Bremerhaven Benefits

Life is so comfortable here. Its almost to a point of boring.  No, not almost.  It is boring.

Work is not stressful 99% of the time.  Usually I feel pretty free to do what I want in the office as long as I get things done every now and then.  I really cherish the 1% of the time that something is challenging or frustrating.  Those times make my purpose here feel a little more meaningful and necessary.

So basically, I not stressed at work.  I'm not stressed about men (I've got a great one!!).  I'm not stressed about friends (I have plenty of good ones).  I'm not even stressed about the language.  I just don't care about not understanding everyone.  Those were my biggest stresses in the past 10 years or so.  And in Bremerhaven, they have somehow just totally evaporated.

Something I am MILDLY, like really really mildly stressed about would be my fitness level. In comparison to my high school days or my college days the level of stressed-ness would easily fall in the negligible category.  However, as my stress level is mostly at a flat zero, this feeling does register.

Maybe its because I've been doing almost zero physical activity.  Or maybe its because I have no distractions so I have time to think about it.  Or maybe its because I haven't gone shopping in a year and I miss the feeling of beautiful new clothes.  I don't have a clue.

All I can say is that this video is motivating/slightly unrealistic:

I have zero motivation or interest in going outside for a run.  Or going outside for a bike ride to my gym.  Nope, not happening.  I do however, have the slightest bit of interest in staying home and working on my body strength through yoga!  Joaquin and I bought a mat awhile back and we are both using it.

He does his exercises in the morning and I do mine a little before work, after work, and before bed.  Really anytime I feel the urge.  We keep the mat open in the living room so it is always ready for a dogward dog!

Well the way I see it, since there is nothing interesting to do, focus on myself. Improve the skin I'm in.  Take control of what I have control over.  This is the benefit of Bremerhaven: there is time to do whatever you want to do.