Lately I’ve been reading quite a bit about the simplicity movement and minimalism. I’m a born and bred city girl. I like technology, and I like having access to anything I want either through nearby stores or over the Internet. If I am totally truthful, I don’t like being told I can’t have something. And yet, minimalism is starting to hold a great appeal for me. It might be because I now have enough cross stitch stash to quite literally last me the rest of my life (I would still need to buy some floss though), and because I have…
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You’ve probably heard for the six word memoir meme. The point, not surprisingly, is two sum up your life in six words. Of course, not to sound trite, it is much harder than it seems. If you need some inspiration or examples, check out this page at SMITH Magazine. Seeing as I’m wallowing in in the middle of some self introspection, I found this really hard. Who am I? How would I want to be remember? You know, stuff like that. But here’s what I came up with: Mother. Wife. Her own person, always.
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I feel like I’ve spent the last few days wallowing in self-pity, even though there isn’t really anything wrong with my life. My biggest problems are the little man’s potential allergy to peanuts (testing will be done later this month), living in a nice condo instead of a house, and feeling creatively barren. Boo hoo me. And all of this leads me to feeling even worse about feeling bad. Dumb. All of this shameless navel gazing has lead me to think about what I’m going to be able to do/need to do with my life when the little man starts…
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Happy Chinese New Year!
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I’ve vowed to do some very honest self-examination this year, and it has already lead me to one big realization. I’m a very needy person. I suppose this seems a little odd, given how very shy and private I am. But there is this part of me that really needs to be loved, paid attention too, and respected. Okay, I know all of us are like that. I’m not a special snowflake. But, you see, because I am so shy and private, I don’t really have friends. Yes, there are people I know whom I like and who I see…
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It is more than halfway through January, and I still haven’t come up with any concrete New Year’s resolutions. I guess at this point it is a little late. My one real goal, to lose weight, is off to a bad start too. And, really, all of this makes me more than a little sad. I’ve been thinking that I’m having trouble coming up with resolutions because I don’t know what I want or what I want to become. So, my plan for 2011 is to explore what I want to do and what I don’t want to do. As…
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Somehow, I’m sitting at my computer at 10 o’clock on the evening of January 1st, and I still haven’t come up with concrete resolutions for 2011. Oh, I have some goals. And, surprisingly, some of those goals are actually pretty carefully planned out. But, they are all craft-related, and, sadly, there is more to my life than that. I could just say I’m going to do X and Y just so that I have some resolutions. But, I think it is more important to plan out what I really want to achieve rather than just say any old thing so…
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