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KarateKen
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| It's been a stressful week but I'm good now. Excited about the weekend. |
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Patrick
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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KarateKen
Orange Belt
Joined: 12 Nov 2021
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Location: Dojo
Styles: Karate
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| It's been a stressful week but I'm good now. Excited about the weekend. |
Good to hear.
The 1-year-old's sleep hasn't sorted itself, but things are pretty good.  My brother just booked a trip to come and visit next month, so that'll be fun, too. |
I hear it might take a while. Everyone I know with kids says that they never get a full night's sleep in the early years. Good luck, it sounds like nothing is easy about good parenting. |
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Patrick
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KarateKen
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Styles: Karate
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Anytime I get down I try to remember my blessings. There are lots of people out there who have it a lot worse. |
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Zaine
Black Belt
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Posts: 2242
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Matsumura-Seito, Shobayashi-Ryu, Shudokan, Long Fist, American Street Karate, Southern Mantis, HEMA
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| Anytime I get down I try to remember my blessings. There are lots of people out there who have it a lot worse. |
It's good to remember your blessings. That's something that I struggle with. I think that it's easy for us, as humans, to get so focused on what needs improvement that we forget to look back to see how far we've come. However, I think it's important to understand that, while there are people out there who have it worse, that does not invalidate our issues. You're allowed to focus on something bringing you down. I would advise against doing it so much that it becomes an anchor, which is something that I struggle with often, but it's okay to feel bad about a situation that you are in.
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Patrick
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KarateKen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| Anytime I get down I try to remember my blessings. There are lots of people out there who have it a lot worse. |
It's good to remember your blessings. That's something that I struggle with. I think that it's easy for us, as humans, to get so focused on what needs improvement that we forget to look back to see how far we've come. However, I think it's important to understand that, while there are people out there who have it worse, that does not invalidate our issues. You're allowed to focus on something bringing you down. I would advise against doing it so much that it becomes an anchor, which is something that I struggle with often, but it's okay to feel bad about a situation that you are in. |
I often get in the most trouble when I overthink my problems because that is how I dwell on them and make them worse, often times worse than they actually are. But I am learning from my spiritual sensei, the master, Alan Watts, who said,
"By thoughts, I mean specifically, chatter in the skull. Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating. I’m not saying that thinking is bad. Like everything else, it’s useful in moderation. A good servant but a bad master. "
I now work to think in moderation. It's a new approach for me but so far it is helping.
To your point about how it does not invalidate our issues, I think that's important to understand. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30001
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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That's a pretty good way to look at it. "Paralysis by Analysis" comes to mind.
I've been dealing with Meniere's acting up, and when it gets bad, I start to constantly worry that I'm going to have an episode kick off, and if it happens at work, that's bad news. I try not to dwell on it, but it's tough when the constant reminders are truly all in my head; in the form of tinnitus, dizziness, and pressure in my head. It's very frustrating.
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KarateKen
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| Water heater broke and I have flooding, ruined carpet, black mold, and no hot water. Probably going to have to replace the carpet. |
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on the post.
