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getting out of hibernation

image by Gerd Altman from Pixabay

I have often said I go into hibernation from about Thanksgiving until my birthday, which is near the end of January.

In retrospect, I think my hibernation started in early November with the election. It was high stress, getting dark out early, and light out late, plus all the political events that were like watching the train wreck that I could not take my eyes off.

Around inauguration day, I decided that there was no point in trying to do very much in January. I thought I’ll just let the month go on and not try to focus on anything in the way of writing or teaching — or anything-ing until February. It just seemed to my brain that January had to run its course and go away. It did. On January 30 I made a sticky note for my desktop and it says:

2021 RESTART = INGING

• Yogaing
• Walking
• Biking
• Writing
• Teaching
• Podcasting
• Webinaring