I am giving myself 15 minutes to complete this blog, starting right…now!
I just wanted to share three things I have done this week so far that have made me feel pretty great:
1.) I finally went online and cancelled all fifty thousand of my magazine subscriptions. I am not kidding you, no matter how many piles I give away, throw out, donate, and sadly, save “for later” (I WISH I had time to sit and read even one of them), I always have piles of them cluttering up my life. I couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t remember ordering any of them (this means nothing. I have been known to do strange things online when it’s early in the morning, like subscribe to fifteen magazines) and I never recalled paying for any of them, yet still they arrived. Apparently, it was some sort of free gift (from hell) for something else I don’t remember signing up for, according to the website associated with my (Many) account numbers. It took me five minutes to put an end to the madness. Five minutes I could have spent a year ago, and saved a few trees. Sigh. Progress, not perfection, right?
2.) What the hell was number two again? Dammit, the clock is ticking over here…Oh YEAH! I cleaned out my email inbox. I had it all squared away a few months ago, but it got out of hand again- I think I was up around the 4000 mark. Yuck. I realized today that my Yahoo inbox is basically one big spam holder. All my good stuff is over at Gmail. On the upside, Yahoo FINALLY made it easier to delete emails, so that was great! I have only 11 left in there, and it took me maybe 15 minutes.
3.) Last but not least, I took my awesome dog, Lucy, for a walk in the rain today. I didn’t want to go, but Lucy reminded me that I was neither the Wicked Witch of the West, nor made of chalk, and that I probably wouldn’t dissolve if I ventured outside. It was awesome! It wasn’t pouring, just falling down gently, and the air smelled of the rain, and saltwater from the ocean, and wood smoke from peoples chimneys. I felt like a new person by the time I got home.
Today has been LONG, but this blog sure isn’t. I’m out! I’ll be back tomorrow with something a little longer. I made it with 4 minutes and 40 seconds to spare!
After The Party 
Sounds like a productive day, and that walk in the rain with all the smells and other lovely sensory magic sounds so rejuvenating!
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It was! Isn’t it funny how the things we are most resistant to are often the things we end up enjoying the most?
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Absolutely!
Wow, I just realized your statement is a perfect analogy for living sober, “the things we are most resistant to are often the things we end up enjoying the most.” It crosses over beautifully ✨
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Ha! I thought the exact same thing, but didn’t want to point it out. If you don’t mind me asking, have you considered, or do you already, going to AA?
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I haven’t gone to AA, I’ve never been one for groups, not even a study group back in my college days. I have looked up AA meeting times/places in my area before, but that’s as far as I got. Plus the whole letting go and allowing God bit kind of makes me twitch a little.
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Hahaha! Yeah, that was weird for me at first, but not anymore. It’s changed my life…helped me figure out much of the root of the trouble. Surprise! It wasn’t the drugs. The drugs were a symptom. You might drop in to one sometime. It’s good. ❤️
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wow – wish you in 2018 all the success and great accomplishments!
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Thank you!
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