The Pendulum Swings the Other Way
Yesterday was a gift because I felt quite well compared to how I’ve been feeling. Aside from the usual ankle pain, I was pleasantly free […]
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Another Step
It’s been a year since my first blog post, “The First Step”, on processingproblems.com. I remember feeling the competing emotions of fear and relief when hitting […]
Fighting for a Good Mood
Later this afternoon, we are going to a specialized arthritis center to see a different rheumatologist about my ankle. Although I’m not looking forward to […]
Reading and Contemplating
I started reading a book called Why Buddhism is True. It is written by Robert Wright, an evolutionary psychologist, who aims to disseminate his thoughts […]
Starting to Notice an Improvement
I’m just loving this late February sunshine. The mornings are still freezing and the days are hitting a high of right around 50, but the […]
Rethinking Mindset
It’s Monday again, so we’ve closed the book in another nice weekend. Despite the relentless, bone-chillingly cold and dreary rain yesterday, I enjoyed the weekend. […]
PMA: Positive Mental Attitude
The sun is so bright this morning. Even though the air temperature is still hovering just below 50, the radiant rays of the sun make […]
Washing Away Winter Blues
It rained all day yesterday. It was one of those cold, relentless rains, which is atypical for February in New England, where the temperatures are […]
The Week in Books
This week went surprisingly quickly. In the way that four-day work weeks after a Monday holiday feel especially long because of the expectation that they […]