mental-health – Ridgewalker's Notebook

Closing The Lid

I used to be all about things. When I was a kid our family didn’t have much money, but I still had my eye on that cool thing in the Sears Christmas Wish book, or the toys at the Bazaar on the island. Later when we had money and when I went out on myContinue reading “Closing The Lid”

What Do I Do With All That Energy

My day starts out when I lay in bed, awake in the pre dawn light. I will check my Apple Watch on my wrist, which thankfully has a night time display of large numbers. If the time is past 5:30am I will get out of bed. I will do this because experience has shown meContinue reading “What Do I Do With All That Energy”

The Importance of Energy Management

I have known ever since I came of age that I am a low energy guy. I have never had a lot of oomph to run my body. For a long time I didn’t care. At some point though it began to affect my career so I began looking at various strategies to help improveContinue reading “The Importance of Energy Management”

Still In The Game

Typing and having Parkinsons can be a challenge. Fingers need to move rapidly, which happens to be something that my Parkinsons specifically rails against. I have tweaked my system settings to inhibit keys repeating if they are held down too long, and that helps a bit, but errors caused by my recalcitrant fingers still creepContinue reading “Still In The Game”

Beginnings Are Hard

I have a quote I got from a friend that puts forth the idea that things always start out messy and over time they come together. I should look it up because it is powerful but this is good enough for this missive. I am entering into retirement and it is new territory for meContinue reading “Beginnings Are Hard”

Retirement

I am easing into retirement, feeling my way as I go. Their are things I know I want to do in this last phase of my life, like read more, and write more. Other things are on my list that I know I want to get to, but don’t carry the same sense of urgency.Continue reading “Retirement”