Self care?

Posted on June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1978, Energy, Prompt, Relaxation, self help, self loathing, self neglect, YogaLeave a comment

How do you practice self-care?

According to Wikipedia :

Self-care has been defined as the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices, exercise, sleep, and hygiene.

I have to admit that I seem to be persuing self neglect instead although not self loathing thankfully. I do try to look after myself but things have been difficult and care takes energy and effort. I often think I should do things, but I don’t always have the wish to do them. When you have problems to deal with its hard to find the enthusiasm to keep going and do more.

One good thing I have done recently is to go back to yoga class which I had missed for several weeks due to injuring my toes. That has helped a bit. I have found that it has slightly helped me to relax.

Cooking for one

Posted on December 17, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cooking, cooking for two, Energy, Food, Learning, Microwave, portions, Single, Time, timing2 Comments

Snack or meal? Trying to remember I need to eat vegetables as well as carbs, stuff I bought for my hubby has sat in the fridge for a couple of weeks. I didn’t want to cook. Easier to just buy cheap takeaway food. But that’s not good.

My portion sizes are still for two. So I will have to cook, then freeze or chill half of it. I guess it’s less energy to cook once and maybe microwave half of it later? Trouble is food still takes the same time to cook even if I halve the amounts… Life is a pain, but I must keep goingn

I would meditate!

Posted on November 29, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creativity, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2134, Energy, Exhausted?, Insomnia, leisure, lifestyle, Thinking, Thought, Time3 Comments

If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?

Yawn, I need some rest!

I think I would use the extra time to relax and try and relieve stress. Otherwise if I was to stay awake I would try and do too much, use up all my energy and end up exhausted.

It’s a strange concept to think about being happy not to sleep. As someone who suffers from insomnia (typing this at 1am), the thought of not needing to sleep both enchants and worries me. I enjoy dreams and would miss them. But if I could survive without sleep I could also be more creative. Perhaps meditate on art and different styles.

If people could stay awake indefinitely what would they get up to? How many more Police and security staff would we need. Would pollution go up if staff were expected to work 24/7 or would they have time to pursue leisure activities? I think it would be a strange, busy and manic world.

Love and friendship

Posted on September 23, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2068, Energy, Family, Friends, Life, Negative, Positive, Thinking, Trying to understand4 Comments

What things give you energy?

I’m trying to be honest with this post, I am honest when I blog but I don’t express my emotions here very much. What I will say is that when I’m down I get energy from love and friendship from family and friends. But what I don’t do is seek out those people when I feel sad. I guess I don’t like dragging others down with me. I hide away from them and instead of getting healing energy I feel lower moods.

But when I allow people to know what’s going on, I think I get positive energy from them. Which can lift my mood. It’s just finding a balance, it’s hard to do that.

I think I also get energy from doing art. It increases my enthusiasm to do more. It makes me feel free and able to use my imagination. I get a lot more energy from Art when family and friends enjoy what I do, in that way I know what I’m doing is possibly worthwhile. One thing I do have is imposter syndrome which means I feel like I question my validity a lot. Perhaps that’s why I blog.

Atoms?

Posted on May 13, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Atoms, Crystal, Drawing, Energy, Fun, Imagination, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sketching, ThinkingLeave a comment

Atoms surge

Vibrate and link

Molecules appear

Crystals, compounds

Quanta of energy

Scrambled electrons

Muons and Gluons

Barely existing.

Tiny and powerful

Forces pulling

and pushing

Making, creating

And destroying

Conservation

Of energy

Universal

Weather

Posted on May 6, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clouds, Energy, Life, Poem, Poetry, Rain, storm lightning, Weather, World2 Comments

Clouds boil up

Heated by the sun

Moisture trapped

As water vapour

A bag of wet air?

Not quite

Cirrus and Cumulus

Acclimatise

Clouds

Climactic

Rainbows after storms

Lightning flashes

Trees thrashed

By the wind

Finally a breeze…

Formula

Posted on February 25, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Constant, E=MC2, Einstein, Einsteins equation, Energy, Light, mass, squaredLeave a comment

I tried to draw E=mc2….., Einsteins equation. It was the only formula apart from H2O I could think of! This was for Thursday #bandofsketchers prompt. I would have liked to have done a less cartoonish representation.

Tired

Posted on November 15, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged apart, Energy, Farewell, Gone, molecular, Sister, Together, Twin, Uncategorized, Universe4 Comments

A long day, a funeral, a wake. Gentle celebration of a lost life. No awful grief, just a summing up of someone that touched many hearts. I am proud of her. I was moved and surprised by her life.

Seeing myself on the photos in tribute to her was a shock, I hadn’t been told they would be there. That touched me deeply. To know that half of me has now been seperated. I touched the coffin and said goodbye. A long day, a painful day, but a joyful day.

Leaves fall from the trees, they gradually break down and disintegrate, but their molecules are still there, they add to more life and energy, they are still part of the universe. They exist, existed, they have not exited this realm. A lot to think about. My gratitude continues as I remember sharing my life with her, my sister, my twin.

Ukraine power cuts

Posted on November 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Electricity, Energy, Frightening, Life, Power, power supply, Russia, Ukraine, War, Water, water shortageLeave a comment

Russian missiles continue to bombard the Ukrainian infrastructure. They are being used to damage and destroy power stations and water works. The Ukrainian population are being asked to accept regular power cuts so that there will be enough power for hospitals, and drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, with people queuing to collect enough water to survive, and where can they get food. With the damage that has been done to the buildings in the country it means that as winter begins to bite in Ukraine the population will have to try and cope in such dangerous situations. I hope that they will survive, we have not forgotten the fact that Russia continues it’s cruel war on its Western neighbour.

Possible power cuts

Posted on October 20, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged crisis, Electricity, Energy, Gas, Life, Politics, Population, Power, power cuts, ThinkingLeave a comment

As the Conservative party in the UK try and decide on a new prime minister there is talk of power cuts in the winter so that there will be enough energy to go around. The talk is about it being cut for three or four hours each afternoon. This is madness! If we need to save energy there should be advice on what to reduce, either by reducing the flow rate on combi boilers, or discussing the merits of part cooking food in a microwave or a slow cooker, or even advising on the energy efficiency of heaters. Of course some of this is moot because if you can’t afford to put your heating on in the first place you can’t make that choice. So, we wait and see who is the next leader, but what about the population who have not been offered the choice?

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Energy