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 write down the memory of something good that happened in the last year.

I’ve had a lot of good memories in the last year. Some tough ones, but overall, a good year. I think one of the good things that went well last year was taking a few days to relax with my wife in the mountains. Without a lot of vacation travel, our mountain rental was open and we took advantage of it. We spent a couple days up there, and while we didn’t ski much, we did get to relax and enjoy time with each other.

Our lives are busy, and we don’t often get a few days completely off when we don’t have commitments. Finding 3 days that allowed us to read, relax, and unwind from life without animals, kids, work, and more was really nice.

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 watch the sunset and reflect on the world.

I was hoping for a weekend off, but it’s not coming. Mother’s Day was slightly off, but we had my son’s college graduation party and one practice, so it was only a slight break. Since May, I’ve had volleyball on two weekends (and next) and this weekend I’m helping a kid move with some practices around that. I truly am looking forward to the season ending and a little more free time.

I write this because Thursday night was really the only time off this week. I scheduled yoga one night and had to cook, dinner with a friend another, and practice two others. As my wife went to feed horses, I sat outside watching and watching the sun start to go down.

I also grabbed a bottle of wine and a couple glasses to take out and just relax, sitting and thinking about the rapidly changing world, the hope for the future, and some mourning for those that have, or are, suffering.

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 send a note to a friend you haven’t communicated with this year.

I haven’t seen many people this year, but I have tried to reach out to a few. I took this opportunity to touch base with a couple people in other countries that I haven’t been able to visit and would normally see at some point during the year.

It was good to reach out and have a short email conversation with a few individuals that I enjoy seeing, but haven’t communicated with very much under the pandemic. Part of my coping, however, is the hope that I’ll get the chance to actually see some of these people in the future.

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 try a vegetarian dish for a meal today.

My oldest is a pseudo vegetarian. It’s a social issue with him and he sticks to it very well. Once in awhile I’m making some barbacoa or carnitas and tempt him, but not too often. Usually I try to accommodate him if I’m cooking and ensure there are good meatless options. He also picks vegetarian restaurants when he celebrate his birthday, so I’ve gotten good at cooking some meals without meat.

Today I went looking for some new things and came upon this: Vegan Roasted Sweet Potato Salad. It looks good, has things the family likes, and is gluten free, which works well for my daughter. I roasted the potatoes late one afternoon while finishing work. Luckily I can hear the timer beep to get this one. I chopped a few vegetables and then assembled the salads on plates, expecting everyone to come in.

I did forego the custom salad dressing as I didn’t feel like messing with the blender and cleaning it on this day. This worked out well, overall, as everyone was busy and late for dinner. I’d assembled things at 6, but it wasn’t until 730 that my wife came in from the barn.

It was a nice, light dinner for all of us, and quite taste. The dressing (jalapeno lime vinaigrette) was spicy, though not sure I’d have been better making it from scratch.