u/pigeon_bay

i realized my brain has a really stupid rule about exercise

if i spend 45 minutes walking a trail with hills, it somehow doesn't count because i enjoyed it. but 20 minutes on a treadmill while staring at the wall? apparently that's “real exercise”

i actually told my doctor i don't exercise much, then realized i'd gone on three hikes that week

so i've been testing something. i stopped calling it exercise.

sometimes i tell myself i'm just going outside. i'm going to look at the trees. i'm checking if the wildflowers are back. i'm getting some air

the wildflowers are not back. they're completely out of season. but apparently my brain doesn't know that.

my fitbit is showing more movement than i've had in years

maybe i don't need more discipline. maybe i just need to stop making healthy things feel like punishment

my old provider kept flagging teacher newsletters as spam and now parents can't get the weekly updates. switched to a new host last month but the webmail interface is clunky and i still get bounce errors twice a week. reading through the docs i noticed something about spf records but the dashboard options feel limited. im running a simple wordpress site with a contact form and an occasional pdf signup sheet. nothing fancy, just need reliable delivery. anyone using a host that lets you tweak those records without calling support every time?