enjoy each passing day

最近、時間がないから日本語をあまり勉強しなかったです。
ときどきそんなことちょっと興味がありません。
仕方ないでしょう、今月にちょう忙しかったんでした。
まあ、今この日記に日本語を書いてみますけど。
でも日本人の友達と毎日に、一緒にLINEで書いて会話してます。
それはまだ勉強中でしょう？
それとも、彼氏からオススメのサイトもやってみました。
「Wanikani」という名前です。本当に面白いと思います。
特に時間がないので、このサイトはとても便利ですね。
だって色々な漢字とか言葉とかゆっくり覚えることできます。
for me たくさん言葉を覚えるのは、ちょっとできないから下手です。
えと、これから書き終わります！
ごめんなさい！！
いつもつまらないこと書いてますが、次回に楽しいこと書いてみるのか？！
じゃまたね！

This is just a theory. After researching around the web, it seems like many people with dpdr have neck problems, and research has found it can be linked to feelings of unreality. I overcame another video, where massaging the suboccipital region (between the back of the neck and head) can relieve many various symptoms due to nerve bombardment in this region. It connects to all your five senses too, so I wouldn't be surprised if it is linked to dpdr. I found instant relief when I started massaging that region with a hair bristle brush, I was anxious about something, but after massaging my anxiety slowly dissipated. 

After doing more further research (as I wanted to correct my posture), I found that I've been suffering for a long time a muscle imbalance of my trapezius muscle. The upper muscle being overworked and tight, whilst the lower muscle is weak. This can cause various pain radiating from the several trigger points, particularly at the shoulder, which for me when it gets bad radiates to my neck and causes me to get migraines (and perhaps worsen dpdr symptoms).

I've always had posture problems, and funny enough I think my dpdr symptoms started the same time when my poor posture began. It used to be very bad (had a flat back posture) until I spent 6 months correcting it. Now I seem to have a forward head posture, which I believe this strained area could be related to my dpdr. So I am going to work on strengthening my back and get it back to normal through these 3 points:

Massage trigger points / Relax and stretch the upper traps / Strengthen the lower traps

I've started the past 1-2 weeks working on my back, though mainly massaging trigger points and suboccipital muscle (as I only recently discovered about trapezius problems), but I definitely feel an improvement of my mental clarity - I haven't had a bad case of brain fog at all even in these hot weathers. There was an instance where I felt my brain fog clouding over, but at that time I started massaging the trigger points and it slowly went away again. 

Could this be the answer to my problems? 

Today I decided to make a visit to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Even though I lived in London for maybe 2.5 years in total especially being close to Greenwich, I never properly once made a visit there. I like astronomy, but to be honest I don't know anything about it, I just find it fascinating looking at pictures of the sky and stars, the instruments they used to study the stars etc. I didn't go into the main museum, or see the prime meridian, but I did explore the astronomy centre gallery and paid a visit to see a planetarium show.

Astronomy Centre and Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Exhibition
My favourite part was the photographer exhibition. It was very mesmerising looking at all the photographs and the lighting exude from it. Although I didn't go into the main museum, but from what I gathered so far, it doesn't really exceed the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. That was probably one of the best museum I went to in my life, as well as the Hong Kong Museum of History. Nevertheless I enjoyed myself! :)

I have been trying a technique called Hara Meditation, which suppose to help you feel and be more grounded. I am finding it pretty hard as my mind wanders everywhere, especially when my eyes are shut. However I really believe this is something worth pursuing longterm as when I do this, my mind really wants to resist concentrating on Hara (below the navel point). If I can train my mind to focus on that area (like training and strengthening my posture), my mind will get used to being grounded and will get in the habit of not floating away?

Reference/guide: Link 1, Link 2

Besides that I have started cross-stitching as a new hobby. I find the process rather therapeutic, it takes a few hours, but my mind seem to focus well on the cross-stitch without wandering off to my surrounding area.