tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post1834117707970242332..comments2023-09-11T07:18:29.237-07:00Comments on Natural Medley: Diving deep and brain clean upsJazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-56627608623476191602017-03-13T15:00:39.406-07:002017-03-13T15:00:39.406-07:00It's great when our bodies tell us to move...a...It's great when our bodies tell us to move...and we listen! I have such a built in desire to finish something I can often surface to find myself totally kinked up and starving!<br />I am working on becoming more body aware. Ah balance...yoga is helping with mine. I am hooked!<br />Wishing you well and hope you are back out of bed and rested. xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-91432811596146947262017-03-11T22:51:50.172-08:002017-03-11T22:51:50.172-08:00balance is hard! i know this from my life as a to ...balance is hard! i know this from my life as a to sensitiv, to passionate person and as a mountaineer. but in both its very needed!<br />thankfully i have not much "sitting flesh" - so after a while with the computer i need to move. household, garden and trips are a very welcome break up. living in the woods with all the physical tasks of an oldschool household and lots of "ways" to take by foot or bike helps to balance my reading/surfing habits too. i HAVE to move and do - otherwise i die on hypothermia or hunger ;-)<br />but lately i had to much "move" for weeks (for reasons) - so i had to take a whole day reading and surfing while lying in bed :-)<br />xxxxxx<br />bahnwärterinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032478343344432338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-45235596963279669022017-03-11T22:29:53.892-08:002017-03-11T22:29:53.892-08:00I'm so glad Sue. Feel free to email me if you ...I'm so glad Sue. Feel free to email me if you want more chatting!<br />I have recently extended my online evening ban to movies. I seem to become more wired and unable to sleep if I watch something that is supposedly relaxing before bed. Knitting podcasts are my go to relax tool at the moment!<br />Thanks for your input. Xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-4874980518404358992017-03-11T17:50:58.349-08:002017-03-11T17:50:58.349-08:00Jack,
I'm trying to close my computer and boo...Jack,<br /><br />I'm trying to close my computer and books well before bedtime so I can wind down and stop thinking at such an intense level. Sometimes it works. Mostly, it doesn't. I go to bed thinking and can't fall asleep. If I wake in the night, I start thinking again, and that's the end of my sleep. This morning at 4 am I was thinking about giftedness. Can we put too much pressure on gifted children? I mulled that over, making connections with my own experiences, until I had to get up at 5.45 am. Sometimes I get to the point where I never want to think deeply about anything again. I just want to read light stuff, watch movies and let my brain be idle. Before too long, this isn't enough. I get back on the treadmill again. I can't help it.<br /><br />"I also think my sensitivity to what others think has coloured what I do and why." I continuously feel guilty where other people are concerned. I can't keep up with FB friendships and feel bad about it. The same with reading blogs and commenting. Periodically, I decide it's time to stop blogging because I can't take the stress of worrying about what other people are thinking, doing, expecting... I just want to be free of all that. Of course, I'm still here, but it's a struggle. On the upside, feeling other people's feelings can be good. Tiring, yes, but it's easier for me to make connections and have empathy and compassion than it is, I imagine, for people who are able to stand alone. I bet the same is true for you. Sometimes we get frustrated by some aspect of our personality, but if it were taken away, we wouldn't be the same people. <br /><br />You know what? It's so good to chat about things like this. Those around me, excluding my family, are not interested at all. Most of my conversations have to take place in my head! Thank you for your post. <br />Sue Elvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461161335483760142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-84734980752339640242017-03-09T03:07:25.327-08:002017-03-09T03:07:25.327-08:00Ooh teaser! Naughty, naughty! xo Jazzy Jack Ooh teaser! Naughty, naughty! xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-69028516485303283632017-03-08T22:12:46.992-08:002017-03-08T22:12:46.992-08:00I enjoy them too. I am so in need of people simil...I enjoy them too. I am so in need of people similar but not identical. I'm often praised for being positive though nobody has ever praised my sanity before, so thanks. I am a strange mix of optimistic misanthrope. LOL Oh, and clumsy. But there is nothing to but carry on and carry on marvelously. The best revenge is living well, right? Eleven weeks until my life gets even better! xoxo Shawna McComberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296162660865309624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-70583128542582230442017-03-08T14:53:38.021-08:002017-03-08T14:53:38.021-08:00Ah yes. My hubby gave me the ipad to help me organ...Ah yes. My hubby gave me the ipad to help me organise my scattered brain. Which did work. Then I started on Facebook and then blogging....etc. However it is all fun and meaningful and I don't regret it at all. It's the same with the rest of my life, I dive too deep and then have to pull back.<br />Having a solid 48 hr computer break is such a simple idea. So typical of me to overcomplicate everything! Ha!<br />Definitely an idea worth trying. Thanks Vix! xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-76291474883202072832017-03-08T14:50:14.632-08:002017-03-08T14:50:14.632-08:00Thanks Curtise. It would be so much easier if ther...Thanks Curtise. It would be so much easier if there was a blueprint right? Just like when raising kids. However knowing me I would rebel and still want to find my own way! xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-58049037776857969822017-03-08T14:48:32.710-08:002017-03-08T14:48:32.710-08:00It always surprises me how sane and positive you a...It always surprises me how sane and positive you are after all you've been through!<br />I'm sorry you feel a need that isn't being filled. I feel a similar need especially around crafts. So I fill it by listening to podcasts. It is better than nothing.<br />I have enjoyed our interactions. That feels to me like sitting together discussing!<br />xo Jazzy Jack Jazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-79271528359043299272017-03-08T05:23:24.204-08:002017-03-08T05:23:24.204-08:00I-pods, apps, tabs! My head would probably explode...I-pods, apps, tabs! My head would probably explode with all that technology.<br />Like Curtise says, there's no blueprint. We do what suits us. <br />I take a break from the internet for a solid 48 hours once a week. Easy as the only way I can access it is on old school PC - no fancy gadgets, no mobile devices. I'm unplugged and I'm free! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-21798840705652240642017-03-07T23:11:28.879-08:002017-03-07T23:11:28.879-08:00There's no blueprint, is there? For managing o...There's no blueprint, is there? For managing our thoughts and feelings. All we can do is try and work out what is most helpful for us and brings us happiness, balancing our various needs, delights and stresses. You'll find your path, I'm sure. I am working on that too. Sending love. xxCurtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-20369716217357803162017-03-07T19:47:42.597-08:002017-03-07T19:47:42.597-08:00Oh Jaq, as usual I can relate to much of this. I ...Oh Jaq, as usual I can relate to much of this. I am very similar although also different in some ways too that feel sort of like they are parallel. Kind of like walking the same road but one of us looking to the left and one to the right. That might be a terrible analogy but I do love analogies. I always have several tabs open on my laptop and about three books beside me. Sometimes my brain is all over the place and I can't focus on any of them. That really frustrates me. I am craving intellectual conversations with very small groups of people on topics of interest to me. I am not getting this need met and I get frustrated and the dark place I tend to go to is rather misanthropic. I've not had much therapy though what I have had has been due to a bad marriage and trying to figure that out. I suppose in that sense, because it was emotionally abusive I was trying to fix myself then because he was telling me that I was broken and I believed him. I'm well over that but I am still struggling to find people I fit with and not to feel negatively towards the ones I don't.<br /><br />As always, it's interesting to read about your journey and to know that many of us are on one. xoxoShawna McComberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296162660865309624noreply@blogger.com