Immersion Therapy

AMAZING! This year, I spent 40 HOURS on public transit (my 504 hours of walking is exciting, too). Each and every minute of those forty hours has been active immersion therapy. Over time, I developed a strategy for how to manage. Early techniques for helping myself get to the train, endure heart racing on the platform, and staying on the train for the entire ride: *****Distractions***** At first I made sure to have a wide variety of attention absorbing activities, not easy when you're schlepping everything around with you all day. Tried and true methods included listening to pre-selected music, applying basic makeup, chewing gum, doing crosswords, and writing minute to minute notes about the experience in real time.  A big difference from my previous years is having technology. My phone can alert me to timetables, delays, and routes. Also, the platform lists how many minutes until the next train. This is INCREDIBLE.  Despite all of these advantages and techniques, I still find...