Day 4,282—First Week—

 

     Last year at this time, I am sure I was stressed with the usual things, but at the same time, I didn’t have enough to do when it came to work, and the things I had to do weren’t things that I thought were specifically useful to the people who needed the most help. This year, I am working with individuals who require help and don’t have a lot of time to spend on tasks that aren’t directly benefiting someone else, yet I am overwhelmed with how little free time I have. It is so important that I continue to get up early to run and spend some time by myself, but it is not easy to get up this early every day after sleeping only 5-6 hours each night, and last night I didn’t fall asleep instantly.

       I went to the acupuncturist yesterday after work, and I thought the person was truly helpful, but at the same time, they were so misinformed about veganism. I didn’t want to get into an argument with them, but they were saying things that were so not true, but they said them with confidence. I got mad that there was another person with a degree that had nothing to do with nutrition, yet they were telling people how hard it is to get B12, iron, and protein in their diet. I just kind of thought, “All no!” In my mind, when they warned me of how too much soy would decrease testosterone levels, they never stopped to let me talk or respond in any meaningful way. Maybe I should have just asked them directly what recent research they had done on the topic or whether they were basing their knowledge on hearsay and outdated prejudice. But I liked a lot of other things about the experience, and I felt better when I left. I still have the pain today, and this morning when I was running, I wasn’t healed, but I do feel stronger.

       For my first week back at work and my first full week in the new year, I am doing well on keeping up with my goals. I was even able to stop using my phone as much by turning on grayscale most of the time. It can be a little annoying when I am taking pictures, but I turn it off whenever I edit them. Besides that, I keep it off, and it has cut my overall screen time almost in half. I used to be about 4 hours a day, which seems so crazy to me, thinking about how much can be done in 4 hours, but this week I have gotten down to under two hours.

I keep forgetting that the Shippey 100 is only 8 days away or 7 runs from now! I cannot wait!