Tag: coping

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to rediscover something fun from childhood.

I was a serious kid in many ways, often choosing activities or working to improve myself. However, I had a lot of fun as well, enjoying different parts of life.

One thing I think about in my past that was curling up with a fictional novel when the weather was bad. This spring, we had a lot of rough weather, but over the summer it’s just not. Not really a day when I could say I had bad weather.

We do have lots of wind at times, and I hate wind. I’ve had some long days in May and June, trying to get chores caught up on the ranch. It’s a never ending job, and I feel pressure to keep things moving forward. However, we had a really windy day on the weekend recently, and I helped with some chores, but then decided to give myself permission to stop for the day.

I went inside, cleaned up, and got a glass of wine. I sat down on the couch, and opened up a book from the Spinward Fringe series. I’ve enjoyed these over the years, and gotten behind. It’s the fantastic, unbelievable, outrageous kind of science fiction that I enjoyed as a kid. I spent a good portion of the day working through Broadcast 14, which was my spot i in the series.

Now I need to get back to chores, and find ways to get 15-18 in my schedule.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to create a new playlist today of songs that make you happy.

I love music, and the last year has a number of coping tips along those lines. Variety is neat, and for today, I have to credit my wife. We have some similar tastes, but she likes a lot more R&B music and seems to search out new artists more often than I do.

She turned me on to PJ Morton last year, but this year I heard her playing something by Phonte, which I enjoyed. I decided to add a new playlist, inspired by her, with some his songs, a few by PJ, some by Rhapsody, and a couple others. As I hear her play music, I ask for the artist and I’ll listen to a few things, picking items to add to my playlist.

It’s a neat break from my normal routine, as well as a lovely reminder of when I heard the songs, with my wife.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to take time to notice something beautiful today.

I was taking down the driveway markers last week. Late this year, but the weather was cold and snowy until May and then I got busy with things. As I wandered down the driveway, one section had seen a lot of growth, and apparently, a plant decided it wanted to take advantage of the marker post.

I almost left it, but I need to cut this section lower, and I know the stem will regrow.

However, it’s neat. It’s a beautiful side of nature, adapting and taking advantage of what is available. It was a neat thing for me to see today and appreciate the amazing things in our world.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to give a complement today to someone outside your family.

I don’t complement people enough. I should do it more, and this is a good reminder for me to stop and think about what things can I say to people more often. I am getting better with my wife, so that’s something.

When I saw this, I was on holiday, and I decided to start there. I was with two other couples, and I made it a point to comment when someone had a nice output, or they’d tanned more, or something else. The idea was to focus on enjoying someone else’s positives, which helped me feel more positive.