Progress A Few Steps Backwards But Mainly Forwards

 It is all a bit strange - getting a new phone and navigating it's nuances was just annoying as they put all sorts of adverts and nag screens in but a google search and I was able to turn most of the annoying stuff off.  AI also helps when you ask for step by step instructions how to achieve something too.  I've put my effort into building custom birthday cards for people I know and I am delighted that I can ask AI to build bespoke cards for me.  It adds a personalized touch to the occasion and I hope it is appreciated too.

I've just received some of my supplements and I now have a regime where I have quite a few vitamins and minerals every day.  I hope it helps keep the Doctor from the door.  I started taking vitamins in 2000 although I had been taking some basic Vit C and D before then.  Now it is a cocktail of additional things including Iodine.  I feel quite lucky that I do not have any signs of arthritis which my friends appear to have or any other problems.  Sure, I've had Bladder Cancer of course and when younger problems with my ears and whilst I have hearing aids and hearing definition inserts I find I only use them occasionally.  The Tinnitus is manageable but can on days cause more annoyance than anything else.  I have the occasional problems with my knees from a cricket accident 30 years ago.  That's it, aches and pains but not requiring replacement joints or anything else and I hope that I will continue to be free of such things.  

I must lose some more weight over this coming summer and get out and about more as I feel I have been stuck indoors for years.  I'm not sure what stops me from getting out other than the habit of being in.  

There are a few things left for me to do before I am free of the business commitments in as much as I need to finalize the closing of it.  Then it needs to be archived and be put away for 7 years.  That leaves a couple of things that I must do in admin terms and then I can continue to make progress towards retirement.  There are still the occasional moments where I catch myself wondering what am I doing looking blankly at this screen or desk, they are becoming less as I work on moving forward and putting all the crap behind me - finally!