Recent content by Vital_Nature

I'm doing OK. I've come to enjoy the journaling. It's interesting that while I'm journaling about one topic, I make other connections. Some of my current stress revolves around my recent retirement -- connecting that to my pain makes sense. But then I remembered that the first time I had...

Thanks Walt...I've got a pretty good portfolio of volunteer efforts going on. When I was working, my sense of self definitely revolved around how my peers viewed me, how clients liked to work with me, and how I'd made an impact on my profession. There's definitely a tendency for me to compare...

By happenstance, my wife was away last week, so it was relatively easy for to do the journaling and self reflection without a lot of distraction. I've been consistently doing a 30-40 minute morning exercise routine, rotating days between and elliptical, Heavy Hands routine, and a yoga routine...

I discovered that I'd really rather not think about what makes me angry or sad. Anything but that! It sat on my desk all day, but I finally turned to it, completed it, and I survived! Nothing awful in there, but I really don't like to ponder these things. I suspect this theme will repeat...

Thanks for the encouragement Kevin and Andy...on to day 2!

Hello, I'm a 58 year old man. I've had lower back pain (I used to call it my hip, but it's really my left lower back) for about 7 years. I had one bout when it was excruciating, at the beginning, and the doctor thought it was sacroiliitis. I could barely walk. After a week of pain meds, it...