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Thinking About Things; Yes, It’s A Scary Thought

Posted on by Gertie

Good Afternoon, World!!! I have been thinking about things and yes, I know that is a scary thought. I have been thinking about ways to improve myself and become a better person. There are many ways a person can improve themselves and I will do my best to use what I have to do that.

One of the ways, I am planning on improving myself is doing math. Yes, I said math. The reason why math is because I barely passed basic math in high school and that was decades ago. I just want to relearn what I forgot and learn what wasn’t taught to me. I know it may seem odd for me to relearn what I forgot and learn what I was not taught but I don’t care if others find it odd as math is something we need in our daily lives.

Another way I plan on improving myself is learning Spanish. I plan on learning Spanish through Duolingo and possibly a workbook. I have people in my life that I can practice with which is a really good thing to make sure I am speaking Spanish correctly. It is always a good thing to know how to speak another language other than your native language.

As far as self-improvement goes this is an easy choice for me to choose. Of course, I am continue going to therapy and do daily mindfulness meditation practice. I will also continue to do recovery related workbooks to help build on my coping skills as well as help build on my resiliency as a part of my recovery. For me doing working on workbooks helps me stay in recovery mode as well as helps in between sessions with my therapist.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Making the Best of a Sleepless Night in Seattle

Posted on by Gertie

Good Morning, World!!! I am having trouble sleeping due to insomnia. Since I am unable to sleep I have been keeping myself busy. I have done a handful of mindfulness meditation practices through the Calm App. I have even attempted to fall asleep to two of the sleep stories the Calm App. has. I am usually able to fall asleep after a sleep story but sadly that did not happen but I am okay with that.

I am okay with it because I am learning two new languages through the Duolingo app. I started learning Spanish a couple of weeks ago. Part of the reason why I am learning Spanish is because I spent the first 16 years of my life in California and have wanted to learn it for the longest time as many people I grew up with speak Spanish. Another reason why I want to learn Spanish is because both my partner and best friend speak Spanish. Plus one of my uncles on my dads side was a Spanish teacher. So, I have many people to help me with learning Spanish. I also decided to learn German yesterday evening when I found out my new next door neighbor knows German and I am able to practice with her. I also have a good friend who knows German as she spoke both English and German in her home growing. So I can practice with my friend and new neighbor. Part of the reason why I want to learn German is because I have some German in my heritage. I am hoping that once I get comfortable speaking fluently in either Spanish or German then I can start learning another language. I am not sure if I will learn another language that is a part of my heritage like German is or another common “foreign” language that is frequently spoken in the United States especially here in the Seattle area which could be one of the many Asian languages.

Besides learning German and Spanish tonight, I have been doing some art. Specifically the art I am doing is diamond painting. While doing diamond painting I have been listening to a philosophy podcast called Philosphize This which is a really good podcast. I really like how Stephen West does his podcast and gears to the average person because that is how I think he learned. So I am doing some art as I learn about philosophy.

I have also been cuddling with my cat, Billie through most of what I have been doing tonight to keep busy. Billie loves being cuddled and gives me some weird facial expressions when I try to speak Spanish to him. Hell, when I practiced German words on my cat, Billie he gave me some grumpy looks. I love how my cat, Billie puts up with me and cuddles even when I am doing art and attempting to speak to him two different languages.

With the weather they way it is right now in Seattle which is yucky and stormy it was the perfect night to do the stuff I did since I am unable to sleep. I am hoping to fall asleep soon as the wind and rain is soothing to me. With that being said, I want to thank you, the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog because if you were not reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!