I've been spending a lot of time on the computer, surfing, reading new blogs this week. Unusual for me because after staring at the screen all day at work, the computer is the last place I want to be in my down time.
I'm far more likely to be knitting, meditating, reading a book. But everything about my life has been a little upside down lately. A month or two of minor injuries have kept me from karate, and that starts to keep me from my base line of sanity and -- happiness.
Thankfully, this week I'm back in the swing, and made it to two classes. Despite the upcoming holidays, I'm hoping to get back to my basic minimum of 3 classes a week. Just the two I got to this week catapulted me back into what feels like myself. Happy, peaceful, content and generally able to handle whatever comes my way.
One of the things that's come up for me while not being able to get my ya ya's out at karate though, is how to do it when I can't exercise at that high level of output. Maybe that's why I was first attracted to The Happiness Project, and have become slightly obsessive about it. Checking out the links on this blog have lead to others like Gitmundo which is such a breath of fresh air in a world that seems hell bent on bad news all the time.
I got this link to The Story of Stuff, from a friend, which although not filled with great envrionmental news, is at least a welcome relief to the obsessive consumerism that surrounds us particularly at this time of year. And this article from Yogamates has a great alternative to all that stuff.
Despite my voracious recycling, composting and repurposing I still need retail therapy more often than I'd like to admit. My newest alias and blog, Thriftzilla will I hope be an inspiration. Nothing makes me happier than scoring a great find.
Just one last link for holiday happiness from heart: Just Give.
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