The Road to Health is a Bumpy One | Porch Coffee
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Welcome to our Weekly Porch Coffee. This week I started focusing on my physical health journey once again. Like many others I struggle to find consistency, often doing well for months on end just to halt progress entirely. As usual, the struggle to find balance in anything is.... a struggle. But, instead of giving up, I am going to give myself grace and keep working on it. I also discuss a few other topics like the podcast and what videos I would like to start making again, and an upcoming yarn sale to which I look forward with much excitement and anticipation. Welcome to porch coffee.
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Have a wonderful, joyful time at the sale - we need to find our serotonin wherever we can. I went to an exhibition of Japanese kimonos yesterday. Used up loads of spoons, but it was worth it. The embroidery and painting were absolutely gorgeous. Reviving myself with a pyjama day today.
Sounds lovely
Get it, I like those painted cloth in japanese style a lot.
Wow that sounds amazing they are amazing works of art
I'm at a point on my ASD journey where I am feeling very isolated, these Monday morning videos are helping me feel less alone so thank you! Also, I totally get what you mean about looking after yourself. Sometimes things just get too overwhelming and I shut down and can't look after myself the best way that I should!
I also feel the same Mary. I find it more draining and overvaluing to socialize after I started my journey, but it feel better then having to mask and pretend. How long are you in your journey?🙂.
I feel the same way too
:-)
@@Pjolter365 I agree with you, being myself is draining but less so than pretending like I have my whole life. I only got diagnosed half a year ago but I had suspected I was autistic most of my life so it was reaffirming to have it validated - just also very confronting and I'm doing a lot of work to understand it and be kind to myself :) Speaking with other people in the community is really helpful to feel less isolated, it's just taking me time
@@zinzimashibini2949 I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you will feel less isolated too someday :)
You are an artist at heart and yarn, whether in your storage or in something you are making, is your art 😊
Last week was both overwhelming and life changing. I received my official Autism diagnosis. Although my diagnostician told me early on in the the prosess that is was obvious I was on the spectrum, it still hit me so hard the last session when he sed it out loud. Now I am recovering from a mild burnout but feel relieved and proud 🙂. Your videos have helped me a lot during the process Claire, thank you for wat you do!
Proud of you for having the bravery to get diagnosed. It really takes time to wrap your mind around it so be kind to yourself
@@WoodshedTheory Thank you for replying and the kind words Claire🙏
I’m sure you said half of a Nile. That’s a LOT of yarn! I’m kidding…an aisle obviously 😆
Thank you for the gift Peter that means a lot
@@WoodshedTheory U’r welcome 😀
Eating the same things over and over , yes. It makes grocery shopping quicker and easier as well.
Exactly and the faster I can get out of the grocery store the better
Our HVAC didn't survive the first heatwave of the year. My kind does not fare well in the heat. I can't wait to see the next yarn haul and re-name all of the colors! Don't comment, just buy more yarn!
Oh no! I hope you get it figured out! We haven’t got the AC unit out yet. I’m trying my best to hold off because it isn’t that effective :(
Spilled and spilt are both acceptable versions of the past tense of to spill x
Thank you
Yay, serotonin!! Hope you get your yarn!! Optimising health can be very underrated. Same goes for what can be perceived to be a "boring" diet, AKA the food that works for me, no surprises, and keeps me healthy 🙂 The days are getting so short here, and the cats are making the most of the rationed beams of sunshine, between the clouds and rain. So grateful to have my cats 🐈🐈⬛. Well, I just got my serotonin from watching porch coffee, so thank you. And thanks for all the videos during the week - I love autistic people talking. Hope everyone has a great week!! 💖✨
Have a great week Linda
The few days of summer vacation have been ok so far. My son goes over to his AAC and says "shoe" which is his way of saying he wants to go outside. I dont feel comfortable while my husband is at work as my son has eloped before and hes bigger and faster now. I can tell he's bored, so I'm trying to come up with different activities. I hope you have a good week, Claire and friends! 💞
I remember those days well Whitney! The only thing my son loved to do was take a bath, so I would end up letting him have 4 or 5 a day!
I eloped once at age 5. My dad's office was between our house and the major street I ended up on, and he still didn't catch me before I was a quarter mile down the street. Fortunately, I was quite verbal, so he could interview me on my motive: "I'm going to find Sesame Street!"
Whitney thanks for sharing. You inspire me and I know you have been through so much but you always figure it out and do the best for your son. I am glad to know you!
@@WoodshedTheory aww likewise!
Yay, proprioception. Yay, yarn.
Have you heard about monotropism? It is a therory of autism whoch explanes why we can’t focus on lot of things
I have heard of it but I’m not an expert
@@WoodshedTheory I am autistic now what? has a great video on it
I have adhd and asd. My autism loves a schedule. My adhd refuses to keep it. I always start and stop things.
I get it - sometimes it feel impossible
Language elder nerd: you were understood in a verbal medium. This is sufficient.
Cool cool
Mug 183 is in transit, and will be here in time for next porch coffee!
I finally had time to binge on the podcasts this past week - they were awesome, as I knew they would be. 🙂 Agree with you about Hobby Lobby, and I'm thinking if the only time you shop there is when their yarn is 75% off, they're not making much profit off of you. Just realized that I managed to use there, their, they're in a single sentence.😁
Best of luck to you on your health journey! Hopefully you have inspired me to finally get back to exercising a little bit every day. We have a rowing machine in the garage - it helps me with focus when I remember to use it. 🙂
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Yes I don’t know that I’ve ever paid full price for anything there - usually only sale and clearance
you have to continued to inspire me Clare thank you for sharing you have inspired me endlessly ❤ did my first recording session on sunday in my laundry studio it went well autism brought the creative vibes. No one hated me and the music was awesome. I am officially a producer lol ❤
That is amazing news proud of you for trying something different
Hi Claire. Unfortunately, my legal recognition is still pending.
Sending good vibes your way! 💞
@@whitneymason406 Thank you my friend. How are you?
@passaggioalivello pretty good, a little tired, but ok. Thank you for checking in! How are you?
Hoping for some good news soon
I loved your podcast with Yo Samdy Sam, as I have enjoyed others. Yo Samdy Sam is a legend. I also watched her before my diagnosis. I did not notice that it was “late.”
Thanks for your support
Good morning
It's been a chill week for me. A little under the weather this morning but I enjoyed the chat
Sorry to hear that hope you are feeling better soon
Sorry for leaving so many comments. 🤷♀️
My week has been hella stressful. My partner had surgery yesterday, and I guess it went well, but everything after surgery has been rocky. Our neighbors have been taking care of our dog while we’re at the hospital, so I’be decided to crochet them the square Grace Blanket you made, but with mandala yarn, as a thank you. It’s just such a beautiful pattern.❤
Hope things get better for you this week - sending lots of good wishes 💖
I don’t think it’s too many! Cool to get to hear from people
Oh and I got the grace pattern from ravelry
@@WoodshedTheory I found the pattern, I’m on row 11! ❤️
Good Morning Claire.
Your morning coffee always has a calming tone. Nice to see you doing well.
Helps set the mood of the day. Thanks for that.
Good morning!
It is It can be spilled and spilt, it's a regional difference, especially a difference between American English and British English spelling pronunciation.
I'm actually doing (mostly) okay today. I'm soon to indulge in one of my special interests. Baseball. I'm going to a baseball game! And then later going to walk on a beach.
Glad to hear it
Oh goodness. I hope you have a fabulous yarn haul.
I'm a bit worried about my mental stability. I've had a crazy two weeks with super high and super low points with family visiting and some drama with my elder generations & bad news in my disability process & it's super hot & the fleas are ridiculously horrid this year and I'm not sleeping and I feel every bug bite. I've been pushing through because there was a disability conference I wanted to attend Friday, my birthday was Saturday, Sunday was my monthly outing and someone I've been missing for ages finally made it.... I had a major meltdown in public at that event on Friday and I'm holding out because I *need* to make it to speak with my primary care doctor today but I'm preparing for a possible full collapse after that or by tomorrow. Grr.
It's so exhausting. There are so many things I've told people that I couldn't deal with in the past few weeks and I'd need to get to them later but later is almost here and I'm a bit scared I won't be able to deal with it all now.
Anyway, time for me to stop complaining. I'll survive this too.
You aren’t complaining :) it’s ok to vent sometimes. I hope your nervous system gets a break soon. Be kind to yourself
I have similar issues with health stuff. Hard to keep track sometimes. Routines help, if can be established.
Yes my thing is I will do okay with a routine for a few months and then one day I just… stop and I don’t know why
I did a remote meeting with Sam last year about entrepreneur stuff
Oh wow I bet that was awesome
You are never alone. And thanks to you and Porch Talk, we never will be either.❤
Thanks friend
This was my first visit to your
porch, and i loved it! I will be back. I hope you will talk about yarn some more, not because I love yarn, but because I have similar passions and listening to you be delightful in your delight helps me feel that i am likely delightful in my delight, too. Thank you! 💜
Awesome! Thank you! Glad to have you
Congrats on getting my first vocalization of the day. I cracked up on the fake outro 😂
lol happy it made you laugh
Good Morning from MN! I envy your hot weather…we are going through a weird early summer that actually feels like fall and while it’s fine, I’m so ready to sit like a lizard in the heat! 🦎 fwiw, i think you’ve been focusing on your health journey for a while…brain health dontcha know…but I take your meaning on the body health…so good on ya for taking in what your physical self is telling you! Last week for me was insanely busy with work and I’m pressuring myself too much with deadlines…panicking about them and that is waaaaaay not good for me. So I’m going to make a concerted effort to settle myself when I feel overwhelmed this week and detach from feeling responsible for everything. So yeah the road to health is a bumpy one 😂 Hope your week is going well!!!!!🎉
You got this!
Yay, for the big yarn sale! Hope you get what you want! 😊
My family and I just got back from a week's visit with my mom and other family. Got to go to Chicago too. It was all fun but some parts tiring when we were on the go a lot. We did take "break days "which helped. I tried to be more accommodating to myself this trip which made a difference. Overall I think it all went well.
That is awesome! Glad you took breaks
The best part of waking up 🎶
Is when I don't feel messed up🎶
🤪
Yes, I definitely buy the same groceries over and over. 😅 I got a Mediterranean diet cookbook recently, so I’m hoping to explore that diet some.
Sounds yummy esp for summer
I am a person from England and work with a young man who has autism and your videos gave helped me to understand more about relationships for autistic people so thank you so much because I really believe that more people need to educate themselves to understand Autism even from a basic level thank you for the video
Yarn is my special interest too. I just catalog all mine for insurance purposes and I have over two thousand skeins 😮😅
Oh my gosh I wish I could see! I don’t think I have that many! (Yet)
When you talk about something you're passionate about time flies
It sure does
Finally got my first appointment for my autism assessment on Wednesday!!! Impostor syndrome is kicking in big time 😱
Sending you all my good energy
@@WoodshedTheory Thanks Claire! 💚
Nice to see you Claire, thank you for having coffee with me .... I am trying to get going kn all the half done jobs today, soo much to do and no motivation yet, but coffee and a chat has spured me into getting something done. I hope your week is a good one and you get all the yarn that you need and want. 😊😂
Something is better than nothing :)
There's a new creator by the name of Mariah Burley. I'd really be interested in listening to an interview with her on the podcast.
Cool I will check that them out
I struggle with balance as I only know extremes. I will fall behind in one area and I feel bad that I can not do what I need. Health has to be a priority since I have several chronic conditions.
I get how hard it can be to maintain health, cheering you on
Internet friends.
it's 'spilt'. I'm not apologising.
my wk was pretty boring. Getting out of bed is still a problem even when I go to bed before 1am. Belly & front of thighs more sore, yes more, instead of numb as the nerves are getting repaired. Stabby pain too sometimes. Still going to the gym class, for circuit exercise but added a weights class this wk too which I preferred. Try & do that again this wk. Like you I'm trying to eat healthier again starting today. Been buying more Daleks (my vers of yarn). More paranormal stuff, things getting knocked off furniture. This time a lightsaber that was laying flat on a tallboy in my bedroom decided slide of torpedo fashion onto the floor. I was right next to it. Been a long while since such a good one. Actually the best yet. Another scan this next Thursday then review of what they want to next on following Mon.
good luck with the yarn snaffling.
I bet you have an entire Dalek army by now - do you collect them in different colors?
@@WoodshedTheory There are lots of different colour schemes to choose from but I tend to go for the ones that look most 'daleky' to me or the rarer ones both in models & in the series. Hard to explain. There are also a lot different sizes & half a dozen manufacturer's. Some are bloody expensive so waiting to find bargains is another aspect. My Prize Dalek is the full size get in be a Dalek one who is also one of my all time favourite types. Silver drone from the 1966 film Dalek invasion of earth 2150AD. You're narrowly missing a massive info dump here ;)
I'm pretty sure I go through exactly the same thing re: self-care. I've been trying to exercise more, and I've just started a period where I can SEE my executive functioning falling apart.
I think it's because of work anxiety - got a conference coming up and I'm meant to be presenting some work I've been doing, but we keep uncovering new requirements from the work, so the deadline keeps intensifying and I feel I'm not making progress.
But yes: energy levels crater, exec functioning craters too, I totally get it. Good luck with it, hope you get to an even-keel mode soon.
I am cheering you on!
+woodshedtheory *At 胡桃河町日系油童教會 Japanese Christian Church of Walnut Creek (CA, USA), we had our congregational Meeting 9 June.* I didn't capture _all_ congregants on the Hewlett-Packard laptop, as the recording system is still incomplete sans a way to capture nave audio.
I've still to acquire bidirectional microphones, condenser or planar-magnetic ribbon, for both lecterns - a backup for capturing the congregants' voices that way.
Thanks for sharing BC
No, I feel like focusing on your health, both physical and mental, is really important. I’m glad that you’re focusing on that.
It’s not been the greatest week here, so I’ll leave it at that.
I hope you feel clearer and better soon my friend
Good morning friend, I enjoyed learning about the hobby lobby yarn sales, I didn't know about it and I enjoy watching yarn videos. I have a small yarn collection of my own but have been on a yarn diet lately. (Try a few years) I have yet to run out but occasionally get side tracked by other hobbies. I got the grout of my entryway sealed this past Saturday and can't wait to walk on it after the 72 hours have passed. I think my cross stitch project is calling to me today. I love dragons.
Dragons are awesome
Packed in skeins of yarn. Sounds comfy.
Exactly
Lol Claire, SNAGGING yarn
Gimme the YARNNNN
So you have to ge different weeks for your fabric for sewing and yarn for crocheting. My Hobby Lobby is not in my normal path.
Haha true. hl isn’t in my path either so I hope the do the sale soon so I can stop driving there
Great hanging with you x
You too!!
Thank you for sharing, I relate to you so much and it's helpful for me to see someone that is so similar to myself.
oops forgot to comment yday lol much love, and have a great week!
yes, the health journey is a long and bumpy af one. insurance to hurdle, specialists to wrangle. south park nailed it: ruclips.net/video/VAfy26xs6e0/видео.html
I stumbled upon you just looking for support content. Love that you hooked up with Sam. I've been wathcing her for over a year now and seeing you and Sam hook up was so supportive. I responded earlier to one of your videos, even that (and this response too) was kinda hard for me. I want you to know the support you give sharing your experiences has been immensely supportive. I'm one of those stereotypical "boys with toy trains" childhood diagnosees, but all of you who were diagnosed as adults and spoken out online or elsewhere, have helped pave the way for all of us to gain acceptance and have a voice and strengthen the neurodiversity movement. Hoping to someday work myself up to joining one of your live events.... Thanks so much for the support and desire to drink more coffee. Please keep up the hard work, you are awesome.
Hi claire :) keep hydrated in this heat, because jinkies is it hot! This week I feel like it hit me how disabled I am, I seriously wonder how I was able to mask so much in the past because my body and brain has officially checked out for the past 2 years but this week it just feels different. for the worse. I'm stuck , with no support, (self-diagnosed) no safe spaces ( living with abusive parents, no job) , overwhelmed, no prospect of things changing soon because I been in shutdown for so long iv'e regressed to the point I cannot help myself anymore. So, I sat down and started at the wall for couple of days and I went on my usual youtube regulation time when this video popped up. I feel a little better now wishing it was longer :) , thank you for making this series and sharing with us. Your time means so much to us
I hope things get better soon - focus on the small steps that will get you to the big steps
@@WoodshedTheory wow, you made my day by replying to me! Awe thank you, hope your week is cozy one ❤️
I used to love yarn 🤩🤩 I have a lot of friends that love yarn 😍 I am so excited for you 🎉 when I found out knitting was more of a task than a hobby for me I stopped, but now i do scrapbooking and oh my when I find some on sale I feel the way you are describing 😁
Hey, there. So relate on the health thing. I hesitate to label it a journey either but I go through periods of being very focused and not at all. I have been targeted on avoiding dairy for the past year or so and that has been kind of sad as a cheese lover but has stuck around since I discovered, yes, I am actually lactose intolerant and feel better without it. I am just beginning on cutting back on sweets.Not so sure how it will be. They make me happy but I can go way overboard as a baker. I am feeling that gotta change feeling. Sigh. Glad for the yarn sale for you! That is so cool! Good to have something that gets you in your groove. Speaking of...I am currently in my groove, surrounded by books, researching for homeschool and finding answers.that we are hopeful will work. Never written an entire curriculum before and imagined it could be daunting, but it actually feeds into a part of me that thrives on words, creating, and especially going outside the box for our unique ways of thinking. I am approaching all things as not just my son's learming journey ( there's that word again. it's a theme. lol) but mine as well. Blessings on your week and happy yarn shopping!❤
Writing a curriculum sounds difficult! I don’t know that I love the word journey either but I couldn’t think of anything better term
@@WoodshedTheory Oh, it can be daunting, for sure, but leaning into the things we both naturally like, especially history, reading, and art are helping tremendously. 🙂
Howdy there Claire and internet people. Watched the vid early yesterday but didn't get a chance to comment until now. Had to get going on chores and everything else because, well, last week had me and the kiddos all finally on summer break. I spent most of last week with the kiddos, played games, watched videos, listened to music and ignored the world at large as much as I could. I feel so much better after detaching for a few days. I was already behind on pretty much everything and taking the week off set things further behind. But now I have some energy again so it's time to get some things done. I suppose this is my advice to myself as well as everyone else, but don't forget to take a break every once in a while. And hydrate. And eat something good. Laters!
I can definitely relate to having periods of time where my focus is great and I’m doing everything I want to do and other times where I really struggle. I always get back to the focused time frame so I try to give myself grace during the unfocused time and just do what I can. When I’m able to be more focused, I definitely try to do bigger projects and am better at taking care of myself and do smaller, easy things when I’m not feeling focused.
Good tips thanks
@@WoodshedTheory sure,dear
If they ever do discontinue the yarn you use for your hats. We all should take our hat of for a moment of silence.
I know bad joke just needed to get that out.
Totally get get the on/off nature of focusing on health or other things, it's like that for a lot of things in my life, and I try not to give myself too much of a hard time about it 🤷
“Spilled” is the standard American English spelling, and “spilt” is the standard British English spelling of the past tense of the verb “to spill”.
However, many Americans pronounce it with a ‘t’ sound, so in protest of our norms, I write “spilt”. I just prefer British spelling for some words.
Good to know!
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Hey Claire! I struggle with exercise and food variety too. Enjoy your yarn sale! That sounds like so much fun.
Good to know I’m not alone
Uneven productivity happens with health too.
True
Marker isn't doing its job!
😅 I've had Sam's book in my amazon cart for awhile... just haven't had the money to get it. It helps that it is available on Amazon Canada and if I order enough I don't pay shipping (shipping on stuff is usually a killer)
I hope you saw the comment I made ... I figured out how to turn on receiving gifts members and posted it under my initial comment in the video where that was mentioned. I hope it helps people.
Buried in yarn?
I don't remember anything interesting about my week.
The marker has been trashed lol
So excited to see what yarn goodies you get! I've never been to a Hobby Lobby for the similar difference of values issue. Plus I try to mostly get my yarn secondhand these days, but that sale does sound SO good. Maybe I'll go investigate and make my first Hobby Lobby trip.
I'm the same way about health stuff. I get really hyperfocused on eating better and/or trying to exercise more and then often end up burning myself out on it. I've been trying to work on incorporating smaller changes into my every day, but it's hard! Especially when health can be so complicated for all of us. Wishing everyone the best with their efforts wherever they're at
Thank you for sharing! I get not choosing to shop at HL. The clearance is really and I’ve found the prices are even better than. Second hand
*It's Monday!* 🙌
😩 Down to 18?! we've lost a lot of mug club members! 🤣
Haha yeah mug club really fell apart
Your Rap ! About the mugs ! Amazing 🎉!
Thanks
You know I'm all about a sale or thrift haul! 🤑I love the podcast as is, it is great company for me as I do dishes or mow or whatever. But some people might like it broken up into maybe 3 shorter episodes 🤔 just an idea.
So glad to hear you aren't carrying that comment guilt anymore, thats real growth 🌟
That could be an option for the future
I miss your Hair coloring Videos!😂💙💙💙
Me too! After my bleach accident a few years ago I decided to take a break from them.
Always happy to watch you do all the things. This week I posted my first pod on my channel - so nervous doing it. I might be able to handle lives ok but talking to yourself is going to take some time 😅
Good luck! You got this!
Hi Claire i was wondering how many of us asd peoples first word is an object instead of mom or dad my first word was light
Mine was plant.
Which yarn do you use the most? I get excited by yarn too!😊
Hmm. I really use a big mix of things
Whoa, is RUclips like... auto-smoothing your cheeks with blush, without your consent? Or is that you? It's weirdly intermittent.
Good catch! It’s a setting that came on my camera that I never shut off
Sometimes I’m a little late to porch coffee and off-schedule, but it always “fills my cup” when I make it here! Thanks for sharing your joys and challenges along the way ❤Congrats on the podcast with Yo Samdy Sam!
happy to have you!
@@WoodshedTheory 💗
Morning Claire! What you said about balance is super relatable. I just have no idea how to maintain balance once my laser beam of hyperfocus has moved on to something else 😬
Btw, new mug idea... "I just want to be surrounded by yarn", with a lady wrapped head to toe in yarn
Good mug idea! I have that issue with changing focus as well
❤ Sam. Must get her book
She’s awesome
Her book was useful before I got diagnosed.
are you on the tikkertokkers?
Nope no tic tacs here lol
@@WoodshedTheory lol awwww not even orange tictacs those are yum! To be honest, I started it to try and make sales but I’m finding it’s meh… so right now just determining my direction… do I wanna stay or try the Instagram again. Lol.
Did you see my squirrel rainy? I emailed you from scardog76.
She’s drinking from T100
Spelled in America spelt in England😂
Thanks