Tag: Weight Loss

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Small Things

At the old house we had a couple of full length mirrors located in a couple of spots, one of which was on my bedroom door.

When I moved into the apartment I didn’t feel the need to have such a mirror, but for some reason I felt the bathroom mirror was insufficient for my purposes, but couldn’t figure out why.

Yesterday I picked up an over-the-door mirror and installed it on the door leading to the bathroom past a couple of closets next to the main area where I put my bed and workstation.

After hanging it up, I saw right away what the other mirrors back at the house did for me.

I saw myself and the weight I’ve gained back since moving to the apartment.

And I really hate that look.

So I think this is going to act as the missing catalyst I need to get my weight under control again.

Tally ho.

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The Hero’s Journey and Journal

A couple of years ago, a close friend of mine suggested that I need to go on my Hero’s Journey.

Basically he meant that need to go through some quest, if you will, that can help me find or refocus my purpose, since I’ve definitely have lost my way, so to speak, in many aspects of my life.

I’ve been told by a couple of friends that one way that helps them focus is journaling, which I’ve looked at, but seemed like something that was a bit too much or not enough, depending on what I was trying to accomplish.

Which is my basic problem.  What the hell am I doing?

And then I came across a product called The Hero’s Journal.  A method to help me tell a better life story.

So I’m going to try an experiment with this product, setting up a quest and going through the 90 days (pages) of this journal to see if my goal can be achieved.

Simple goal, really, to see if I can lose the weight I’ve gained during the pandemic, if not more.

I’ve done weight loss before, but it was all gained back over the years, and then some, thanks to working from home/sheltering in place.

So part of the quest will be finding solutions and sticking with it over the 90 days.

I think writing this down will give me a better handle of what I’ve been doing (or failing to do) over the past year or so.

We’ll see what happens.