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Good morning, @Former-Member. Nice to see you about. Have you been for your walk yet?

Hello lovely woman @Historylover good to see you on here. Yes have been walking every day except at the end of the week which is my day off. I'm really physically fit. I started getting in the habit of walking in the afternoons but am itching to go this morning. How are you by the way? I have been thinking of you and was wondering if you were still a friend of the forums. Nice to hear from you again. I just signed up to a free yoga class with Life Force Academy. We have a lunar eclipse this weekend and the energy will be very destabilising. Yoga helps me to stay centred during times like these.

Great idea re a budgeting thread, @Former-Member.

Good to see you too, lovely @Former-Member. I'm pleased to hear you've been behaving yourself. Me too. I'm getting back into the way of walking again as much as my poor feet will allow. When it's not possible, I keep myself occupied with more sedentary activities. My keyboard learning is occupying a good bit of my spare time, but progress is so slow. There is just so much to learn and my brain cuts out when it's done as much as it can for the day. Anyway, it's still fun, and while it's fun I will continue. Rather a change from more academic pursuits, but it's good to change things around and challenge different parts of the brain. They've been dormant for too long.

Have you ascertained why your feet hurt @Historylover? Do you see a podiatrist. You did mention that you found it hard walking awhile back. I remembered it as I know lots of people with diabetes have foot pain. I don't know if its related to your situation. I used to have bunions and after my operation it changed the ball of my foot so in the past feet used to get really sore. I wear a Rivers brand walking shoe - its very cushioning and I no longer have sore feet around the ball of the foot when walking. I don't know you may need a cushioning shoe or something like I did.

Its great you are learning stuff - so am I, however I do think these psych meds account for brain shrinkage. I have been doing heart/brain coherence meditation to increase my learning capacity. It improves memory retention and makes it easier to learn stuff and have incredible improvements in learning ability.

Apart from that have been doing subliminals each day to improve things in my life. Have had a lot of misfortune so am using subliminals to change my subconscious. Have a subliminal audio "Everything always works out in my favor" which I downloaded off you tube. I've been doing it a few weeks and have noticed dramatic overall improvements.

Best way to start a day.. Laughing .. thanks @TAB Hello everyone. tonys

Yes @Historylover there was no budgeting thread on here. I just made an update on that thread this morning. You can download a spending tracker, monthly budget and future fund pdfs and use them to keep your budget in check. With rising inflation things are going to get a whole lot worse. I have more exciting ideas in store to share on how to stretch your budget further.

How have things proceeded with bitcoin, @Former-Member? Did all your prior study stand you in good stead? You're braver than me.

@Historylover Still moving ahead with Bitcoin but yes it was freaking me out with security especially and also what I needed to learn with digital technology. It can be risky and it kind of deterred me to begin with. Was a bit put off but they have said its like anything just because the banks have money doesn't necessarily mean you will always be subjected to fraud. The more knowledge you have the more safeguarded you are. But still moving along with it but progress is slow. Having brain drain but still having a go. Did a 7 day free crash course in Bitcoin which guaranteed I would know more about it than 99% of the population apparently. It was an easy course I signed up to.

I need a podiatrist badly, @Former-Member, but just can't afford one. The reason my feet hurt is that I damaged them years ago, walking long distances. They have broadened, and my bones aren't all where they should be. Hence the pain. I wear orthotics in every thing and cannot stand shoes without arch support. Used to be standard back in the day.

What are you currently learning? I tried chemistry for a while. It's a fascinating subject but I've had a couple of goes at it and each time have become side-tracked onto something else.

Nothing like the power of positive thinking, is there? Although sometimes, it's hard to come by.

Think I'll take a stroll out in the sunshine. Exercise and vitamin D.