Article: How to Ease Nighttime Axiety

In the past, there were times when anxiety or stress affected my sleep. I often woke up one or two hours before my alarm went off and didn't feel well-rested.

If it happens again, I'll try deep breathing. I hope it doesn't happen again.

This weekend we got an extra hour. I felt like I did much more than usual, even though that's not really true. I slept more than usual, stayed in bed longer than usual, got back to decluttering, did some paperwork, watched some replays and worked on my English more than usual. Yet I was ready for bed earlier than usual.

I went bouldering with the Malaysian girl today. It had been almost 2 years since I last went bouldering. I still remember that the last time I tried it, I could barely move both my arms the next day. But this time I felt much better than I did the first time. Maybe it’s because I have been lifting weights, so I am stronger right now.
I feel like bouldering is a sport where you can’t rely on brute strength. You also have to use your brain to figure out how to complete each route.

It's been 4 months already since I started learning French more seriously because I always dreamed of speaking it fluently after having enjoyed the few classes I had during high school.

I couldn't allocate much time to it in the past because I had other priorities such as graduating from university or improving my English. So, I started using Duolingo to keep in contact with the language as a bare minimum.

Since July, I started listening to hundreds of hours of comprehensive input to get used to the sounds and rhythm of the language. Then, I enrolled into French classes to get some structure in my learning and practice my rusty speaking skills.

Soon enough, I realized my group classes were not going to be sufficient to improve my speaking, so now I take weekly 1-on-1 lessons with a private tutor to get personalized feedback.

My goal is to move from A2 to B1 level in the next couple of months before my trip to France next year.

The final days of October are here and the pumpkins are being carved. It has to be great to just sit and carve your own pumpkin. Then, buy some candy and enjoy the kids messing around in costumes.

So, again, I'm recommending you guys to watch a horror classic: The Blair Witch Project. It's an interesting film and it was a big deal when it was released. This film proved that the best scares are the ones you aren't showing right away.

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Thanks for reading and take care!

My daughter and I are staying at my mom’s house because I’m pregnant and the maternity hospital is near her house.
There is one problem about her house.
A lot of dust is swirling around the house. My mom loves to sun-dry everything even if it’s needed to dry in the shade. I think she deteriorates her polyester furniture because of the sunlight and scatters the dust with her vacuum. Her vacuum has a rough mesh filter…
Now I have a sore throat and an itchy nose. My daughter often coughs.
Today I decided to try renting an air purifier from an appliance rental shop. I hope that will improve this situation.

It’s been a while since I stopped wearing a watch. I stopped it because I didn’t like the feeling of my wrist being compressed. However, there are some inconveniences that arose from it. For instance, when I change trains, I sometimes have to know the time down to the second. After all, there's a world of difference between 20:54:00 and 20:54:59 when the train that I am trying to catch is leaving at 20:57 or something. However, it takes some time and effort to pull out my phone and check the time, and it's sometimes simply impossible on a crowded train. I haven’t sold my watches yet, so I suppose I should try wearing one again.

Since the day I got unemployed, I have been sticking to a different routine every day, adding new activities I did not have time to spend on before. Either way, I am still figuring things out, wondering if I can do some tweaks to the same activities or change the order I do each. There are some activities that tire me more than others, so it is key to decide whether I commit to them in the morning or the evening.

My attention span and energy is higher in the morning than in the evening. It might have to do with the fact that after lunch, I feel a bit sleepy. Another thing I have to work on is rest. I am hardly resting and that could have an impact on my evening activities.

PCs make my workflow more efficient, and sometimes they are absolutely necessary. At the same time, because of their wonderful variety of functions, they distract me and don’t allow me to pause and think deeply. For example, when I can’t come up with an idea, I tend to open Google or Gemini and ask them, rather than trying to think it through myself. Some say this is an extension of the human brain, while others say it is a decline in intellect.