Astute Unruly Me

My life in words

Avocation: Reading & Writing (part 1)

avocation, reading, writing

Hobbies keep life interesting and people out of trouble. Try anything that you find remotely interesting. Leisure time is important to your overall well-being.  Leisure activities include physical, social, intellectual, volunteer, and creative, have a positive effect on self-esteem and Read more…


To do between jobs

You have found yourself between jobs. Here are some things you could be doing while searching for your next endeavor. Individuals tend to site a lack of time as deciding factor as to why they don’t do a variety of Read more…


$35,053.91

That is what I owe for student loans. Its more than what I said earlier. The loans were moved to forbearance for a number of reasons and I am not currently paying on them. So, interest happened. Two master’s degrees Read more…


Yoga Story

In my efforts to be better I have managed to ride my bike do some yoga every other day this week. A year ago I wrote a post about when and how I started practicing yoga. It was originally posted Read more…


Tracking my habits

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I have an idea of what I should be doing and then the reality of it all sets in. When I wrote the post about designing my life. I might have been a little excited. Workout: This is still a Read more…


Change

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Today is Friday, this is my last day at work. I took this job as a Career Counselor in order to complete my requirement for the LPC application. I am transitioning back to a more typical mental health counselor position Read more…


Health

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If I look at my food situation like I look at my money situation. A complete overhaul of how I think needs to happen first. Like with my money, eating healthy feels like deprivation and not a solution to long Read more…


Design my life

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I tend to find myself thinking in circles quite a bit. Usually after watching several youtube videos. Here are a few examples of my thought spirals. The youtuber, Janell Kristina was talking about 50 things she stoped buying or using Read more…


Money

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I have this issue. It drives me crazy. I really like to spend money. I like my stuff. I like to eat out. In the past few years I have reduced my spending habits dramatically in an effort to pay Read more…