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The Daily Handicap

arfie
arfie

Doesn't seem like I ever get to run at peak performance. Well. . . I had days during each of my psychotic breaks where I was convinced I was at peak performance, but Official Reports tell a different story. On my more grounded days, there always seems to be an air bubble in the lines or any number of a long list of hiccoughs in the system. If I wait for a perfect day, I will never get around to living.


I am shopping for new tools for coping with the Daily Handicaps. Anybody got any to share?

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I like how you said that if you wait for a perfect day, you'll never get around to living. It reminded me of a song by one of my dark heroes, Lou Reed. He had a wry and dry way of taking bad stuff and making an ambivalent song about both sides of life and putting it to a tune I could hum. I play it when yearning for that perfect day gets me down.

Careful, the lyrics are paradoxical. Kinda like you say here about life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxI4KK9ZYo

Notice this youtube of this song has 1,312,390 views. Looks like we're in plenty of company on perfect day issues.

Perfect Day
LillyPotter
LillyPotter
not a suggestion at the moment..
i know i come here to help myself feel better when i am not ready for prime time.
whether the glitch be physical or PTSD or both, here helps me.
the sounds of the chickens help me - but you know that.
this place, the caring about each other helps me to want to continue.
i pull as much silly to me as i can/send it out/hope it helps.
you DO so much. i like to read about what you are doing : )
i can smell the herbs : )
Time2livelife
Time2livelife
No ideas just hugs
arfie
arfie
If you can smell the herbs, Lilly, the herb you are smelling this week is Vick's Plant. http://www.weekendgardener.net/blog/2013/05/grow-your-own-vick%E2%80%99s-vapor-rub-through-the-vick%E2%80%99s-plant.htm . Been on a propagation binge. Got an entire shelf of the grow shelves full of them. They are nowhere near full potency yet, but the grow room reeks of them. My sinuses sure are clear this week. Knock wood.

I miss my feather babies. Don't believe they are safe up here without a full protection coop, though. Owls and coyotes and hawks, oh my. The owls and hawks are still pretty awesome, though.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug for you sweetie..... Ah waiting for perfection..... It just isn't out there is it.....
The landlord where I used to live was a perfectionist or sure tried to be.... It took him over a year to try and paint one bedroom and he never did finish.... He hired someone as perfection was never achieved
Poor chickens...... They really do need a lot of protection......
I do a lot of hiccoughing to Arf..... Another hug and a blessing.....xo
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