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I went back.  Tonight.  Even though I had a stomachache all afternoon thinking about it.  Even though I was afraid of what people would think of me (and yes, I know no one gives a damn about me, but IN MY HEAD I AM THE CENTER OF THE [...]

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Percolation and Distillation

I’ve been “percolating” a lot lately.  By that I mean that I’ve had some things filtering down through the various levels of my brain, adding bits here, thinking of other extenuating circumstances there, remembering reasons why I agree or disagree with the original premise of my thought here, etc.  I’ve never been good at on-the-spot, [...]

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Ow. And Some Other Stuff.

So, yeah: ow.  Since I finished the punching drills in the TKD class the other night, my arms (and back and chest) are sore today.  And I’ve been lifting weights and doing pushups for a few weeks now, and they’re STILL sore.  That’s ok, though.  I kind of like being a little sore, and even when I first [...]

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Who, Me? A Drama Queen? AM NOT!

So.  I went to the Tae Kwon Do class tonight.  (Or last night, if you read this in the morning.)  They had me wear my 2nd-level belt, even though I’ve been out of classes for 3 years.  That made me feel both special and nervous, and a TEENY bit under pressure to do well. 
Then they [...]

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“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

(Quote credit, of course, is “The Princess Bride.”)
The word I speak of?  Why, MODERATION.  Oh!  And BALANCE.  And that’s two words, but then I couldn’t have used my funny quote, you know.
But seriously.  I don’t think I really understand those two words.  I mean, of course I UNDERSTAND them – I can create sentences with [...]

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Burn, Baby, Burn

Southern California is on fire.  No, really.  Serious fire.  So much fire that the news crews have stopped referring to the Sylmar fire, the Yorba Linda fire, the Santa Barbara fire, and have started referring to the “Southern California Firestorms.”
The Santa Ana winds have been hellacious all weekend.  They blow off the desert, the hot [...]

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The Rules (Subject to Change Whenever I Feel Like It. Sort of.)

So, first?  It looks likely that one week from today will be my first Tae Kwon Do class in FOREVER!  Hooray!  I’m so excited!  I liked TKD, and was sorry when I moved/went broke/didn’t call around to find a new class because I was lazy.  Yeah.  All those things.  But!  A class means that I [...]

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Perfectionist? Who, ME?! Nah . . .

So, remember Reason Number 4 for Why Budgets Don’t Work?
4) DON’T OVERCOMPLICATE IT.
Yeah.  And here’s my problem: when I realize that I need to simplify one area of my life/thinking/attitudes, I often compensate unconsciously by complicating another area.
The good: I realize that I need to find a way to fit exercise into my life, instead [...]

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Reasons Numbers 2 and 3 for Why “Budgets” Haven’t Worked

In the comments to this post it was suggested that I keep a food diary to help figure out where I’m at, and how much food I need.  There are two big reasons I haven’t done that, also listed in that post (reasons 2 and 3), but buried half-way down:
2) I am afraid of what I will [...]

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:::TILT:::

Brilliant Food-As-Finances plan, meet Neurosis. 
So.  I figured that since this was the beginning of a month, and the Dave Ramsey stuff says everything takes 3 months, it was a convenient time to start, no?  From now until the end of January, and see what progress I can make. 
So I thought, “A written plan.  Right.  Let’s [...]

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