Guess I should do the year-end thing since it’s a habit.
Mostly I’m just glad this year is over. It was an unusually hard year for internal reasons. External factors were positive: a new and fascinating courseware project and no reprise of 2020 (yet!) from the state and federal monsters.
Part of the internal trouble was just aging, which accelerated this year. Mostly it was a fast series of hard dental sessions from March through June, each creating tension and stress without enough recovery time.
This led to constipation for the first time since a similar series of medical stressors in 2016. Solved the constipation with the help of a wise MD at Kaiser who recommended Miralax.
After I figured out that anxiety was the root of the other stuff, I started to work through the methods suggested by the Anxiety Centre. There’s nothing magic or secret about the methods; the Anxiety Centre pulls them together in a systematic way with realistic expectations. Still a ways to go, but the upward movement is significant by now.
Polistra's Mill 