I was late in purchasing my desk calendar, which is really my kitchen counter calendar, Llewelyn's Witch's Datebook. It has all the moon and planet phases in it which I find helpful in clarifying what goes on with emotional energy, for myself, and my clients. This year, I could not purchase the calendar until February. And that is why I didn't know that Mercury went Retrograde on January 30th.
This is the first Mercury Retrograde in about 20 years that I didn't know it was Mercury Retrograde, though I should have assumed it was close because of the frequent communications breakdowns and general frustrations that seem to be prevalent now. Honestly, I thought it was too soon for Mercury Retrograde, because we just had it. But that was November, and that's how time works.
This has been a time of anxiety for me and sometimes I don't know why, other than that seems to be the energy right now, anxiety everywhere. I am trying to practice what I suggest to my clients, and stay focused on the present moment so that I can be as centered as possible. I found in January that it became easier to choose to eat better, to choose to exercise with my Blogilates app, to choose to do things that I had been putting off.
I haven't quite moved past the guilt thoughts yet when it comes to blog posting though, which is silly because literally the only person who cares if I post every day is me. I think if I find there is a day where I am overwhelmed or too tired to post, I start thinking I'll put it off forever so I better do it. But then I find that I do feel better with posting frequently, which is why I am offering you this post now which isn't saying much, other than I am trying to stay centered.
Other things that I found out about myself in January:
- Turns out I don't hate cooking. Eating better is a lot easier than I thought it would be.
- Turns out also I don't hate cleaning up or cleaning my apartment. Often, depression convinced me otherwise.
- I am progressing in my workouts. I have a long way to go but I can hold a plank position now! Not for long, mind you, but I can do it. I couldn't do that two months ago.
- Every time I sneeze, I have to apologize to a cat. Mr. Henderson is the only one of my crew that is not afraid of sneezes. The other two take my sneezes as personal affronts to them and their families.
- I like blogging and writing and recapping and analyzing TV shows. I think I like that more than I like actually watching TV. My next WandaVision recap will be in a few days, because I am actually going to be professional and take notes and stuff!
- I definitely want to start a podcast, weekly or bi-weekly, called Erica Laughing wherein I share stories, make people laugh, have guests, and make fun of things. It's on my To Do list.
- I thought I was too much of an empath to listen to anything about True Crime, something I found true with watching television and part of why it wasn't so difficult for me to give up TV (mostly). But I've really enjoyed listening to True Crime podcasts. Yes, that is troubling. I don't enjoy hearing about the scary parts, but I do find the stories and backstories interesting. The only reason I am not more concerned about this additional aspect of myself is I know how many people are obsessed with True Crime stories, which I think makes me normal-ish.
- I love coffee, but I am tiring of sugar in my coffee. I still like a bit of half and half, but even the smallest bit of sugar in coffee is bothering me.
- I am a lot stronger physically and emotionally than I was last year and the year before.
- I miss drinking Coke.
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