Shortly after I began working there the manager took Medical leave, never to return. A young gal and friendly co-worker of mine was put to the job of interim, and as I was the only other sane hard work ethics oriented person there, I became her helper--I took on extra duties, helped to revamp the processes of selling clothes, became one with a security code, keys and bank access. I invested myself fully, four days a week, and somehow for a little while, it was a distraction. Here in blogdom I wrote nothing, my email account came to hold around 1500 messages, my journal was getting an entry once every week or two. The only thing I was really doing for me was getting lost in reading novels, which has good points and bad points. Time normally set aside for writing was fed to reading. And I just felt like I was getting fat!
So, first changes: write in that journal again! It's always so painful coming back to daily writings after you have been writing almost nothing--every word seems boring, every entry doomed to lulling you to sleep. Step two--Move your body! Mimi Sosa introduced me to this wonderful Studio in Greenbriar called Mindful Movement where I have been making time for yoga and Cycling classes 3-4 times a week (getting my butt kicked every time!) and I absolutely love it there. And we always hear this is the key, don't we? Make time for yourself, somewhere, somehow--just you and your body and spirit, and it becomes easier to make time for the things in life you care about it.
There's a new manager at Thrifty now, talking about getting the big bosses to give me a raise if I continue to help out with management duties at the store, and I have put my journal first before going to read the novels, and my body is getting stronger in ways that I can feel and see.
So this is refocusing, again, and in many positive ways and with successes already gained.
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