Rockchick thread and.. "nothing works for me"!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by ellie

I understand exactly what you are saying, because I do the same thing. I hate talking on the phone, I never pick up my phone, only after I read the answering machine, I don't like working with people, especially the looking over my shoulder thing. I hate, hate, hate it, but I have come to terms with it, it's just who I am, and I have to work with it, for me that means the active goal of working for myself as a artist/designer. You actually find a lot of entrepreneurs have these sort of traits, they need to come up with creative ways to work for themselves, because they don't work well in a normal 9-5 environment. I actually came across this site, and the video sums me up, and it might sum you up too...I found the site a bit fluffy, but it's nice to sort of connect with other people that are similar, and say "hey that's me" The Highly Sensitive Person's Online Guide to Creating Joyful Work

I think all of come back to this site to connect with you, because we all see a little of ourselves in you. Some of us may have been able to get a little ahead of you, so we want to help you to get up to the same point as ourselves.

Yeah that video made sense to me! This page looks very interesting, I'm definately going to check it out further! Thanks!

[Indiana]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

It would mean that I wasted my life and screwed up my chance to do what I came here for. If you believe in reincarnation, I guess I would have other chances, but if you don't, you only got one. I want to experience the joy of doing what brings me the most happiness. I want to live a life that gives me the best possible chances of being purely happy as often as possible. I want to enjoy life all the time, not just intermittently whenever the situation happen to be right. I want to be living my passion, not working my butt off at a job I hate for many years just so I can afford to do something fun for a few days.

Seems like pretty black and white thinking here. That anything that's not 'your calling' is a wasted life. That happiness is only worthwhile chasing if it's 'pure'. That your 'right' life involves you enjoying it all the time, and if you're not enjoying it all the time, it's not right. Do you know of anyone at all who has achieved this? Do you think that maybe you're letting your dreams of the perfect get in the way of the good?

This 'screwed up' thing is really interesting to me. I mean, you seem to believe you have a singular calling that 'the universe' or something intends for you to do, even though that purpose is veiled to you. And that even though you don't know what it is, and there's nobody to tell you, you're afraid of 'screwing up' by not finding it. As though there are going to be some serious repercussions if you don't do it. Is that right?

Try imagining for one moment that it's not like that. That there's no 'one calling' for you, no 'reason you're here'. Your life is entirely what you make of it from moment to moment, and that's all. Sometimes you'll be happy and sometimes sad, sometimes joyful and sometimes frustrated... and that it's the same for everyone, everywhere. That you could spend your whole life working in an undemanding retail job and then spending the evenings going for walks and watching shows you like on TV and that would be just fine. That would be what your life was about.

How does that make you feel?

[Lauxa]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

Well the longest the organic farms go is 6 months, (or until September), you can join one anytime IF they have the accommodation for you but they say in order to guarantee a spot, you should sign up in April. But that's just for the farms, there are other programs that involve working at resorts, bed & breakfasts, people's homes, it's all involving doing some type of work in exchange for free rent and meals. And those go year round and I'm not sure on the length of stay for those, I think they vary with each place, whatever the owner wants.

Hey, if you haven't already, you could also look at national parks. When we visited Yellowstone we met some of the people working the retail there and there were some programs for staying at the park and working and then during your spare time you can enjoy the park. Don't know if that would interest you, but thought I'd mention it.

Oh Rockchick, I want to travel too, and I'm going to be intending on it some more starting TODAY. I have some obstacles and can't see a clear path to it yet, but from now on I'm going to spend my "housework time" doing imagination and visualization exercises geared towards traveling. Happy trails!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by ssandra

Or find joy and beauty in those things as well...?

I can find beauty in most things these days, if I just set my mind to it.

For every mom screaming at her child there is also a mom or dad playing with their child. Lovely.

For every dog barking, there is also a dog being playful and joyful enjoying the park and it's life.

Cars zipping by.. one of my favorite things to watch. Just imaging where all those people are going to.. what they do with their lives.. the joy of me being outside, while they are locked in a tin can

Good points! But unfortunately for me, a bad experience can overshadow the good one, because its louder and grates on my nerves!

By the way, I just took that self test on that site, and I checked ALL 27, there is NO doubt I am definately a sensitive!

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

Good points! But unfortunately for me, a bad experience can overshadow the good one, because its louder and grates on my nerves!

That's just because you let it. Focus on what you want and not on what annoys you and you'll find more of what you want.

This is actually true, not just talk. Try it sometimes. Just one day, go out and just look at everything that is positive and beautiful.

Ignore what you don't like, just find beauty in everything!

By the way, I just took that self test on that site, and I checked ALL 27, there is NO doubt I am definately a sensitive!

Yeah, so am I. Doesn't mean I'm letting it ruin my life

[ellie]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

Good points! But unfortunately for me, a bad experience can overshadow the good one, because its louder and grates on my nerves!

By the way, I just took that self test on that site, and I checked ALL 27, there is NO doubt I am definately a sensitive!

Well I got 23/27.

It actually helps sometimes, to put a name to what you are, but only if you can accept it When I learnt about entrepreneurialism and traits associated with being an entrepreneur, it was like a "light bulb" moment for me. It all made sense, and so then I could take action, to implement change. An entrepreneur has a lot of traits with things like, sensitive, highly creative, ADD, likes being in control of their surroundings etc.

Before that I was really lost, because I knew I didn't fit into the "norm", but at the same time I didn't know where I actually where I belonged, but now that has all changed and have seen amazing results from it. The most astounding thing is the soar in my creativity. Before I could barely put pen to paper (for years), now all of a sudden I am coming up with heaps of illustrations, designs....it's pretty amazing.

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Angela

What specific changes have you made?

I didn't say I made any changes, I said i've made progress. Change comes slowly, but progress is always happening. I had a few epiphanies and I'm learning more about myself by the hour, it seems like. I just spent 2 hours on that HSP website and I feel like I finally have an understanding of who I am. The road ahead of me is long but I can feel my motivation going up all the time and I finally have hope for my future!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Indiana

Seems like pretty black and white thinking here. That anything that's not 'your calling' is a wasted life. That happiness is only worthwhile chasing if it's 'pure'.

To clarify this happiness thing, what I meant was most people live such monotonous lives, they think happiness is having a job PERIOD, nevermind if it's one they don't like. Their bar gets lowered on their happiness level. They settle. They think life must be good if they aren't sick, have a job, and have a place to live. But they never experience JOY. They never experience what it's like to find out how awesome things could be if only they did what they dream about doing! It's exactly what you guys are telling me, that I have no idea what life has in store for me because I'm not really living it yet and I could experience so much more!

That your 'right' life involves you enjoying it all the time, and if you're not enjoying it all the time, it's not right. Do you know of anyone at all who has achieved this? Do you think that maybe you're letting your dreams of the perfect get in the way of the good?

Just because I don't know anyone personally who has achieved this doesn't mean nobody has. Why is it so unbelievable that somebody could have a perfect life? I hear people talk about their perfect lives all the time, actually. (Nobody in my small circle of friends and family though, but in other places) Yeah maybe I'm expecting too much perfection and I'll never find it, but my chances would be much better if I tried as many of the things as I can that are telling me to try them. Why do these things interest me at all? Why does anyone's interests interest them at all? It's gotta be a for a reason. You can't enjoy life if you don't follow your interests. I thought this was a given.

This 'screwed up' thing is really interesting to me. I mean, you seem to believe you have a singular calling that 'the universe' or something intends for you to do, even though that purpose is veiled to you.

Wow. This made me think of something. My 2 favorite tv shows are EXACTLY about this. They both have a central theme of destiny. Something you were destined to do. Maybe it's rubbing off on me?

But isn't this the same thing as having goals? Your goals are things you strive to achieve. Your destiny is something you are striving to achieve. They're pretty much the same thing, just a different name. Goals are what you create to fullfill your soul's destiny.

And that even though you don't know what it is, and there's nobody to tell you, you're afraid of 'screwing up' by not finding it.

I know what it is/they are, I'm just struggling with how to achieve them. And there ARE people to tell me, call them angels, call them teachers, call them whatever you want, everyone in here is telling me (not literally, the correct word would be more like helping me).

As though there are going to be some serious repercussions if you don't do it. Is that right?

Not repercussions, REGRETS.

Try imagining for one moment that it's not like that. That there's no 'one calling' for you, no 'reason you're here'. Your life is entirely what you make of it from moment to moment, and that's all. Sometimes you'll be happy and sometimes sad, sometimes joyful and sometimes frustrated... and that it's the same for everyone, everywhere. That you could spend your whole life working in an undemanding retail job and then spending the evenings going for walks and watching shows you like on TV and that would be just fine. That would be what your life was about.

How does that make you feel?

It would still make me feel like I didn't do what I wanted to do. Why would I have 20 different things I wanted to do but settle for watching tv and working a job I didn't like? Why choose to do something you don't want to do over something you do?

Ahhhhh ha! Are you trying to use reverse psychology on me!? If you are, it's working!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Lauxa

Hey, if you haven't already, you could also look at national parks. When we visited Yellowstone we met some of the people working the retail there and there were some programs for staying at the park and working and then during your spare time you can enjoy the park. Don't know if that would interest you, but thought I'd mention it.

Yes! I looked into that briefly when I was researching campgrounds and ways to work while living in an RV. It's called Workamping. Maybe there is a different word for it at national parks, I didn't go so much into detail with those just because there are much more campgrounds easily available than national parks.

Oh Rockchick, I want to travel too, and I'm going to be intending on it some more starting TODAY. I have some obstacles and can't see a clear path to it yet, but from now on I'm going to spend my "housework time" doing imagination and visualization exercises geared towards traveling. Happy trails!

Awesome! Maybe we should keep in touch about it and compare notes and ideas? Or just report in the workout buddy thread, that's kinda what we got going on in there now!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by ellie

Well I got 23/27.

It actually helps sometimes, to put a name to what you are, but only if you can accept it When I learnt about entrepreneurialism and traits associated with being an entrepreneur, it was like a "light bulb" moment for me. It all made sense, and so then I could take action, to implement change. An entrepreneur has a lot of traits with things like, sensitive, highly creative, ADD, likes being in control of their surroundings etc.

Before that I was really lost, because I knew I didn't fit into the "norm", but at the same time I didn't know where I actually where I belonged, but now that has all changed and have seen amazing results from it. The most astounding thing is the soar in my creativity. Before I could barely put pen to paper (for years), now all of a sudden I am coming up with heaps of illustrations, designs....it's pretty amazing.

I couldn't have said this better myself! Right on!

It does help a lot to know there is a name for what you are, and others who are just like you. I was reading Woody Harrelson's poem about feeling like an alien, on that HSP site, and ironically I felt like less of an alien after seeing the words someone else wrote down as if they were right out of my own diary! That poem really hit me, I got tears in my eyes and goosebumps all over. I love moments like that.

[Arboretor]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

I do like walking, but I have this other wierd problem...I feel uncomfortable walking during the day. I usually go for walks either at sunrise or sunset, I completely prefer sunrise though because most people aren't up yet and the world is quiet and peaceful. I hate being out during the day, I have never liked it. I've always been a nightowl. If I go for a walk during the day, with loud cars going past me and dogs barking as I walk by, and people seeing me, it bothers me so much that I end my walks early. I like being outside when there is nobody else out there, and the world is much more beautiful at sunrise than any other time, I think. So thats the struggle I have, if I'm not able to be up between 5 and 7 am to go for my walks then, I pretty much hide indoors.

That looks like a pretty big problem you have. I think it is very important to get rid of this fear of people. I recommend this book:

Soul without Shame: Liberating Yourself

or The Work by Byron Katie.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

I didn't say I made any changes, I said i've made progress. Change comes slowly, but progress is always happening. I had a few epiphanies and I'm learning more about myself by the hour, it seems like. I just spent 2 hours on that HSP website and I feel like I finally have an understanding of who I am. The road ahead of me is long but I can feel my motivation going up all the time and I finally have hope for my future!

Progress IS change, although change isn't necessarily progress.

Epiphanies, hope, inspiration, and motivation are all excellent things, and I've seen you over the course of the last -- what? 2 or 3 years? express flashes of them -- and then sink back into "nothing works for me!" and reaching outside yourself for solution, engaging people in conversation about what you want and why you can't have/be/do it.

What are you going to CHANGE in your life and your actions, what are you going to COMMIT to, that will make a difference this time, not just be another temporary flash followed by going back to your habitual negative thought pattern? If you don't make a change, it's just more of the same.

Progress, schmogress. What's called for here is a breakthrough! Or not.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

I didn't say I made any changes, I said i've made progress. Change comes slowly . . .

Keep in mind change doesn't always come slowly. Take somebody who smokes and decides to quit. One second she was a smoker, the next second she's a non-smoker. Don't tell me about how it took her three months to work up to this action Some people try to wean off from cigarettes over time and others just stop smoking one day. Change can be slow or fast.

A person can be going about her life as usual and then go out on a date one night and come home madly in love. That's fast change.

Y'know something interesting, last time when we were all conversing in a thread like this with you, some of us (including me) were talking about how you remind us of us in some aspect of our lives or in a previous aspect of our lives. This has become so apparent now that these threads have become a sign to me. And yesterday I asked myself, "Where in my life am I stuck due to saying, 'I can't do that because . . . ' "

[Angela]

Agreed. The unconscious mind changes very quickly. But your conscious mind can take a loooooong time getting ready to make a change.

The smoking example is a funny one: people say, "it took me ten years to quit smoking." No, it didn't. It took you ten years to work up your nerve to change. It only took an instant to actually make that change.

[Lauxa]

Originally Posted by Angela

Progress IS change, although change isn't necessarily progress.

Epiphanies, hope, inspiration, and motivation are all excellent things, and I've seen you over the course of the last -- what? 2 or 3 years? express flashes of them -- and then sink back into "nothing works for me!" and reaching outside yourself for solution, engaging people in conversation about what you want and why you can't have/be/do it.

What are you going to CHANGE in your life and your actions, what are you going to COMMIT to, that will make a difference this time, not just be another temporary flash followed by going back to your habitual negative thought pattern? If you don't make a change, it's just more of the same.

Progress, schmogress. What's called for here is a breakthrough! Or not.

Changing a thought pattern is change. If you commit to changing a thought pattern, eventually it should bring about all the other changes (life and actions).

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Lauxa

Changing a thought pattern is change.

I agree. I'm not seeing any change in thought pattern here. That's why I asked: what changes have you made: And the answer was: no changes, only progress.

If you commit to changing a thought pattern, eventually it should bring about all the other changes (life and actions).

In my experience, if you authentically change a thought pattern, "eventually" is instantaneous. It changes who you're being, and your lower levels of change (behavior, attitudes, values, beliefs) transform in the blink of an eye.

If you think you've changed your thought patterns, but your behavior, attitudes, values, and beliefs don't change, you're fooling yourself -- you're still operating inside that same old thought pattern.

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Arboretor

That looks like a pretty big problem you have. I think it is very important to get rid of this fear of people. I recommend this book:

Soul without Shame: Liberating Yourself

or The Work by Byron Katie.

It isn't that I have a FEAR of people, it's that I can't enjoy nature and put myself into a peaceful state of mind with loud manmade noise all around me, and I consider spiritual things private, I can retreat inside then, but if there are people around, I can't get into that mindset.

That first book sounds interesting though, I'll check it out. I already have The Work, it didn't do much for me apparently.

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Angela

Progress IS change, although change isn't necessarily progress.

Epiphanies, hope, inspiration, and motivation are all excellent things, and I've seen you over the course of the last -- what? 2 or 3 years? express flashes of them -- and then sink back into "nothing works for me!" and reaching outside yourself for solution, engaging people in conversation about what you want and why you can't have/be/do it.

What are you going to CHANGE in your life and your actions, what are you going to COMMIT to, that will make a difference this time, not just be another temporary flash followed by going back to your habitual negative thought pattern? If you don't make a change, it's just more of the same.

Progress, schmogress. What's called for here is a breakthrough! Or not.

To me it did feel like a breakthrough, many small ones, and they seem to be happening every day at least once! As of now, (unless something happens to make me change my mind), I'm leaning towards putting my 2 month notice in, selling almost everything I have that I don't need, and seeing if I can do this blog business thing and in the meantime I'll bounce around on organic farms/work exchange places until I have enough money for an RV. If I get a job around here then I'll live somewhere with cheap rent (possibly getting an apartment with my best friend because in July he'll be forced to move out of his house).

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

Keep in mind change doesn't always come slowly. Take somebody who smokes and decides to quit. One second she was a smoker, the next second she's a non-smoker. Don't tell me about how it took her three months to work up to this action Some people try to wean off from cigarettes over time and others just stop smoking one day. Change can be slow or fast.

A person can be going about her life as usual and then go out on a date one night and come home madly in love. That's fast change.

Oh yes, you are right, many things can change in an instant. I guess I should have clarified saying my changes take time , I'm a little slower than most people I think!

Y'know something interesting, last time when we were all conversing in a thread like this with you, some of us (including me) were talking about how you remind us of us in some aspect of our lives or in a previous aspect of our lives. This has become so apparent now that these threads have become a sign to me. And yesterday I asked myself, "Where in my life am I stuck due to saying, 'I can't do that because . . . ' "

I'm glad these threads are helping other people besides me, that was the whole point of making them!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Angela

I agree. I'm not seeing any change in thought pattern here. That's why I asked: what changes have you made: And the answer was: no changes, only progress.

Well that meant no I didn't move out yet, no I didnt join an organic farm, no I didn't quit speaking to my dad, but I can feel in my mind my thought processes are changing. Throughout the day something will remind me of what I've been learning and then I smile to myself because I recognized it and I feel motivation to change. I'm not as afraid of "what if's" as I used to be. I'm actually excited to put in my 2 month notice and see where the universe takes me. Now that I know how to distinguish my ego from my higher self, that makes making decisions so much easier.

In my experience, if you authentically change a thought pattern, "eventually" is instantaneous. It changes who you're being, and your lower levels of change (behavior, attitudes, values, beliefs) transform in the blink of an eye.

My attitudes, values and beliefs have changed drastically in the last few years. My behavior not so much just because I'm still around the same people and it's harder to let your changes show on the outside, when you're always spending time with the same people you've known either all or most of your life. I am hopeful that I will find new people though, every day I am finding opportunities to make new friends and branch out and get involved with people who are just like me.

[Angela]

If you choose change in your life, Rockchick, I wish you the very best in that. If you choose to be an immovable mountain, I wish you the very best in that.

I reckon we'll see, huh? I'm glad you're feeling good on purpose. That does strike me as progress.

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by Angela

If you choose change in your life, Rockchick, I wish you the very best in that. If you choose to be an immovable mountain, I wish you the very best in that.

I reckon we'll see, huh? I'm glad you're feeling good on purpose. That does strike me as progress.

Well I don't wish myself the best in being an immovable mountain, so I hope I fail at that!

I think what is happening is just that I'm hearing so much and learning so much that I can't deny the fact that things will be ok no matter what happens, and nothing is permanent, so if I get put into a situation I don't like, it won't be forever. And there is enough about my current situation that I don't like that makes me welcome change because anything will be better (or at least different, which is what I want right now). Maybe I just finally reached my tipping point, or maybe because my free money is close to running out that I feel pressured into taking ANY kind of action. Maybe it is all me doing this. Whatever is creating the changes in my mind, I'm glad.

[ellie]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

Well I don't wish myself the best in being an immovable mountain, so I hope I fail at that!

I think what is happening is just that I'm hearing so much and learning so much that I can't deny the fact that things will be ok no matter what happens, and nothing is permanent, so if I get put into a situation I don't like, it won't be forever. And there is enough about my current situation that I don't like that makes me welcome change because anything will be better (or at least different, which is what I want right now). Maybe I just finally reached my tipping point, or maybe because my free money is close to running out that I feel pressured into taking ANY kind of action. Maybe it is all me doing this. Whatever is creating the changes in my mind, I'm glad.

I like the sound of this

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

It isn't that I have a FEAR of people, it's that I can't enjoy nature and put myself into a peaceful state of mind with loud manmade noise all around me, and I consider spiritual things private, I can retreat inside then, but if there are people around, I can't get into that mindset.

That first book sounds interesting though, I'll check it out. I already have The Work, it didn't do much for me apparently.

But going outside for a walk in the sunlight is not meant to be spiritual. It is meant to be healthy. Nothing else but to get some exercise and most importantly SUNLIGHT!

IF you can meditate at the same time that is great. If not, then don't worry.

Why not listen to one of Tony Robbins tapes while you are walking outside?

Or to any of the other tapes with texts that you have? After you come home, you can listen to them again and do the exercises...?

Or just listen to some great music? It will cancel out some of the noise and you need SUNLIGHT!

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by ssandra

But going outside for a walk in the sunlight is not meant to be spiritual. It is meant to be healthy. Nothing else but to get some exercise and most importantly SUNLIGHT!

IF you can meditate at the same time that is great. If not, then don't worry.

Why not listen to one of Tony Robbins tapes while you are walking outside?

Or to any of the other tapes with texts that you have? After you come home, you can listen to them again and do the exercises...?

Or just listen to some great music? It will cancel out some of the noise and you need SUNLIGHT!

Oh I have never gone outside for the sunlight, I put on sunscreen and wear a hat and sunglasses and preferrably pants and a long sleeve shirt (it's usually too cold not to, anyway) so I'm really not getting sun anyway. I have really pale skin with lots of moles and I already had to have 2 of them removed and my doctor told me to avoid the sun, and I thought that works out great since I am a night person anyway. I strictly go for walks to get exercise and to connect with nature. I have tried listening to my iPod while walking but it totally takes away from the experience. I also want to be able to hear if there is a car or a person coming up behind me. I've heard it's not safe to be listening to something while walking because you should be aware of your surroundings.

[ssandra]

I'm not saying to go outside in the middle of the day when the sun is hottest, but go at 10 in the morning, or at 16.00 in the afternoon?

Nothing wrong with some sun! A little bit is good, as long as you don't over do it. Don't go for 3 hour walks, but just 10 minutes? or 20 minutes?

Really, your body needs sun! It is one of the reasons why so many people (in the Netherlands anyway) are depressed in winder time. They miss the sunlight and the chemical reactions that occur in the body when it comes into contact with sunlight.

It is not even really sunlight, it is mainly UVB radiation. So, even when walking in the shade or when it is cloudy outside, it will be good for you.

Regarding walking with a walkman or mp 3 player: Don't put it so loud that you don't hear anything around you anymore. Just have it on as some back ground? On a normal volume, not a deafening volume.

Trust me, if it is at a normal level, you will still hear cars coming at you or persons behind you.

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by ssandra

I'm not saying to go outside in the middle of the day when the sun is hottest, but go at 10 in the morning, or at 16.00 in the afternoon?

I haven't been up at 10 am in years! My work schedules have been overnight so I've always had to sleep during the day, which is totally fine for me since I am a nightowl anyway.

Nothing wrong with some sun! A little bit is good, as long as you don't over do it. Don't go for 3 hour walks, but just 10 minutes? or 20 minutes?

It takes me 10 minutes just to get ready for my walks! I wouldn't go through all that effort and willpower just for 10 minutes. I am like a steam engine, it takes me a long time to get going but once I do, it's hard to stop, partly because I'm already doing it (momentum) and partly because I'm not going to go through the effort to get started only to do it for a short time.

It is not even really sunlight, it is mainly UVB radiation. So, even when walking in the shade or when it is cloudy outside, it will be good for you.

My doctor (and every bottle of sunscreen) says UVB radiation causes skin cancer, and I can't help but take it seriously since I've already had 2 moles removed becuase they thought they were cancerous. So I'm really not in a position to believe sunlight is good enough for you to take that risk.

Another issue with going for walks after the sun isnt so high, that's usually after I've already showered for the day or I've already left to do my plans. And I'm not going to get all sweaty again and have to take another shower and fix my hair all over again, that takes time. That's why I always walk either before bed or after bed (the same goes for working out).

I know my ways might sound kinda anal to some people but it's the only way I can do things without causing more problems.

[moonrambler]

How about drinking 8 oz of water every day at 3 p.m.? Would you be willing to give that a try?

[Rockchick26]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

How about drinking 8 oz of water every day at 3 p.m.? Would you be willing to give that a try?

Does water have something to do with sunlight I wasn't aware of? I"m constantly drinking water already, I really do drink it everywhere I go, any chance I get. Sometimes when I know I'm going to be away from someone's house (say in a car or out shopping) I'll bring a water bottle with me. I would not survive 10 minutes in the desert!

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by Rockchick26

I know my ways might sound kinda anal to some people but it's the only way I can do things without causing more problems.

Too much sun is bad.

Too little sun is bad as well.

It is all about balance.

That you don't want to go through the trouble for just a 10 minute walk is just and excuse. What else are you doing. Reading self help books? Browsing online? It is not a waste of time, it is actually doing something!

There are entire therapies against depression based on light. Why? Because we humans are meant to be in the light.

I'm not saying to go in your bikini at the hottest of the day and stay in the sun for 3 hours without protection.

Just go for a small walk.. thats it.

If you are normally not up before 10am... get up at 10am, go for a walk and go back to bed (or take a shower and start your day).