Paula Light posted: " No, sillies, I am not taking a blog break to cavort in the sunshine. The horror. You should know me better than that! Besides, it's supposed to rain tomorrow and why risk going out there today? What I am doing is replying to the Sunshine Award questi"
No, sillies, I am not taking a blog break to cavort in the sunshine. The horror. You should know me better than that! Besides, it's supposed to rain tomorrow and why risk going out there today? What I am doing is replying to the Sunshine Award questions Sadje posted.
1. How are you, really?
Eh, I'm OK… could be worse… could be raining. Oh wait! Actually, I am feeling somewhat better today from my fall a few weeks ago, but I'm still gonna take it easy. Decided that making banana bread was too much work, so I just threw the bananas in the trash and decided to blog this instead. You're welcome!
2. What was the best age of your life?
Best is relative. I loved the years when my girls were little and I played with them every day… had the energy to do that along with help from my mom. I miss my mom so much. But other things weren't great back then, and I have to admit I truly appreciate the past 10 years+ of fully financially supporting myself without depending upon some man.
3. What is your best method of relaxation?
It's funny… up until a few weeks ago I would have said playing solo games on my phone. But then I had the epiphany that they weren't relaxing at all and kept me hyper and unable to sleep. I'm back to reading ebooks now, and diving into fiction is a good relaxation tool until I get enraged by typos. (PS: I have only 7 books to go before I hit 100 read for the year!)
4. If you have a favourite movie, which one would it be?
Can't choose only one, but some all-time favorites are Dr. Zhivago, When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Alex & Emma, 27 Dresses, Analyze This, Goodfellas, Young Frankenstein.
5. How about a book? Which one would you choose?
Again, not possible to choose only one. Here are some at the top of my list: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Great Gatsby, Where I'm Calling From, Blind Willow/Sleeping Woman, The Velveteen Rabbit.
6. What do you think of psychology and the way it can help people?
Meh. It's a soft science. But what I do think helps is having an objective person to talk to who is not a friend or family member ~ someone to whom you aren't afraid to express your true feelings. But I think most of the "help" consists of realizing the solution to your own problems as you're finally free to honestly say what you think. Now, if we are talking about actual doctors (psychiatrists) who can prescribe meds, that's different. I'm highly in favor of meds.
As an aside, I'm NOT a fan of all the pop psychology floating around the net where completely unqualified people read an article or two and then believe they have the skills to label others with mental disorders. This does not apply to me obviously when I call my exes psychos and narcissists.
7. What's your favourite food?
It really is mood-dependent. While I often want sweets, there are times I crave a yummy pizza or delicious, creamy seafood pasta. And a couple times a year, I simply must have a CHEESEBURGER!
8. What's your favourite social media platform?
Even with all the glitches… WordPress by a mile. It's mostly because of how nice everyone is in our writing community. Thank you, all!
9. Do you like hot or cold weather, and why?
Hot, up to a point… 75-85 is my ideal range. I enjoy the rhythm of long sunny days when it isn't dark right after work and I can get motivated to be productive (or even social) in the evening.
10. What's your idea of a perfect day?
A day without pain.
11. Finally, if you could change something in the past, what would it be?
Not a change, but I wish I could remember all the math I took. I was great at math as a teenager (including advanced calculus) but can't recall stuff now. I am seriously thinking of buying math books to review what I used to know and go beyond that into the weird…
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