Since I broke my foot on the 4th of August, I've been writing weekly notes about what happened in my life. I must admit I mostly wrote it for myself. On the 1st of December I started a paper Bullet Journal (a minimalist and functional one), which I might blog more about this month. Since I started with that, I struggled to keep up the weekly notes on top of the journal. So therefore I now follow suit with Henrique's habit and start a Monthly Digest. Let's see if I can make it to 12.

Health

Let start with what made me start the weekly notes: my foot. I think I still make progress, but progress is slow. Last month I had still a lot of soreness and even a bit of pain in the mornings. I am still experiencing a bit of that, but it has diminished so much that I don't really want to call the morning feeling "pain" anymore. I still don't dare to run though.

I've been walking on barefoot shoes all month, so that's still going strong after almost four months. In addition to new Injinji toe socks, I also got a cute little stool for Christmas. I use it to sit on while at home, but at the moment of writing I'm sitting on the floor on a small cushion, with my laptop on the stool. I'm very pleased with the setup.

The goal of floorsitting is to increase my mobility. I noticed that my lotus pose is really improving, for example. Another thing I did and tracked in the Bullet Journal: every single day of December I did a forward stretch. In November I could not touch my toes while keeping my legs straight, and now I can. I will continue to stretch in the new year.

The training of my arms got a bit of a hit during Christmas time, but I did notice how much easier some of the exercises became, so I'm not demotivated to continue that too.

Life

In my Bullet Journal I now keep a list of every day of the month, with a one-line summary of the day, which gives me a very neat overview of what happened.

The weekend I stopped my weekly notes was actually the weekend I went away to Appelscha with friends, for a weekend of boardgames and Hunnebed-viewing. There were other boardgame nights too, notably the night that I played three games of Root and the night were we played Blood on the Clocktower at G.'s house with 11 people and G. as our beloved story teller.

It was of course also a month of family happenings. Aside from the obvious ones, on 21 December I went to Den Haag for the opening of the exposition of new members of Pulchri. My mom is one of them, and I was very happy I could attend for this special moment for her.

I also survived both my second month at my new job, as well as our kerstborrel, so that's nice.

Reading

I'm still reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, as I have been since mid July. It's just a big book and since Gran Canaria in October I have had my mind on other things (such as my new job). It's a really good book though, so I will continue reading. I'm now at chapter seventy-three, so I am nearing the end. (I know, and then there is a second book if I want to.)

I did finish Polysecure by Jessica Fern this month. I am still not sure if I identify as polyamorous, but the book is more about attachment theory (which I value) and non-monogamy in general (which, by lack of a partner, I am). I really liked her approach of not defaulting to "you should find The One" as a solution to all problems and the book was very helpful to me. Recommend reading to anyone, including those in monogamous relationships.

I also finished The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll, which I started on the well timed date of 30 November. This meant that the next day, I started a Bullet Journal in an "old" Leuchtturm 1917 dotted notebook on 1 December. It's an interesting read, even though I already knew the method before. There's enough reflection in there that I might want to reread it in 6 months time. (Yes, I just added that to my Future Log.)

Finally, I started in Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, but I didn't make enough progress to talk about it this month.

Intentions

I wanted to add this to Henrique's template: my intentions for the next month. As I stated before: I want to continue stretching and working out. I would also like to focus a bit more on eating healthy too, as I notice I have more energy the following day if I do. (I won't publicly describe how bad my current habits are here.)

On my habit tracker for this month I also added "reading". My new job allows me to travel by public transport a bit more, which gives me a good solid 20 + 20 minutes of reading. On the habit tracker I will just add a check mark if I read any page at all, at any place. Let's see if that helps me finish The Name of the Wind.