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    • September 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm #1012
      UpRiverGreg

      Just a light easy thread to see how everyone is doing. How has your mindset been recently? How have you been feeling? Do you feel better or worse compared to say, 2 years ago? What have you been thinking about recently?

      Anything goes!

    • September 17, 2020 at 4:51 pm #1025
      UpRiverMatt

      Hey pal, I’m doing pretty swell these days. It’s nice to see a light thread like this these days, since I’ve been feeling a bit stressed. I suppose things are swirling around pretty fast in the world and it’s been a bit overwhelming to feel ‘prepared’.

      I’ve been working a lot on my diet since I’ve been on the carnivore diet for about a week now and looking at about 5 more weeks at least of this trial run. I’ve been really focusing on settling into my new routine and I’m loving it since I feel a lot of control.

      How’re you faring in these times?

    • September 18, 2020 at 8:19 am #1037
      UpRiverGreg

      Will be really interesting to hear your report on the carnivore diet in a few weeks!

      I’ve been doing pretty well lately, but like you, I’ve felt some stress creep into my life over the last few months.

      I’ve recently decided to start actively combating this, and have been making some headway. The practices of gratitude, meditation and stoicism have been helping me a lot with this. Also, trying to disconnect a bit more from the constant blast of social media and news.

      I personally like to try to take a pause every once and a while throughout the day when I get really stressed and remind myself of this little mantra: “no matter what I will be okay.” It hasn’t not been true to date!

    • September 23, 2020 at 2:12 pm #1053
      UpRiverMatt

      Yeah for sure, 4 weeks left of all meat! Not too crazy of a different noticed so far honestly, but a few nice perks for sure.

      I think everyone is feeling a bit more stressed than normal these days so you’re not alone.

      Those seem like great practices, always good to go back to the classics! I always find directly addressing things is obviously the best strategy, but easier said than done.

      I always revert to the ‘keeping house in order’ sort of strategy where I clear everything off of my plate that’s bothering me and make sure I’m organized and prepared for whatever is in my life. Only when my ‘**** is together’ do I feel not stressed. Generally healthy practices of course help too.

      However, you can put the house in order forever organizing and preparing and that can become unproductive and even paranoid. Gratitude and perspective shifting or reframing is definitely necessary to know when to stop I find.

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