Health and wellness check-in – 21 January 2024



I check in for a week summary of my health and wellness (social, mental, and physical) this past week (Monday 15 to Sunday 21 January 2024). It was a more social week in terms of outings than I have been having the past few weeks, it was mentally a bit front-loaded, and I re-found running as a home a bit.

0:00 – Introduction and week summary.

1:04 – Social – fed the critters all of their meals this week.
– 1:10 – Other outings with social interactions included:
– Swickard Toyota (Toyota service center and dealership, Monday).
– Swickard Toyota (Toyota service center and dealership, Tuesday).
– FedEx Office Print & Ship Center (printing and shipping center, Friday).
– WinCo Foods (supermarket, Friday).
– Dick’s Drive-In (drive-in restaurant, Friday).
– Quality Food Centers – QFC (grocery store, Friday).
– Fred Meyer (department store, Sunday).
– Bothell Feed Center (feed and pet supply store, Sunday).

1:42 – Mental – front-loaded week with mental calm in re-finding running as a home.
– 2:19 – Writing and photography on Yelp – reached 13 written and published reviews for January 2024; reached 14 written and published reviews for the 2024 year thus far; increased my all-time personal best for number of reviews in any one January; reached 31 check-ins for the 2024 year (per my tracking).
– 2:47 – Writing for Lucky Wallaby Courier (LWC) – eating/food (including restaurants); wildlife; car essentials; book/reading notes; athletic performance contextualizations; movie notes; hypothetical wedding planning (wedding date 2 of Sunday 21 January 2024 and wedding date 3 of Thursday 1 February 2024 following wedding date 1 of Friday 15 December 2023; potential of 1, 2, or 3 weddings); housing terminology.
– 7:36 – YouTube – themed day of the week videos continued; at least one sweet and/or savory eats video each day (filmed and published same-day); reading/book notes videos paginated approach (15 pages per day; 20 pages per day; 30 pages per day; 40 pages per day; 50 pages per day); hypothetical wedding planning; movie notes for a movie/film/video published here on YouTube; curation.
– 9:39 – Reading (202 pages) – “The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile” by Neal Bascomb (Scholastic Focus; March 2022 First edition – hardcover), read pages 46 through 247 (finished reading the book on Saturday).
– 10:07 – Finances.
– Paid off my credit card statement.
– Sweet and/or savory eats videos: 14 videos, 22 products.
– My car (2010 Toyota Corolla LE): took in to the service center at Swickard Toyota on Monday; picked up Tuesday; total for electrical system fix(es) and oil change was $1065.78 after I applied a $350.00 off coupon.
– Received my retirement account tax document(s).

10:50 – Physical (diet/food and exercise).
– Achieved a net weight loss of 0.58 pounds (at 3,500 calories per pound; 2,020 calories total; down to 14,680 calories net weight gain since September 2023).
– Running – made my workouts 0 out of 0 days (stationary bicycle for these spots this week).
– Rowing – made my workouts 6 out of 6 days.
– Strength training – made my workouts 6 out of 6 days.
– Cleaning house/yard work – made all my workouts (2 days).
– Stationary bicycle – made my workouts 6 out of 6 days.

12:39 – Conclusion.

Here are links to a few related/mentioned playlists on this channel (Tanis Leonhardi):
– “Health and wellness check-ins” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2INgWRVCLbz5DshV0-Ug5eD.
– “Lucky Wallaby Courier” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2IElPdAZ0wl8uz4w4mH_L9q.
– “Book/reading notes” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2L21uKR4rRCuk9ssYMRyUol.
– “Movie notes” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2KDAprGOPPnPrHAlpM4iftd.
– “Savory eats” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2JO9bIPMkD1wS1OcxQgyV_S.
– “Sweet eats” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2InLsfRMR8tEPrdggZB6IbE.
– “Car Essentials” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2KLm3axRp_XSxRo0sjH0diJ.
– My playlist for my first wedding, whether it does or does not come to be: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2Ih9Fy_caCBiJalKHQ_QTSg.
– “Moving” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2LmjkSvyQ8wn26-PlWkmjrs.
– “Navigating my retirement account” playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReE5nuWjA2IYQQtFmKJLvKKN1o4u-t-e.

Filmed by me (Tanis Coralee Leonhardi) in Shoreline, Washington State, United States of America starting at 7:11 p.m. on Sunday 21 January 2024. Uploaded by me (Tanis Coralee Leonhardi) and premiered (published here on YouTube, Seattle time zone) 21 January 2024.

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