I’m a grumpy gus this weekend. I took the week off of running to give my knee a rest. I tried to run on Saturday and only made it a mile before it started hurting again. DH thinks it’s a tight IT band. So, I’m trying to ice and stretch and all that good stuff. It’s kind of depressing because I have lots of races I’m looking forward to this spring.
On the bright side, after a lot of trial and error, I FINALLY figured out how to play DVDs on my laptop! I know that sounds like such a simple thing, but I didn’t realize that laptops don’t come with movie players any more. I downloaded MediaPlayer and iTunes and neither would recognize my old Spinervals DVD. So I finally downloaded a player from videolan.org and voila! Now I have no excuse not to get on my trainer and also dig out my yoga DVDs. Here’s hoping the bike doesn’t bother my knee like running has been.
It’s a good thing that Just #AddJoy starts on Wednesday! I definitely need to make a concerted effort to focus on the small things that bring me joy.
This Lent, join me in finding simple ways to add joy to life every day.
We are so busy that we do not take the time to nourish ourselves. So rather than giving something up this Lent, I want to see what I can take the time to notice. I want to stop and smell the snow; to savor healthy food; to take pleasure in creating pretty things. Please consider joining me to find one thing each day that you can do to nourish your body, mind, or soul.
There are several ways that you can choose to get involved.
Ideas on the blog each weekday.
Each weekday during the challenge, I will post a theme with suggestions for adding joy. Action steps will be everything from something simple like going for a five minute walk to something more in depth like developing a meal plan for a month. Of course, everything is optional. These are just idea starters!
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I’m always looking for ways to add joy and do self-care!
It’s so important for our health!
I hope you can get some relief with your knee issue.
I love the addjoy idea 🙂 I always try to do these challenges, but seem to have a time keeping up but i am going to try 🙂
I could use a little joy!
Thanks! And no worries, it’s a play as you’d like kind of thing, no need to “keep up.” 🙂
I hope that IT settles down for you. I deal with a cranky one as well. They are not very much fun! What a great challenge to add Joy into your life! I especially like the scavenger hunt that sounds like a lot of fun! Thank you so much for linking up with us Wendy!
Ohhhh I know that feeling…wanting to run but not being able to – it stinks! I wish the best for you and your knee issues. Great idea adding joy as often and in as many ways as possible 🙂
I feel for you with your ITB issues! I think I’ve gotten mine under control finally. I usually don’t have lingering problem with it and figured it just needed extra rest after the marathon. Although, I recently started PT for hip strengthening. So, I don’t know what made the difference — the rest or the hip exercises. But, it seems there hasn’t been enough time for the hip exercises to take affect. Do you foam roll? If so, make sure to roll up high around mid to upper outer thigh and not low where the pain is. Someone gave me that tip. I like your idea of daily nourishment! Thanks for linking with us Wendy.
Oh, IT Band issues are the worst. I just spent all of January in PT for one myself. Hopefully you will find what works for you because as I am sure you know, what works for one doesn’t always work for another.