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You think extended unemployment followed by a minimum wage job then an injury with no health insurance could have anything to do with it? Or unrelated?
by extralego 8y ago
You think extended unemployment followed by a minimum wage job then an injury with no health insurance could have anything to do with it? Or unrelated?
- rednerrus 8y agoThat sounds stressful. How was your diet, sleep and exercise while you were going through those rough times?
- extralego 8y agoDiet: I am not much of a cook so I eat simple; eggs and oatmeal with raisins sugar or life cereal and banana for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch most days and go out to eat for dinner and always have meat and vegetables, and often rice. This is how I have always eaten and input from health-conscious people is that I do well with it. I only drink water. No soda, juice, or alcohol and I don’t smoke. Sleep: This was the worst part. I layed awake worrying a lot, which would sometimes prompt me to get up and start working on something in the night. It would throw me off schedule. A sleep schedule in sync with others is useful so I had to force myself to wake up early with the alarm some days. Other days I would opt for the 7 hours anyways. Exercise: I like running but hate the time it takes but I still had a good early morning running routine for about 3 months; even got an elliptical at a yard sale after my shin splints started up. It was nice but just added to the time that I was not putting into problem solving. Giving it up merely gave me more time and energy. I fear we have developed a habit of ignoring the problems that are not immediately applicable to our individual threshold of acceptable realities and are not socially encouragable in pleasant conversation. I probably would not have this perspective available to me without a good background in history and sociology + my experiences. I honestly hope I change my mind one day.