LJP - my dermatologist says when buying "natural" skin products, always check the ingredients list. Her comment: "Drunk Elephant is the worst!" Lots of hidden irritants in there, apparently.
Irina, my non-fashion goals this year are as follows.
Nurture my reading life and reduce my screen use. As a birthday gift to myself, I signed up for a 4-part course starting in mid-March on simultaneous reading of David Copperfield and Demon Copperhead. These are 64 chapters each, but I did the math and two chapters a day of each will wrap them up shortly after the course starts. These are both re-reads for me but I first read the Dickens as a sophomore in college, which would be 41 years ago, so...
Do more things I don't do every day. Examples of this would be ignore a daily chore once in a while to do something new that's purely for fun, or for its newness. Mr. A and I are terrible creatures of habit and routine and it's important to keep everyday life from going stale.
Continue on a path of "realism for right now" while practicing gratitude. I must find ways to adjust to the fact that my physical abilities are deteriorating and will not likely improve. I can work to maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, but there's not a damn thing I can do about increasing tremor in my dominant hand. I can boo hoo about it or I can let people know that certain things they've come to expect from me (e.g. elborate handmade greeting cards) are no longer possible in a way that's pleasing to me. And of course, as I've spoken of many times here, Mr. A and I must also move to a more accessible house and grounds. I HATE being the cause of that but I am the cause of it so its time to find the things to hold gratitude for: that my illness was stable for many years before hitting this progression, that I can still do what I can still do, that Mr. A and Little Mr. A enjoy robust health.
Lord, that was a downer! Must remember I am a DRAGON - the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac. Another thing to feel grateful for.
