Vacation time means you have a little more time for reflection. So with only 10 weeks away from our end goal, I thought I’d do a little check back to see how I’m doing (both as a motivational tool, and a kick in the bum!). I’ve taught in college and elementary school classrooms, so here’s the report card that I’d issue to myself (and note: I don’t believe in personal health changes as being Pass or Fail- there’s way more grey area than that!):
OVERALL GRADES
Drink More Water and Quit Drinking Coffee: Pass
Headaches: A
Visits to the Chiropractor: A
Stretching and Yoga: C
OVERALL GRADE: C+
COMMENTS
Drink More Water and Quit Drinking Coffee: Pass
Suzanne, you haven’t really dedicated yourself to this goal. Everytime my back is turned, you’ll make up another excuse as to why it’s ok for you to have a cup of coffee, despite knowing that you simply aren’t going to benefit yourself by doing that. With that being said, I am pleased to see that yesterday, despite your tremendous fatigue, you managed to find energy by eating healthful foods. I am also pleased because you have actually increased your intake of water, but there’s a lot of room for further improvement. With a little more dedication, you could bring this up to a C or B by the end of this.
Headaches: A
Suzanne hasn’t had a headache in a few months. This is remarkable progress, which seems to have been simply natural, as opposed to due to a lot of extra work. Whichever way, I’m pleased to see your progress.
Visits to the Chiropractor: A
It was great to see this past month that you were able to last three weeks without a headache or a lot of pain, before you needed to see the chiropractor again. I’ll be interested to see how well you do in the next three weeks. Keep up the good work! (Way to go Suzanne’s Spine [and thanks to Dr. Robin for her excellent care!])
Stretching and Yoga: C
It was interesting to see how immediately inspired Suzanne was by yoga, but in recent weeks, her enthusiasm has slackened. In fact, I believe I caught her sleeping during one of her yoga sessions recently. [It was just during corpse pose, but still!]. I hope Suzanne will rededicate herself to her yoga, as it is obvious that this exercise really helps out. In terms of stretching at the office, Suzanne, you would receive an F on that. Get your butt out of your chair more often and stop leaning so close to the computer screen as if you have the eyesight a 104 year old!
