I have an acquaintance who is my age (71] . For some reason she got started writing letters to her future self when she was in her 20s.. in times of crisis and times of being at a crossroads where decisions had to be made she put her thoughts in writing explaining why she made certain decisions . She said that that future-elderly woman became real for her and she began to consider her when she had choices to make.. she said that she thought that someday she would be standing in front of a mirror and the elderly women that looked back at her was asking why did you do this to me— why didn’t you help me. She opens those letters a reads them once in a while. There are several hundred of them. The “elderly” woman would like to be able to hug that young girl and let her know that things turn out ok and thank her for caring about her all these years.
Diet Calendar Entries for 29 March 2019:
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1326 kcal
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Fat: 47.52g | Prot: 82.11g | Carb: 139.08g.
Breakfast: Metamucil Sugar Free Metamucil, Good Life cinnamon raisin sprouted grain (good life), Egg, Maxwell House International Cafe Orange, Welch's Concord Grape Fruit Juice Cocktail, Aqua de Jamaica (hibiscus ice tea). Lunch: Roasted Broiled or Baked Chicken Breast, Tru-Nut Powdered Peanut Butter, Driscoll's Blueberries, Chobani Nonfat Vanilla Blended Greek Yogurt (Container), Ranch Granola, Chobani Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt. Dinner: Walden Farms Calorie Free Thousand Island Dressing, Cabbage, Polan Cabbage and beet salad, Aqua de Jamaica (hibiscus ice tea), Pure Leaf Unsweetened Green Tea, Tuna Noodle Casserole with Vegetables and Mushroom Soup. Snacks/Other: Recipe 52 coffee fudgecicle. more...
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1672 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 30 minutes, Swimming (slow) - 2 hours, Resting - 13 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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So cool. And it's really never too late to start this. To be able to look back five years from now with an explanation of why I did what I did rather than 'well, that happened'. Will it change anything? I don't know. Acceptance is key.
29 Mar 19 by member: FullaBella
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FullaBella— what I forgot to mention is that my friend writes notes back to her younger self— telling her how things turned out. What she could have done differently to maybe Change a poor outcome, or to tell her it is ok, we all make mistakes. She feels that for her it is incredible therapy. Like many of us, or let me rephrase that—- ALL of us, have had rough lives in one way or another, and this has helped her a lot to put it all in perspective.
29 Mar 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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29 Mar 19 by member: FullaBella
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29 Mar 19 by member: Chow moore
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