Dance break!

Ok, I realized that to achieve my goal of dancing in 5 years, I need to dance 4 hours a week.
That's a lot!

Ok, the other thing is that I watched the Peanuts' dance classes today, and that's literally the level of dance instruction I need to do.

I wonder if there's "little kids dance class for grownups"

From this time last year:

"So one of the behaviours I am attempting to extinct in myself is losing my temper. I mean, sometimes you gotta yell at your kids, right, sure, but I always want to make sure that  I am in control of when I do that, and sometimes I'm not. So I'm off to fix that.

But.. as I work to decrease the number of times I have a dad-tantrum, I find that I am, generally, grumpier. My peaks of anger have decreased, but my baseline is higher.  I mean, it could also be that I'm _exhausted_, which is a reasonable other variable that explain this.  But work shall continue."

I am now in much better shape, generally speaking. My temper is better, and my baseline is lower.

The key mantra is "I do not have to lower myself to the level of people who are angry with me (children, I'm looking at you...)" so I am getting better at managing my response to things.

A fall reflection

Well, here we are... another week gone by.

My self-regulation / self-care routine has been doing better, although my energy is still not where it should be, it's better.

We're having a bit of a house argument, but that's ok, it's nothing serious. And with a holiday coming up then it's a bit of a break for everyone, and maybe enough of us will have the day off that we can get a lot done!

I may actually need to re-roof my garage tomorrow with a private day off that I have

I mean, it just needs enough to get it through the winter.