{"id":943,"date":"2013-01-20T10:44:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2013-01-20T10:44:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:44:47","slug":"personalwritinghealthreading-so-many-things-running-through-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"(personal\/writing\/health\/reading) So many things running through my head…"},"content":{"rendered":"

And yet, I fee very calm. \u00a0Not crazy, just in a zen kind of mood. \u00a0I DO have a lot to do. \u00a0And I’m confident I can do it.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been gluten-free now for almost two months, and I can feel differences that I didn’t realize I would. \u00a0Things are clearer – \u00a0like a fog has lifted. \u00a0I’m not even really missing much, except bread. \u00a0I need to find a good bread recipe that doesn’t leave me chewing forever. \u00a0But I’m working on it – it’s a work in progress, just like a story.<\/p>\n

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I’m running too – I ran twice last week, and realized that I truly need to lose a bit more weight before I run on the track again. \u00a0My knees aren’t hurting, exactly, but I’m not doing them any favors by pounding on them with the track with a 285 lb body. \u00a0So for the remainder of this pass through the Couch to 5K program (I’m on Week 2, Day 2 for Monday), I’ll be running on the treadmill, working on dropping some weight. \u00a0Once I’m running the full 5K on the treadmill, I’ll switch back to the track. \u00a0April 6 is my deadline – that’s the Todd’s Trot 5k run that I’m doing for my birthday. \u00a0The goal is to run the entire thing. \u00a0Even if I finish 2 hours after everyone else. \u00a0I WILL run it!<\/p>\n

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I’m feeling more focused on my writing too. \u00a0I’ve shelved my pirate story for a while – it’s not working, and I’m thinking I’m going at it the wrong way. \u00a0So it goes back into the treasure chest to marinate, and I’m working on my ghosthunters again. \u00a0Although they’ve made a change too, which I like. \u00a0And I’m plugging along on my edits – hoping to have them out the door by the end of the month as well.<\/p>\n

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I’m reading again too. \u00a0I’m not really going to quantify, but I’m reading two interesting books right now. \u00a0One is called\u00a0The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right<\/a> by Dr. Atul Gawande. \u00a0It’s about how to use a checklist to make sure you are doing everything you need to. \u00a0It’s fascinating – he’s a surgeon, so most of his examples are medical-related, but he relates it to the real world. \u00a0I’m engrossed.<\/p>\n

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The other book I’m reading is\u00a0The Little Women Letters<\/a> by Gabrielle Donnelly. \u00a0Not normally my type of book, but Mom let me borrow it, and I’m loving how she’s weaving the tale of a modern day woman trying to find her way in life with letters from the characters in Little Women (who are this woman’s ancestors). \u00a0It’s a good reminder to read outside my genre. \u00a0I’m going to have to find some more like this.<\/p>\n

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This got longer than I thought it would, so I’ll put my to-do list on another page. \u00a0I do still have a list, after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And yet, I fee very calm. \u00a0Not crazy, just in a zen kind of mood. \u00a0I DO have a lot to do. \u00a0And I’m confident I can do it.   I’ve been gluten-free now for almost two months, and I can feel differences that I didn’t realize I would. \u00a0Things are clearer – \u00a0like a …<\/p>\n

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