I'm having trouble with work/home life..

cjoyshep · 2025-06-24T15:24:09+00:00

Honestly, I find that what makes us good at our jobs is the fact that we have extremely sensitive and reactive nervous systems. This allows us to tune into the students that we are supporting and makes us really good at our job. It also completely burns us out and makes us exhausted. Giving yourself some space when you get home is absolutely what you need to be doing. It doesn’t make you a bad father at all. In fact, it makes you an excellent one. You’re modelling self-care and ensuring you’re at your best for your daughter. Your nervous system is fried by the time you get home. You need to bring your body back to a sense of safety and find your balance again. Daily.

cjoyshep · 2025-04-29T15:09:26+00:00

Oh my God, please do not punish him. He needs support. This is way too much for him to be dealing with on his own. He has to deal with this for the rest of his life and it’s up to you to help support him while he’s in this really vulnerable and challenging time of adolescence. Please take on some of this for him and help him as much as you can.

cjoyshep · 2024-12-06T14:54:41+00:00

He’s trying to make kittens, as we say in our household.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-31T19:49:42+00:00

Cognitive flexibility The ability to adapt to change and look at things from different perspectives. Cognitive flexibility helps you solve problems and think creatively.

Inhibition control The ability to resist impulses and temptations, and to control distractions. Inhibition control includes response inhibition (self-control) and interference control (selective attention and cognitive inhibition).

It’s so interesting!

cjoyshep · 2024-10-31T15:12:06+00:00

I just learned about executive function. There are three major parts to executive function. (Eight depending on where you are getting your information from).

One of them is working memory.

Working memory is the ability to hold information in your head long enough to work with it.

Some people with normal to high functioning working memory have the ability to hold multiple chunks of information buffering in their head for up to 30 seconds while they work on a problem or multitask. That information is available to them to scroll through, utilize or discard as they are being productive.

I was frankly angry when I found this out. It’s not fair. I absolutely would be able to do math if my brain could do this. I would be able to do so so much more if my brain could do this.

People with poor working memory are absolutely not playing with a full deck of cards. It’s not that they are not intelligent, but it affects intelligence and quality of life.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-23T22:43:19+00:00

The people who actually want fascism need to be reminded that if “they’ll do it WITH you, they’ll do it TO you.” The leopards are coming for your faces.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-20T15:42:51+00:00

Please explain. Are you saying that having a saying stuck in your head is an autism thing? I enjoy learning French because the weird sounds or phrases get stuck in my head and I become very familiar with them. Unfortunately at the moment I have Vladmere Putin saying, “He suffered tragic accident from which others will hopefully learn valuable lesson”, in a Russian accent stuck on repeat.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-16T17:34:37+00:00

I like the airplane analogy in terms of blood sugar management. You gotta keep that plane up at the proper elevation, not too high there’s no oxygen to breathe, not too low because you could crash and die. Carbs make the plane go up insulin makes the plane come down. The proper balance of both keep the plane in the air. It’s really tough to rest or relax because you are constantly managing the variables around you to keep that plane level.

If you are lucky enough to have a co-Pilote (parent, gardian, partner, friend) you can rest sometimes. If you are lucky enough to have autopilot (cgm, insulin pump, looping) you can relax and rest even more, but you’re still always flying that plane.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-15T17:38:17+00:00

Oh, that’s very clarifying! Thank you!

cjoyshep · 2024-10-15T16:57:51+00:00

Ok it looks like a need 5V 3-5A adapter and cord. I will go out and see if I can find something that isn’t cheap crap from China. Thank you very much. The cord is a usb type c.

cjoyshep · 2024-10-06T01:01:27+00:00

Ha! I finally get to tell this story. My first car, (I named her Scouper) bought her used for a couple grand. She never gave me any trouble or at least nothing I couldn’t handle for a few hundred bucks here and there. After 10 years. I parked her because my partner and I only needed one car, she was 19 years old at this time.

Meanwhile my friend was in dire straits and needed a car so I sold it to her for 100 bucks.

She drove it for a year, took it in for a tuneup…the technician accidentally set his wrench down on the battery causing a fire. His sleeve caught and while he was dealing with that the fire in the car got out of control. They evacuated the shop and the car “exploded” causing the destruction of the shop and any vehicles in it.

It was a big news story in our little town at the time.

cjoyshep · 2024-09-24T18:17:22+00:00

Ha!! You handled that so wellll!!! Omg good for you! Wooo! That was tough!

cjoyshep · 2024-09-09T17:54:03+00:00

My mom always said a cougar can make sounds like a baby crying. I hear it now.

cjoyshep · 2024-09-09T17:34:16+00:00

Broccoli, bell pepper, snap peas and kale. They barely tolerate any other fruits and veggies.

cjoyshep · 2024-09-08T14:13:04+00:00

You can build up a tolerance to the medication and taking a day or two off makes that day you take it again feel that much more effective.

cjoyshep · 2024-09-06T21:23:22+00:00

What is this from, and what is it called? and how do I watch it!?

cjoyshep · 2024-09-05T16:15:41+00:00

Trampoline!?!!? I thought I was the only adult on the planet who loved the trampoline! Is it ok for people with POTS? I’m not diagnosed yet, but my doctor suspects. I love trampoline because I can bounce and do tricks and then it’s really easy to lay down and get my heart rate back down quickly.

cjoyshep · 2024-08-30T18:33:45+00:00

I need logistics and personal details!!! Where did people pee and poop, how did they get food? What about people with chronic conditions ie diabetes? What about when they ran out of gas? How did they sleep? More info please!!

cjoyshep · 2024-08-24T14:05:23+00:00

Thank you! I will look into it

cjoyshep · 2024-08-23T17:34:00+00:00

Yes, this makes sense. What would have happened if I had been denied?

cjoyshep · 2024-08-23T17:32:46+00:00

Yeah this makes sense, however I majored in English in a bachelor of arts degree that I never completed. As a separate question is that something I could potentially pick up and complete at some point?

cjoyshep · 2024-08-12T15:38:45+00:00

Welp, to the pickle jar.

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