Adventures in Personal Growth

Growing to accept my feet

May 10, 2010

ShareThese are my feet. Cute, huh? For most of my life I hated my feet. Hated them. Thought I owned the ugliest set of feet in the whole entire world. Fred Flintstone feet, I called them. I would compare my feet to other feet. And found mine lacking. Too big. Too fat. And what’s with [...]

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Put one foot in front of the other…and don’t look down

April 13, 2010

ShareWhen I was a kid, every week I watched the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Hour. My favourite cartoons were the ones where Wile E Coyote chases the Roadrunner. I really liked the Acme products. It was always so exciting to see what might show up in that box. Rocket shoes. Anvils. And of course, my favourite: [...]

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Wishing I hadn’t stopped, wishing I’d started sooner

March 25, 2010

ShareBellydance class was rough on Monday. I felt stiff and uncoordinated (even more so than usual). I struggled to keep my arms up and out. I felt like I’d forgotten everything. And I really hated what I saw in the mirror. I felt fat. And old. share:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare [...]

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Why I spent all day Monday attending a 90 minute bellydance class

March 18, 2010

ShareI’m pretty sure hell is made up of treadmills, weight machines and sadistic Phys Ed teachers. I hate exercise. And it’s NOT MY FAULT. When I was a little kid (back in the day when children were allowed to play outside unsupervised) I was extremely active. Skipping (for fun!), riding my bike (to go places) [...]

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Decisions, actions, feelings, thoughts (the acronym makes me smile)

February 22, 2010

ShareI am leaving Mexico. Joe is staying on the boat. I’m going to BC. (No, we’re not breaking up.) After several weeks of wondering if my environment was causing contributing to my depression. I decided that it didn’t matter. Leaving would not make it worse. Worst case scenario, I end up depressed in BC. At [...]

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Possibly bipolar, probably not a bear

February 13, 2010

ShareI’ve been busy pondering the mystery of why I feel *more* depressed after not drinking for nearly a month. Then Havi provided a clue, with a link to Bipolar Bears on her blog. She also noted that “Depression isn’t funny.” I say: “To hell with that! Because *I am* depressed, I have free rein to [...]

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