I Want This. 44/52. #LifeThisWeek 2018.111.
This post’s title has been rattling around my head with some interesting, surprising and somewhat easy answers.
One: I want an Apple Watch. Series 4.
- it is new
- I am an early adopter
- I will get fitter using it
Response: I do not really NEED an Apple Watch. I have looked at them, tried one on and thought “that much for this?”. I also look at my fitbit which is doing the job. I am making efforts to walk more steps with that. So, I will stick with that.
Two: I want my cancer to NEVER re-occur.
- to be certain of this would ease some fears
- to know I have had it and won’t face what I have been through again
Response: I am sorry. That is not going to be a sure thing. In fact I know intellectually it can return because, as I was told at my last cancer check, “the risk of return is because you have already been diagnosed with cancer”. OK. I will join all of my fellow cancer friends and just live with that knowledge. Not over-think it, just live with it.
Three: I want my weight to stabilise now thank you…or even drop a couple of kilograms.
- this would mean like dieting again (eek)
- this might even mean disordered eating and secret eating happening (no!)
Response: I see I am looking at the scale to determine my worth again. Uh uh. This will not end well. How can I be doing that when I have overcome so much to get well. I need to remember my husband’s recent response (exasperated I think) when he said “I do not see fat, I see a healthy woman.”
Four: I want to be satisfied with our life as it is now.
- I am doing my best to live in the present
- I am grateful for much in my life including family, friends and connections on line
- I no longer see having our own home as a pre-requisite to a satisfied life
Response: I have it already. It is worth thinking it through and coming up with the answer.
I have what I want. It is here. I am glad.
- This man. We have been together for over 47 years. He has been everything I can ask for in a supportive, loving and caring husband. Long may this continue.
- I cannot recommend Leigh Sales’ book more. Each of us has one or more”ordinary days, which can blindside us”. Read, and be connected and feel far less alone.
What about you?
What do you want?
Denyse.
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