hopefully just a short time to get it back up. I'm so sick and tired to taking pills of any sort.
I actually got stopped at customs upon arrival in Tokyo where the gentleman went straight for my bottles of vitamins. It was not the easiest trying to explain to someone who didn't really speak much English about Omega 3, CoQ10, Vit D, Multi-Vitamins, etc.
It was on a longish 12 night stay where I got lazy and decided to just throw the bottles in, rather than just take the numbers I needed. Could have been a coincidence but I've been back to Japan twice since and had no issues when taking what I needed.
Anyway, am currently on a 3 month trial of an even lower statin dose (5 mg vs alternating 5 and 10 mg) to see if I can manage to keep the test numbers in a good place (equal or less than 2.5 mmol/L LDL as I'm considered high risk) as I continue to fine tune my eating. Am a good 85% plus meat free these days.
Also super grateful for my Naturopath who caught this dropping iron trend as well as sharing with me what she sees clinically with people whose cholesterol levels become too low (too close to 2 mmol/L LDL, not good) -- Where I was starting to sit at, even though my dosage is already considered to be low. The current trial is a direct outcome of her clinical wisdom.
We are supposed to spending the holidays in France this year. But the turmoil that has gripped many parts of the world may have the final say to those plans. We do have a plan B and C. I read a comment somewhere related to the current Paris strikes that people often say they wish to seek out a real "local experience" when they travel; well, here it is folks.
Absolutely nothing wrong with settling - it's underrated (imho)! Everyone's idea of it is different, however. My mother's idea of 'settled' is being married, yours is much more appealing - being happy and content with your own decisions of what makes a good life, and the ability to create that. Wishing you a safe, happy, healthy and successful 2020 (with a little magic thrown in) NLA xx
ReplyDeleteThank You NLA!!! We all need a bit of Magic and wonder in our lives.
Delete(I didn't realize that your Mom held a traditional view of things.)
Hope the New Year is off to a great start for you and that you aren't working too hard.