I’m very slowly working my way through the first badge in [amazon_link id=”0811846350″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]You Can Do It![/amazon_link]. So slowly that I haven’t progressed much at all. I’m going to have to get my own copy, because there is no way I’ll be able to keep the library copy long enough! One of the things I am supposed to consider is the proudest moments of my life. In taking stock, I realized that the most recent ones centre around my son. Just last week, I was so filled with pride when he laid perfectly still while the dental…
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So, November NaBloPoMo didn’t go well at all. I think that sort of highlights a trend in my life: I often start out all gung ho about a new plan or goal, and soon lose interest or find myself spending all my energy on my next latest, greatest plan. My pile of started projects is nearly uncountably big, and has actually started to cause me a lot a stress. This is not what I want in my life. With all of this in mind, and the end of the year rocketing towards us, I figured it was time for a…
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I was lucky enough to recently be given a Kobo by my husband. And, while I have never really given up reading (I currently average about four books a month), it has more than rekindled my love affair with a good book. Being able to have so many books at hand all the time has meant that I’ve been searching out really good reads, and coincidentally, NPR has just released their list top sci-fi and fantasy novels as voted by their listeners. It looks like there is a good several years of great books here. (I have read all the…
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I’m taking this whole resolution thing pretty seriously right now. The realization that I accomplished almost none of my 2010 goals is pretty shocking. Even if you take into account my crafting related goals, I only accomplished three and a half of my goals. (The half comes from the fact that did do Tarot readings every day for about the first eight months or so of the year, but then I kinda started to forget to do them…) Now, if I had only made four or five goals, that wouldn’t be too bad. But I made a lot of goals,…
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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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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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I have a sticky note attached to my calendar. It lists the three areas of my life that I think need the most focus. It has been on my calendar since March, and I move it to the next page every month. But, for some reason, I haven’t really done anything about any of those areas that supposedly need the most attention. It is my faith/spiritual path, meal planning and money management that I think need the most work. And why am I ignoring them? Maybe because they do need the most work, and that work is hard. For my…
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I’ve start to see all of my possessions in a new light lately. Not too long ago I saw all my cross stitch and knitting supplies (my giant stash) as representing potential. Now I see it all as demands, as things that I must do. And the amount of those things is just overwhelming. I was so happy to realize that my little guy couldn’t wear acrylic sweaters thanks to his eczema. That means I can return one sweater’s worth of yarn and give two other sweater’s worth of yarn to a friend who is a charity knitter. Something is…