Turning blockers into boosters, day 5: This morning I was enthusiastic about clearing clutter from the living room and den but had an instant change in my priorities when I found a flea on our cat, Polar Bear. One of my perennial blockers is the experience of an emergency, illness or even death of a …
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The laundry room door revelation
Turning blockers into boosters, day 4: I didn’t do any blocker-transforming processes today. I figure the blocker to clear for that has to do with going to bed on time — I was up until 2 am reading conservative blogs, which meant I got up late and had trouble getting going. I spent most of …
More environmental blockers and a great treatment for generalized anxiety disorder
Turning Blockers into Boosters, Day 3: I haven’t been getting my weatherproofing done as quickly as I wanted to, but I was pleased to notice that I’m doing the tasks quicker and with less effort than they would have taken me even a year ago. Part of this is due to my weight loss, improved …
Environmental blockers
Turning Blockers into Boosters, Day 2: The textbook I recommend for readers joining me on this year-long quest to turn blockers into strengths defines blockers as “self-defeating habit patterns,” which generally were formed early in life but are not successful or appropriate for coping with adult challenges. Call these internal blockers. However, there are external …
Join me for a year of turning blockers into boosters
This year I’m committing to doing something every day to turn my blockers — self-defeating habits — into boosters: strengths that will support my success. The framework I’m using comes from the work of Stuart Lichtman. Check him out here. I recommend his e-books and courses. I started using his system in 2005. My results …
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YES, deconditioning IS a medical condition
Dear Instapundit asks, “Is deconditioning a medical condition?” Yes, YES, a thousand times YES! The insight that deconditioning is a medical condition is just as brilliant and apt as Hans Selye’s observation that stress is a medical condition. The diagnosis of deconditioning gets to the root of a syndrome of problems that otherwise would be …
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Day four, scattered clouds
I’m not quite up to par, but tomorrow I expect to feel well enough to finish writing the plans I want to share with my donors and sending the thank-you notes. Please continue to be patient a bit longer. Thank you.
Day Three, mostly cloudy
I am very grateful to all my donors–enough money came in for the car down payment and the first month’s payment, which is a big load off my mind. There also is enough for me to see a doctor who may have a handle on my idiopathic hypersomnia problem. I hope I have my dear …
Day Two: The Storm in My Head
I still haven’t written my thank-you notes to my donors and I owe you all an explanation, except that I don’t know for sure what is creating this feeling of a storm in my head — my idiopathic hypersomnia or a migraine, or a combination, or what. I just know it will pass. Writing heartfelt …
Stumbling out of the gate
Thanks to links by Instapundit and Moe Lane and the donations I received, I was able to make the car down payment this morning. But I have to explain why I haven’t written my thank-you notes yet. I was out of bed and out the door before 7 am this morning (Monday) for a mile …