David Journal

Tag: step count

  • Service steps

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    I had a pretty distracted day today, to the point of not getting Alex to his appointment with his therapist. At the end of the day I needed 6000 steps to reach my goal of 8000. I thought walking to Walmart would be about 6000 steps but after doing that walk I was still 1000…

  • Another success

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    Alex will probably forget it because it doesn’t match his narrative but I navigate another confrontation with him without getting upset by calling out his dysfunctional approach to communication and inviting him to do better. He finally came around to asking for what he wanted rather than refusing to ask because he assumed I would…

  • 6K Day

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    I am surprised at how easy it was to do 6000 steps today after doing 5000 yesterday. By the time I went walking tonight I was already at 5000 steps so I just needed a bit more than one lap around the block. I’ve noticed that I get a surprising number of steps in by…

  • “Plaster on a smile”

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    Laura mentioned that when she sees kids (Noah in this instance) doing things that she thinks are a healthy change for them she tries to encourage it even if it is annoying for us. She said she just tries to plaster on a smile and it struck me how often as parents we have to…