My New Year’s Resolution for 2012 was to “get healthy.” But goals should be SMART, which stands for “specific, measurable, attainable, rewarding, and time-limited.” So my goal became “be able to run for at least 30 minutes before the end of this year.” Last year, Bill (husband) asked me to run in the Austin10K (6.2 miles) with him, his [...]
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Learning to run
Posted in exercise, Health, running on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ever Try to Get a Doctor Appointment After Work?
Posted in Health, tagged annual checkups, doctor, doctor appointment, urgent care on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why do we keep seeing articles about people not getting annual checkups, tests, and immunizations? Ever try to get a doctor appointment after 6 pm or on a Saturday? People who can afford to go to the doctor have jobs that pay for medical insurance. The majority of people who have jobs that pay for [...]
The Birth Order Book
Posted in Health, Miscellaneous, tagged baby of the family, birth, birth order, black sheep, book worm, family, family dynamics, kevin leman, personality, personality traits on February 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Are you the first born child in your family? The mysterious middle child? The entertaining baby of the family? A Lonely Only? Or perhaps the ultimate in birth order: The First Born Son? Years ago, my mom sent me a book about birth order. The section about three daughters and then a son exactly mirrored [...]
Bicycle without Pain?
Posted in Health, tagged bicycle, bike, ischial tuberosity, saddle on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Update, January 21, 2011: I got a new, wider bike seat and tried it out today. My ischial tuberosities are touching down on the padded part of the seat instead of the edges. MUCH better! The seat (or saddle) is the “Large Wide Size Sofa Gel Comfort Style Bike Seat” from amazon.com. [...]
New Year’s Resolutions
Posted in Health, tagged exercise, resolution, weight loss on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every year for the past 25-ish, my New Year’s Resolution has been to “get healthy.” Anyone who knows anything about making goals would say that “get healthy” is too broad of a goal. For you to have any chance at achieving a goal, it has to be broken down into smaller, manageable goals. So this [...]
Creating an Hourly Reminder in Windows
Posted in Health, Writing, tagged desk, exercise, task on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that someone was actually paid to research and discover the fact that women blink twice as often as men! I don’t think any technical writers were in that study. As a technical writer, I sit at a desk all day, rarely having the occasion to move anything but my head, eyes, hands, [...]
How do you stay on an elliptical machine for more than 30 minutes?
Posted in Health, tagged elliptical, exercise, treadmill on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update: This post was first posted on writeriam.blogspot.com on Feb 17, 2009. Still don’t like that elliptical machine and we’ve since bought a treadmill–and updated my playlist. I don’t call it a “dreadmill” because I actually like it; however, when I’m on it, I keep thinking of all the more important things I ought to [...]
