OK, one more post about mini-milestones, then I promise I’ll stop carrying on (for a while at least!) On the 17th of January 2024, I posted my first ever entry – “My migraine story” – since then, I’ve slowly got into the habit of posting Monday to Friday, until here I am; 3 months young today. I’m still learning how blogging works (for example, only yesterday I accidently discovered I can include a cover-image in the emails that go out – who knew!?) I went back and looked through my posts and thought I would share a few statistics from my blogging journey so far:
Most visited post: “Personal boundaries for chronic pain“
Most comments: “Being out of sync with the rest of the world”
Most opened email: “Is there such a thing as over-nurturing?”
Most liked entry: “Humming away the pain”
Here’s some more stats, with links to fellow bloggers:
First ever blog-supporter: Amy
Most recent blog-supporter: Maggie
First comment by a fellow blogger: Jennifer
Most recent comment by a fellow blogger: Aboli
Best button-pushing-clapper: Kevin
With the help of Kevin and others, yesterday’s “clap if you support yourself and others keep going and growing” experiment we got to 282 claps in 24 hours! That’s way more than the 7 or 75 I was hoping for! If you’re curious which country is the best at clapping (so far) – it’s India by a long way – thanks India!! And thanks to you too Canda (you know who you are):
And, since I love doing this (it’s as satisfying as throwing confetti in the air, but much more environmentally responsible), here’s a call out to another 6 bloggers who keep me motivated with banter, likes, and writing what I enjoy reading:
A dad trying to cope: A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner
Michelle’s Musings: M’chelsMusings
Mike: Silent Pariah – My Journey on the Lonely Road to Deaf Acceptance
Moongirl: Musings of a Taiwanese American Adoptee
Soul Ventures: E’n’M- Excerpts, Musings, Travelogues etc…..
Things I Have Thought of: Things I have thought of… in case you haven’t
Now – one last thing – to help celebrate my mini-anniversary, I thought I’d give you all a few presents. At the same time as blogging about mindfulness for chronic pain, I’ve also been turning some of the spreadsheets I used during my healing journey, into resources for you guys to download. There’s now a “Resources” tab at the top of the website that will take you to page of… you guessed it: FREE resources! There’s a migraine tracker template, as well as goal setting spreadsheets for your mindfulness journey (remember you don’t have to be sick to benefit from bringing mindfulness into your life), plus mandalas for coloring-in and mini-affirmational cards. Here’s hoping you find something that assists you on your individual path towards better health and happiness! So, go on – help yourself!
Lastly, I know I’m always going on about it, but I really can’t thank you all enough for being here; for making me feel seen, heard, valued – I couldn’t have kept getting better without you all – THANK YOU!
Take care taking care, Linda x
The Mindful Migraine 
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