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 commit to being more active, starting today.

This is tough for me. Not because I want to avoid being active, but because I typically try to be active most of the month. Here’s my March.

The week I missed? I tried to drag the tractor bucket around on the ground, by hand, on the 21st. I did some chores that day outside, so I moved, but then my back had me mostly taking it easy until the 29th.

However, I do want to commit to a different view moving forward. The weather is changing, and my wife got a bike stroller for our dogs. One can’t walk a lot, so our aim, as we are getting older, is to bike more this summer, and take the dogs.

So my commitment is to

a) start biking 2 times a week

b) add in a swim a week

c) continue with yoga and weight lifting, likely doubling up some days with a bike and weights.

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 mentally scan your body and notice what it is feeling today.

I do this more and more all the time. A few week ago I hurt by back while trying to drag the front end loaded bucket around on the ground. I should know better, and I lost about a week of being able to move without pain.

Today, I’m feeling good. It’s a few days after coming back from a trip, where I walked quite a bit. I remembered to wear my ankle brace walking around town, I took things slower, to the chagrin of my wife. She likes to walk fast, but she’s adjusting with me. I stood on hard concrete floors, but then I got back to yoga and some weight lifting this week.

I feel good. There are some minor aches and pains, a slightly tight back, some muscle soreness from work. No neck pain, fingers feel good (which is important), my eyes aren’t too tired after a good night’s sleep. Knees good.

Ready to keep moving forward in life.

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 appreciate something that went well in life recently.

For me, I’m going to pick my trip last weekend. I went on a volleyball tournament trip, coaching a team in Philadelphia. The first real test of our team, and it was good. Our results were mixed, but we learned a lot about the team and where to go in the future.

It was also interesting traveling again, being on an airplane, hotel, in a big city, etc. It’s not “normal”, and it wasn’t always easy, but it was a good trip and I’m glad I went.

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 find joy in a simple thing today.

One of the things I’ve tried to add to my life across the decades is to enjoy the small and simple things I experience. I do try to take a few minutes to stop and enjoy life.

It snowed today, and the world is white, a little chilly (22F/-5C), calm, and beautiful. I feel good, and I took a few minutes to look at the world and appreciate the good fortunate I have in life.