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I consider finding an acupuncturist whom I love/trust and who understands me and meeting with her regularly (I generally go every ten days) to be the best thing I did for myself in 2011. I first tried acupuncture in 2010, and I loved it, but I didn’t stick with it. I’m not sure why: the cost is high, and the stressers in my life then were much lower and different than they are now, and I didn’t really connect with my acupuncturist. I tried a couple out before finding a fantastic one, who can tell that I’m getting sick before I can, and who allows me to talk about my stress and my nightmares that wake me up in the morning and how now I feel like I have such a short fuse, and find a way to help me out, and I feel better. I’m still mystified by what she can tell from looking at my tongue, or taking my pulse in various points, or how she knows to ask the right question at the right time, but I like being fascinated by it. I like that I went in for one thing, and in talking to someone who understands the body and knows the right questions to ask, we are also helping things that I might not even thought to discuss. My sessions allow me to turn off (or attempt to turn off) my brain and not focus on the things that really don’t matter at 7pm anymore. I feel calmer today than I did yesterday. I feel more focused, more grounded. My energy feels high. I feel good. (The other best thing I did in 2011: Visit a career counselor at my alma mater, since apparently, those services are free and available for young alums, I just never thought to ask. I thought they were useless when I was a student, but she has been just such a colossal help in helping me figure out what is important to me in terms of life and career and where I want to be and what I want to do. She’s inspired me and I’ve in turn become more assertive, and filling her in with super positive updates is something that excites me.) (The best thing I’m doing in 2012: Waking up when it’s still dark out to go to the gym. I was never a morning person or a gym rat, and I don’t drink coffee, but every day it gives me something to be proud of myself for before I head to work, and I need that. I need to feel strong and proud of myself for something on a daily basis.)

I consider finding an acupuncturist whom I love/trust and who understands me and meeting with her regularly (I generally go every ten days) to be the best thing I did for myself in 2011.

I first tried acupuncture in 2010, and I loved it, but I didn’t stick with it. I’m not sure why: the cost is high, and the stressers in my life then were much lower and different than they are now, and I didn’t really connect with my acupuncturist. I tried a couple out before finding a fantastic one, who can tell that I’m getting sick before I can, and who allows me to talk about my stress and my nightmares that wake me up in the morning and how now I feel like I have such a short fuse, and find a way to help me out, and I feel better. I’m still mystified by what she can tell from looking at my tongue, or taking my pulse in various points, or how she knows to ask the right question at the right time, but I like being fascinated by it. I like that I went in for one thing, and in talking to someone who understands the body and knows the right questions to ask, we are also helping things that I might not even thought to discuss.

My sessions allow me to turn off (or attempt to turn off) my brain and not focus on the things that really don’t matter at 7pm anymore. I feel calmer today than I did yesterday. I feel more focused, more grounded. My energy feels high. I feel good.

(The other best thing I did in 2011: Visit a career counselor at my alma mater, since apparently, those services are free and available for young alums, I just never thought to ask. I thought they were useless when I was a student, but she has been just such a colossal help in helping me figure out what is important to me in terms of life and career and where I want to be and what I want to do. She’s inspired me and I’ve in turn become more assertive, and filling her in with super positive updates is something that excites me.)

(The best thing I’m doing in 2012: Waking up when it’s still dark out to go to the gym. I was never a morning person or a gym rat, and I don’t drink coffee, but every day it gives me something to be proud of myself for before I head to work, and I need that. I need to feel strong and proud of myself for something on a daily basis.)

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