Y'all know my favorite quote from Mushiya Tshikuka:

𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 5 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 2 ½ 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 1 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘺?

... that's what it takes to have the right balance for as healthy a life as you can.

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The trick is making sure that I get those things - 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙇𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥. 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙚 - in on a daily and weekly basis. Not to mention some of those things require MORE TIME than others.

The scheduling required to do all of that is complicated and I have to work around #painflares and other related issues of #PCOS and #MCTD.

It is tricky. It can be time consuming. It can even be frustrating to try and get everything in the way I need to ... BUT it's worth the effort.

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In the midst of all this health focus, I often neglect my creative outlets but I have been working on trying to make sure I prioritize those. I have been working on my podcast when I am feeling well enough and also continuing to outline and take notes on continuing the next part of my novel. I haven't been able to do much actual writing but I have tons of notes and several scenes outlined for when I can.

Creative. Leisure. Work. Meditation. Sleep. Exercise.

Those are the things I schedule.

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It is a full time job.

It requires my full time focus ... it's not something I take lightly as all my data collection shows. I want to live as best I can despite the #chronicpain and #chronicillness issues I have and maintaining balance takes FOCUS and ATTENTION to several different life aspects: mental, physical, and spiritual.

It's routine at this point for me but most people really don't have the time to focus on these things as much as they probably should. It takes a lot.

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I have 2 autoimmune diseases and PCOS and that means I have to be focused on my health 24/7/365 ... with diet, exercise, supplements, medications, herbal and other things including the sauna regularly, cupping, and TENS. Keeping my physical health up is just one of my priorities. The others are mental and spiritual which also require a focus on scheduling the things I need for balance daily and even hourly. This includes #sleeptracking and other things that contribute to my mental wellness.

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By the time I finally got insurance and access to doctors, none of them were interested in everything I'd figure out about my health. My binders of information were never looked at by anyone until I got 2 amazing endocrinologists and they both were very impressed with all the work I had done and actually agreed with my conclusions. They worked WITH me and WITH my findings to figure out the best course of action which was amazing but that took most of my life to get that worked out.

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I had to do a lot of my own research, spend a lot of money out of pocket to get independent testing and analysis and consultations with doctors in different countries that weren't as broken as the ones here. I had to become my own advocate and I spent thousands to figure a lot of these things out. At the end of 5 or 6+ years I had binders of information that I collected on my own health through meticulous testing, experimenting, data collection, and more.

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#FirstCoffeeThoughts

Been thinking a lot about priorities the past few days while trying to get my exercise area reorganized. My focus, since 2010, has always been on my health and wellness.

It was around 2010 when my health really took a down turn. I didn't have insurance at the time and had to figure things out on my own to feel better. When I did finally get a doctor that started on my nightmare journey with racists, fatists, misogynists, and other epic, broken medical "professionals"

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Bold. Beautiful. Outspoken. Brilliant. Powerful. Innovative.

Happy birthday to my all time favorite architect, #ZahaHadid

You are missed every single day.

#architecture #epicness

Wayne Enterprises will be offering a very limited run of the Tumbler, built by Action Vehicle Engineering. This full-scale replica of the film car will be offered for sale by invite only, with inquiries open now.

The Tumbler is powered by a 6.2-liter LS3 V8 making 525 horsepower mated to a 4L85E paddle shift transmission. A smoke screen system and imitation gun turrets are included — with the only downside being that the car isn't street-legal.

Only 10 will be built.

https://brucewaynex.com/pages/tumbler

Kelly Macdonald has officially been cast as a series regular opposite Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in DC Studios’ upcoming series #Lanterns.

I'm ABSOLUTELY excited by this news. I'm not sold on Kyle Chandler and I'm not a fan but Aaron Pierre AND Kelly Macdonald have me vibrating with antici ....

pation ❤️

I'm really looking forward to this series now!

The first time I saw Tyler Lawrence Gray was in Sarah Michelle Gellar's short lived #WolfPack series. He's the kind of model looking dude that looks like something Jim Henson may have created and yet he's kind of strangely hot in a Gelfling kind of way ...

Every picture I've ever seen of him is with his shirt off ...

He's in this latest episode of Tracker and I feel like Justin Hartley and him are going to end up shirtless wrestling in mud or something at the end of this episode. 😂

Janice LeAnn Brown is a wonder. I remember her from playing the younger version of Zendaya's character Rue in #Euphoria. She's kind of an old soul ... she has the voice of a 40 year old smoker who is done with life's bullshit and I love it.

It was really wonderful to see Selena back in the lair ... and her exit line "I've missed this" I really felt that came from such a genuine place.

The show gave me some wonderful LOLs ... its great for kids. 😆

I'm about to gleefully dive into Wizards Beyond Waverly Place 🧙🏾‍♀️ ❤️

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#PennyArcade 🤣

I'll find out for myself in 19 hours!

#CoSoGaming #DragonAge

Japan’s all-female theater company, the #Takarazuka Revue, draws from some pretty eclectic source material for their stage productions including The Rose of Versailles and works of literature such as Pride and Prejudice.

Now Takarazuka is branching out yet again with the announcement of a musical stage adaptation of video game Akumajo Dracula aka #Castlevania.

The lead will be played by none other than top actress of Takarazuka’s Hana-gumi/Flower Troupe, #SeaTowaki ❤️⬇️

https://youtu.be/YGJXa0m5Xas

It’s been a quarter century since Dean Parisot’s affectionate Star Trek spoof, #GalaxyQuest, first premiered in theaters. Now, in celebration of the 25th anniversary, a 4K Ultra HD remaster of the cult sci-fi flick has been announced.

Coming December 3rd, the re-release was remastered under the supervision of Parisot, and will include a previously-created Thermian language dub of the film.

In 2023 Paramount+ announced it was developing a Galaxy Quest TV series ...

Little late I think.

Kiera Knightley and Ben Wishaw as black ops agents was not on my 2024 bingo card 🤣

https://youtu.be/1R0d2jW7a-I

#RecluseReleases

A staggering new update has confirmed that February’s UnitedHealth data breach has impacted over 100 million Americans, now marking it as the largest healthcare data breach in U.S. history. But the fallout extends beyond individual patients — it touches entire families, elevating the scope and scale of this unprecedented attack ...

https://mashable.com/article/largest-us-healthcre-breach-100-million-medical-records-exposed