I’m not even sure people still say vlog, but here it is… a video about why I didn’t blog today, when I was supposed to. It’s filmed post bed wallow with scary hair, sans makeup and on my iPhone… but in happier news, it’s less than THREE minutes long!
Do you wallow when you know you shouldn’t?
October 18, 2016
Hi Deb! 🙂
October 18, 2016
Eek! I adjusted the ‘lightness’ on YouTube after I uploaded it and think I made it a bit too light. (Suspect there’s no ‘undo’ button!) 😉
October 18, 2016
It was SOOOOO good to hear you and see you! Your voice is lovely!! I heard it all and understood it all. I had a day like that yesterday and I am much older and not hormonal….Gosh, talk about give yourself a pat on the back instead of a kick up the bum! Deb, you are rocking all of this change..which, for me, seems to have happened over such a short space of time. Really, really proud to see you and hear you chatting away!! loved the background too!! Denyse xx
October 18, 2016
I’d been wallowing in bed Denyse, thinking I’d get up and ‘write’ about how I felt. That I’d analysed my mood and knew it was temporary / hormonal etc… and would pass but was glad I didn’t blog when I was feeling too sorry for myself but decided to try to record it instead. (I’d blither on too much if I did it in writing.) I should have done it at my desk and been a bit more organised, but got off my bed, plopped on my couch and went for it!
October 18, 2016
Aaah shoulda coulda woulda….there is no logic or ingratitude in wallowing- it is what it is. Great view & waving to you from a bus on the m2 where I’m watching you from!
October 18, 2016
Ahhh.. this 21st century is an amazing thing isn’t it?!
October 18, 2016
Oh yes the queen of wallowing when I shouldn’t here. Great to see and hear you. And 27 kilos down?! WOO HOO! That’s awesome!
October 18, 2016
Thanks Ness.
October 18, 2016
Awesome video Deb! Good to hear you again. You are looking fantastic – 27 kg down is unreal potato peel!! Nothing wrong with a good wallow now and then! 😉
October 18, 2016
Thanks re the weight loss Min. I’ve got a long way to go (still) but… I am feeling much better.
October 18, 2016
Loved putting a face to a name and even better a voice to a name! I think you should totally have a career in radio with a voice like that! Love your view and high five to you!
October 18, 2016
Had to laugh at that Sammie….. Watching back I seem very lisp-y!
October 18, 2016
So good to see you and to hear your thought processes. Did it help to get it out?
We all have shite days. We all fall down. It’s how long we stay down that defines us I think.
Great vlog Deb. I think a tonne of us can relate!
Mwah!
October 18, 2016
I knew all day my malaise was temporary / hormonal / unjustified Leanne – and I think that annoyed me as much as anything…. That I couldn’t crawl out of that hole!
October 19, 2016
Okay you hooked me in to watching. Loved it! And indeed what a view, I didn’t realise you were still so close to the beach. Flush that guilt down the toilet, it will all get done in its own good time, and if it doesn’t, well …. another day.
October 19, 2016
Ha! Very true Kathryn!
October 19, 2016
Wow awesome video Deb, and well done on losing 27kg – that’s an incredible feat. So although you might have felt the need to wallow when you posted the video, and why not, I think you have massive achievements to be proud of too. Hang on to those – and that view too! Love it 🙂
October 19, 2016
I knew anything I wrote in the morning was going to be tainted by my mood and I knew it was a temporary thing… thankfully I could logically realise that the stuff I was stressing about wasn’t ‘real’ or a big deal…
October 19, 2016
Lovely to see and hear you Deb! Even if wallowing. Everyone deserves to wallow, we can’t always be on top of the world, so don’t feel guilty. And 27kg, go you! x
October 20, 2016
Yes, I think the positive for me was knowing I had no ‘real’ reason to be wallowing and that it would pass quickly.
October 19, 2016
Wallowing or having “off days” happen to me occasionally too. Sometimes I can stuff around for ages on the internet, facebooking, reading blogs, looking at photos and a bit of internet shopping and before I know half the day has past! When I can’t squeeze a blog post out I recycle and old one – it’s the easiest way out when you are just not in the mood to write and be creative. Well done on your your achievements. You should be exceptionally proud of these. Now that we have officially met in the new mature age bloggers group we can keep in touch. 🙂
October 20, 2016
Absolutely Kathy! That sounds great.
October 19, 2016
Wow, great effort Deb. Love your work and love your thoughts!
October 20, 2016
Awww… thank you Tiff. xxx
October 20, 2016
You have lots to be proud of and it’s ok to wallow AND to give yourself a break. I am telling myself that all the time, I tend to wallow a bit too much for my own good. Fab vlog, you should do more of it x
October 21, 2016
Thanks Alicia!
October 20, 2016
Good on you Deb. Honestly I think I wallow before every post I write. It takes every ounce of energy for me to sit down and start. Lovely to see you and hear your beautiful voice.
October 21, 2016
I don’t feel like I usually have a lisp but feel I speak strangely when I do it in front of a camera!
October 23, 2016
I loved the vlog! And I love that you wallow now and again….we all do, but most of us don’t have the guts to say how we feel out loud. It was great to hear your voice…I like your “writing” voice, and now I have heard the speaking voice.
You do have a great view, and as you “wallowed” along, you seemed to be rising out of the funk. Great view, too!
October 23, 2016
Thanks Laurel. And yes, the view is lovely though it’s raining here today and not particularly visible. Which is okay as well.
October 24, 2016
Oh Deb, I know exactly how you feel, re: the wallowing, sometimes I think we just need to allow ourselves to wallow. I’ve been feeling the same way a lot lately, but thankfully I think I’m finally starting to pull myself up out of it. But I think if I hadn’t given myself to just wallow a bit I wouldn’t be getting to a place now where I can start seeing the light and moving forward to do all of the things I really want to do. Thank you for sharing your vlog and linking up with IBOT (I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get around to commenting, everything has been kicking my arse this last week!).
October 25, 2016
No worries Kylie. And yes, it’s good to allow ourselves time for a bit of a wallow – particularly if we know it’s not going to be long-term.