So, Going well???
I went to Yoga last night and am really enjoying going to class and how it takes me further out of my comfort zone than if I do yoga on my own. We held poses for what felt like ages, we did the poses i avoid (navasana - both kinds) and I just love how it makes me feel afterwards! (yes afterwards... during is very challenging!) I need that in my life and am really enjoying it. Am recommitting to going to class every week at least once.
I also want to go back to yoga school for a bit. Its free to do and yet I haven't been. I guess it takes up time and I don't have to, but I feel that perhaps it could be a good thing to reimmerse myself in the in depth study of it all.
I bought paint for the back room. I feel ready to go on that.
dita
I got to bed early. And am loving the getting rid of the shitty old shelves we have had in the bedroom for so long. I feel that progress is being made with our house.
I contacted the Apples and Snakes folk and I decided against a survey. I can ask them in our phone calls and that makes much more sense. I don't want to use the standard format but I do want to gain some data to show progress for them on their part. I still need to design a survey.
I am very glad of our Coaching Circle. It supports me so well - particularly this week with the coaching letter of agreement that S shared with me. Its so useful and I can adapt it very easily to suit me.
We have 2 trades folk coming over this morning. One to look at the floor and one to (hopefully) fix the central heating which isn't working. Luckily its summer and we don't need it. But it still needs to be fixed.
I paid for Dance Camp East and so Bub and I are going. Am slightly nervous as we are going with out K, and she and her daughter were our on camp buddies. But M and her son J are going and Bub and J get on very well. And they have forest school activities this year for the kids to do. So I am hoping that the weather will be clement, I get to do a lot of singing and some of the workshops. I can offer coaching this time too.
Could do better. I wasted time on twitter and FB. I need those things and like them. But really, I know I spanked time on them. And I could have meditated or read a book or something more helpful. This morning it was too hard to get up at 6am. I don't feel so good. I wish I had a quieter week. Hub was a bit annoyed that I have arranged a Swish and he is coming back earlier than I thought he was. I am annoyed that he didn't say so at the time I told him about it and that he seems not to take any responsibility for not saying something at the time. But its OK. I hope he manages to make the most of his time rather than 'wander the streets until midnight' as he put it.
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Sunday, 25 June 2017
Daily Update Monday 26th June 2017
What is going well?
I had a lovely weekend. On Saturday Bub played in the Strings Orchestra - and really did seem to be playing on time and the right note, paying attention, you know, on it, trying. All I can ask. It was lovely actually. The whole thing, not just his bits, the choir and the youth orchestra, in a church in Hove. Proper sort of concert thing. Bless.
Went out on Saturday night for a friends birthday and met some new people as well as parents from the school who are lovely. One of them is coming round today to see if / how he can fix our floor.
We wanted to get the floor all sanded and made good, but the flooring people won't do it for safety reasons! our floor is too thin already - our house was thrown up to house railway workers in the 1890's and the floorboards are thin and poor quality. Already sanded, to sand them more would make them too thin and dangerous. Shame. And they need fixing. So we are going to have to carpet it or paint downstairs.
Am thinking we may carpet upstairs. I kind of like carpet in a bedroom. Anyway. thinking of that.
Yesterday I had a morning of doing bugger all. Very nice. I really wanted to spend the WHOLE day doing bugger all. But that is hard to do. Plus this week we have the carpet fitter coming and I need to get the back room sorted. So I pulled up the old underlay and hoovered in there. And I also put up the ikea Billy shelves and got rid of the old hideous broken book shelf in the main bedroom. Getting there slowly slowly. Am overwhelmed by all the stuff we have still. Its so hard to be minimal. A lot of paintings went up into the loft. I would like to sell paintings so that I can do more. Storing paintings is a thing.
I am pleased with the progress though this year. The kitchen is done, the back room is in progress, the garden is on its way too. Ah - design the shed. Need to do that. I am thinking a tall narrow shed, with room to store bicycles if need be. Not that we ride bicycles. But still. Storage space for the art stuff is needed.
pay for dance camp east. get a printer sorted today. B&Q for paint, undercoat for woodwork. oil based paint for woodwork. all that stuff.
I had a lovely weekend. On Saturday Bub played in the Strings Orchestra - and really did seem to be playing on time and the right note, paying attention, you know, on it, trying. All I can ask. It was lovely actually. The whole thing, not just his bits, the choir and the youth orchestra, in a church in Hove. Proper sort of concert thing. Bless.
Went out on Saturday night for a friends birthday and met some new people as well as parents from the school who are lovely. One of them is coming round today to see if / how he can fix our floor.
We wanted to get the floor all sanded and made good, but the flooring people won't do it for safety reasons! our floor is too thin already - our house was thrown up to house railway workers in the 1890's and the floorboards are thin and poor quality. Already sanded, to sand them more would make them too thin and dangerous. Shame. And they need fixing. So we are going to have to carpet it or paint downstairs.
Am thinking we may carpet upstairs. I kind of like carpet in a bedroom. Anyway. thinking of that.
Yesterday I had a morning of doing bugger all. Very nice. I really wanted to spend the WHOLE day doing bugger all. But that is hard to do. Plus this week we have the carpet fitter coming and I need to get the back room sorted. So I pulled up the old underlay and hoovered in there. And I also put up the ikea Billy shelves and got rid of the old hideous broken book shelf in the main bedroom. Getting there slowly slowly. Am overwhelmed by all the stuff we have still. Its so hard to be minimal. A lot of paintings went up into the loft. I would like to sell paintings so that I can do more. Storing paintings is a thing.
I am pleased with the progress though this year. The kitchen is done, the back room is in progress, the garden is on its way too. Ah - design the shed. Need to do that. I am thinking a tall narrow shed, with room to store bicycles if need be. Not that we ride bicycles. But still. Storage space for the art stuff is needed.
pay for dance camp east. get a printer sorted today. B&Q for paint, undercoat for woodwork. oil based paint for woodwork. all that stuff.
Saturday, 24 June 2017
a little daily thingy
Its 8.30 and actually I have a lot to do before 9am. oh shit. time flies. I got all embroiled in a debate on FB. it was started by someone i have acatually blocked because he was just so provocative and then I would get all heated and into arguments and I realised that it was just what he wanted and wasted my time. and this was a sort of off shoot thread by someone who really got offended by him and I got embroiled in that. godsake. 20 minutes of my life arguing a point that will not every persuade anyone and just provoke a slew of righteousness.
It happened when trump was elected and I got all embroiled in a thread about white feminists and spiritual people should back off from getting involved in anything race related because, well what the fuck does a privileged white person know. it was pretty enlightening in many ways. though also deeply depressing. because -WTF does a privileged white person who cares do? Well, what I learned was - to listen. And that is all. Obviously there is stuff I don't do, like be an outright bigot or racist. But some folk will not listen to me. They will certainly not have any truck with any complaints from me about not being listened to! And I also learned that not ALL non privileged folk think some of the more extreme views. And that there is a whole range of responses to - well, me.
Anyway, there went 20 minutes of my time. Jumping in to defend "ALL MEN" or - specifically "all men in yoga' - who are apparently mostly secret misoginists. And you know what. Some are, some are merely interpolated into a system of patriarchy as we all are. Some are unable to listen - well this particular chap who I blocked is, despite the fact that he starts up truly controversial debates ALL THE TIME. And maybe so too are the angry feminists who he stirs up with his comments. And you know what - the angry feminists are angry for a reason and they just want to be heard. And the privileged white man just wants to be heard too. But on the scale of things, his whinging about not being heard doesn't cut much slack with the angry feminists. Because. Well, he has his white male privilege. And it bothers me that there is all this arguing. And it bothers me, as a feminist that some men are so ashamed of themselves. I have a husband and a son whom I love. I would hate them to feel hated just because they are men. And it bothers me that some men just do not listen to the "other" experience. I guess after all this rambling, that the only thing to do is listen. And I personally do not agree that 'all men in yoga hate women'. Not listening is not the same as hating. Though it is obviously very annoying. So. lesson = listen. LISTEN is the best thing that can be done for everyone everywhere, especially to the less privileged. Because the less privileged do not get heard as much. Perhaps that is the whole thing with privilege. It means your voice gets heard. People will listen when you speak, and value your experience in the world. You count and matter. And of course we all count and matter, only in society, some count and matter more - and therein lies the privilege and the predjudice.
Maybe I understand something more from all of this. And that is just me. But listening to the 'other' and not refuting their experience or comparing it with my own, or translating it into my own experience or anything. Just listening.
I had better get ready to go
It happened when trump was elected and I got all embroiled in a thread about white feminists and spiritual people should back off from getting involved in anything race related because, well what the fuck does a privileged white person know. it was pretty enlightening in many ways. though also deeply depressing. because -WTF does a privileged white person who cares do? Well, what I learned was - to listen. And that is all. Obviously there is stuff I don't do, like be an outright bigot or racist. But some folk will not listen to me. They will certainly not have any truck with any complaints from me about not being listened to! And I also learned that not ALL non privileged folk think some of the more extreme views. And that there is a whole range of responses to - well, me.
Anyway, there went 20 minutes of my time. Jumping in to defend "ALL MEN" or - specifically "all men in yoga' - who are apparently mostly secret misoginists. And you know what. Some are, some are merely interpolated into a system of patriarchy as we all are. Some are unable to listen - well this particular chap who I blocked is, despite the fact that he starts up truly controversial debates ALL THE TIME. And maybe so too are the angry feminists who he stirs up with his comments. And you know what - the angry feminists are angry for a reason and they just want to be heard. And the privileged white man just wants to be heard too. But on the scale of things, his whinging about not being heard doesn't cut much slack with the angry feminists. Because. Well, he has his white male privilege. And it bothers me that there is all this arguing. And it bothers me, as a feminist that some men are so ashamed of themselves. I have a husband and a son whom I love. I would hate them to feel hated just because they are men. And it bothers me that some men just do not listen to the "other" experience. I guess after all this rambling, that the only thing to do is listen. And I personally do not agree that 'all men in yoga hate women'. Not listening is not the same as hating. Though it is obviously very annoying. So. lesson = listen. LISTEN is the best thing that can be done for everyone everywhere, especially to the less privileged. Because the less privileged do not get heard as much. Perhaps that is the whole thing with privilege. It means your voice gets heard. People will listen when you speak, and value your experience in the world. You count and matter. And of course we all count and matter, only in society, some count and matter more - and therein lies the privilege and the predjudice.
Maybe I understand something more from all of this. And that is just me. But listening to the 'other' and not refuting their experience or comparing it with my own, or translating it into my own experience or anything. Just listening.
I had better get ready to go
Thursday, 22 June 2017
morning
Good morning Brighton. And the World! I finally managed to get up early which is great. done a few minutes yoga. Followed a few textile artists and brighton galleries on twitter and here I am writing.
Yesterday went well. I went to bed early - am feeling very tired lately. I have sore armpits which is something I am trying not to worry about as I am now referred to the cancer screening unit. But there we are they have to be better safe than sorry. And I am thinking, thank GOD we have the NHS. Imagine if I were in America right now and I would probably not do that. I would - as I am in my head - just say, oh it will go away and its all the other things it could possibly be; hormonal changes, shingles, pulled a muscle doing that new yoga thing I learned with the belt for posture. All of which I of course hope it bloody well is. But there we are. Am so lucky that soon I will either be able to go back to those ideas with assurity, or it will be something else, or I will be able to get super early treatment.
Of course, I met the lovely woman from the really cool publishing house. So I am now visualising my cool book and how life is as a succesful published author. And long may I hold that vision. Its rather nice to actually have something quite concrete to visualise. if that isn't some sort of Oxymoron. And sod the right capitalisation. Am refusing to do proper grammar. spelling, or punctuation here. this is my blog for me and - yes ok the world could read it - if they wanted. but I don't even care. There is something rather good about having a public record. Not that I ever really go back and read it. but the whole thing did start about dreaming of my ideal future and going on a quest to achieve that.
dream journaling. How to manifest the life of your dreams. Create your own magic. ha! Now I let the art emerge. emergent art - the life changing magic of letting your creativity emerge. so much less stress, more fun. oh yes indeed.
how to draw a face in 5 mins. queen of bold titles. let your art emerge unfettered and true. none of this controlling perfection nonsense oho none of that.
what else is good. Ted seems happy at the moment. And my parents are well. The sun is shining but its a little cooler. Hub wants to live somewhere cooler. How can we accommodate that. I bargain for more holidays! that's my chip!! ha!
what could be done better. or would be nice. My printer needs fixing and I need to step up on that. However - what is also going well is the - notion. the notion that " I have all the time I need to enjoy everything I do."
I enjoyed my yoga class recently. Jim (teacher) said we are WAKING up our body, our legs, ourselves, wake up! wake up! as our standing leg shook almost with pain as we held our one legged forward bend. But it DID wake me up. And my legs actually loved it. Walking was marvellous after that class. SO much better than doing my own practice at home, where I let myself off the hook so much quicker. Not that its bad to do at home. Just don't quite go into the full WAKE UP mode! ha! so Monday night is yoga night. sans fail. And on Saturdays too if I can make it.
the house is a bit of a mess. the floor is too thin to sand any more so we have to do something else to make it gorgeous. I am thinking paint it all and get upstairs carpeted. Carpet is alright in a bedroom isnt it. Each room 200 ish quid. well the big room might be 400 I guess. shall we paint the floors black downstairs? am surely tempted to do that.
OK enough of the wriitng. I visualising, meditation and affirmations to do, dontchaknow!
Yesterday went well. I went to bed early - am feeling very tired lately. I have sore armpits which is something I am trying not to worry about as I am now referred to the cancer screening unit. But there we are they have to be better safe than sorry. And I am thinking, thank GOD we have the NHS. Imagine if I were in America right now and I would probably not do that. I would - as I am in my head - just say, oh it will go away and its all the other things it could possibly be; hormonal changes, shingles, pulled a muscle doing that new yoga thing I learned with the belt for posture. All of which I of course hope it bloody well is. But there we are. Am so lucky that soon I will either be able to go back to those ideas with assurity, or it will be something else, or I will be able to get super early treatment.
Of course, I met the lovely woman from the really cool publishing house. So I am now visualising my cool book and how life is as a succesful published author. And long may I hold that vision. Its rather nice to actually have something quite concrete to visualise. if that isn't some sort of Oxymoron. And sod the right capitalisation. Am refusing to do proper grammar. spelling, or punctuation here. this is my blog for me and - yes ok the world could read it - if they wanted. but I don't even care. There is something rather good about having a public record. Not that I ever really go back and read it. but the whole thing did start about dreaming of my ideal future and going on a quest to achieve that.
dream journaling. How to manifest the life of your dreams. Create your own magic. ha! Now I let the art emerge. emergent art - the life changing magic of letting your creativity emerge. so much less stress, more fun. oh yes indeed.
how to draw a face in 5 mins. queen of bold titles. let your art emerge unfettered and true. none of this controlling perfection nonsense oho none of that.
what else is good. Ted seems happy at the moment. And my parents are well. The sun is shining but its a little cooler. Hub wants to live somewhere cooler. How can we accommodate that. I bargain for more holidays! that's my chip!! ha!
what could be done better. or would be nice. My printer needs fixing and I need to step up on that. However - what is also going well is the - notion. the notion that " I have all the time I need to enjoy everything I do."
I enjoyed my yoga class recently. Jim (teacher) said we are WAKING up our body, our legs, ourselves, wake up! wake up! as our standing leg shook almost with pain as we held our one legged forward bend. But it DID wake me up. And my legs actually loved it. Walking was marvellous after that class. SO much better than doing my own practice at home, where I let myself off the hook so much quicker. Not that its bad to do at home. Just don't quite go into the full WAKE UP mode! ha! so Monday night is yoga night. sans fail. And on Saturdays too if I can make it.
the house is a bit of a mess. the floor is too thin to sand any more so we have to do something else to make it gorgeous. I am thinking paint it all and get upstairs carpeted. Carpet is alright in a bedroom isnt it. Each room 200 ish quid. well the big room might be 400 I guess. shall we paint the floors black downstairs? am surely tempted to do that.
OK enough of the wriitng. I visualising, meditation and affirmations to do, dontchaknow!
updates proper journaling stuff
I need to write. I haven't done it in a while. feelings of holding back because this is a sort of public space. thinking sod it. do it anyway. old school.
blogging old school.
things are going good. sorry for no capitals. this isn't for publishing proper. this is just me rambling and finding my thoughts as i go.
they are good. lots its good. I have got my 2nd course of wild art journaling up and running and full. I have a wild painting weekend scheduled and more to come. I am getting enquiries and new clients for all of my work, the coaching, the personal effectiveness coaching and all of it.
I am not worrying about money (though there is a slight nagging feeling that perhaps I ought - I certainly haven't gotten around to doing my book keeping. yes it bugs me a bit that. needs to get done)
The house is progressing. The back room is getting a carpet next week. We have a bed and shelving for it. The garden - I have to design a shed. blimey. its all go.
I wonder how much Sue b charges for her workshops. I wonder if I need a contract. I guess I do. I think it will make me proper. Proper. there is a word i am using a lot in this blog. there is doing stuff and there is doing proper stuff. like writing using proper punctuation. like what I am not doing now. I like writing like this. am going to anyway.
So I have been asked to submit a book proposal. I am holding an idea that even if nothing comes of it, then this is a very good thing. and I am also holding an idea that this is going to happen and it is going to be fucking amazing. I don't know what the book in me is, though. So theres the thing. am thinking currently that I should hop on a reatreat with Alexandra Franzen and find out, what the book is in me. I am definitely going to journal. about that. journal. that's a thing innit. and its not writing. writing is like doing it properly and journaling is like making something out of nothing and letting it ramble until something useful comes out of it. So I shall be journaling / blogging more because. because. if I just start. then perhaps the book will emerge. the book. my nascient (is that a word>?) ideas is something along the lines of naming it after this blog. so Create your life / Get stuff done. like a productivity get fucking started manual for creative minded folk. Or create magic. rituals to kick start creative flow. or some such. organisation and structure for creative minds. these are my ideas. so how to write a book proposal? and make it rock. creativity rocks. brave art. (ha ha) and how to be a stARTist: rock your creative.
ideas - ten a penny. meat on the bones that's another thing. a short book. punchy. meaning ful. the artists way for urban modern old ladies. how to be a cool old lady. these are the things I want to make books about. they will look amazing the art direction will kick ass. of course. and they will be messy and graphic and a mash up of crazy wild art and super structured graphic black and whiteness.
how to wild art journal? How to live a creative life and be really alive. something along those lines. ah. simples.
well. this how to write a book proposal mallarky. big magic. that is what I want to write an art big magic book. with podcasts. How to get started, and finish. for creative entrepreneurs. how to make it work. ok am going to stop now. sleep. tomorrow more.
blogging old school.
things are going good. sorry for no capitals. this isn't for publishing proper. this is just me rambling and finding my thoughts as i go.
they are good. lots its good. I have got my 2nd course of wild art journaling up and running and full. I have a wild painting weekend scheduled and more to come. I am getting enquiries and new clients for all of my work, the coaching, the personal effectiveness coaching and all of it.
I am not worrying about money (though there is a slight nagging feeling that perhaps I ought - I certainly haven't gotten around to doing my book keeping. yes it bugs me a bit that. needs to get done)
The house is progressing. The back room is getting a carpet next week. We have a bed and shelving for it. The garden - I have to design a shed. blimey. its all go.
I wonder how much Sue b charges for her workshops. I wonder if I need a contract. I guess I do. I think it will make me proper. Proper. there is a word i am using a lot in this blog. there is doing stuff and there is doing proper stuff. like writing using proper punctuation. like what I am not doing now. I like writing like this. am going to anyway.
So I have been asked to submit a book proposal. I am holding an idea that even if nothing comes of it, then this is a very good thing. and I am also holding an idea that this is going to happen and it is going to be fucking amazing. I don't know what the book in me is, though. So theres the thing. am thinking currently that I should hop on a reatreat with Alexandra Franzen and find out, what the book is in me. I am definitely going to journal. about that. journal. that's a thing innit. and its not writing. writing is like doing it properly and journaling is like making something out of nothing and letting it ramble until something useful comes out of it. So I shall be journaling / blogging more because. because. if I just start. then perhaps the book will emerge. the book. my nascient (is that a word>?) ideas is something along the lines of naming it after this blog. so Create your life / Get stuff done. like a productivity get fucking started manual for creative minded folk. Or create magic. rituals to kick start creative flow. or some such. organisation and structure for creative minds. these are my ideas. so how to write a book proposal? and make it rock. creativity rocks. brave art. (ha ha) and how to be a stARTist: rock your creative.
ideas - ten a penny. meat on the bones that's another thing. a short book. punchy. meaning ful. the artists way for urban modern old ladies. how to be a cool old lady. these are the things I want to make books about. they will look amazing the art direction will kick ass. of course. and they will be messy and graphic and a mash up of crazy wild art and super structured graphic black and whiteness.
how to wild art journal? How to live a creative life and be really alive. something along those lines. ah. simples.
well. this how to write a book proposal mallarky. big magic. that is what I want to write an art big magic book. with podcasts. How to get started, and finish. for creative entrepreneurs. how to make it work. ok am going to stop now. sleep. tomorrow more.
Monday, 19 June 2017
what worked. what could be better
The weather is amazing. Its like being on holiday!
We had a really great little gathering for The Great Get Together. It was super last minute but we had a lovely time and so did the folk who came (I hope!) met 2 sets of neighbours who we had met before at the Christmas street party, but we met them again and got to know them better. And we really really like them. Our friends from down the road - (are moving to France, which is a shame but also great for them - and somewhere to visit!) their 7 yr old brought his record player and his vinyl and was our DJ. And he had a top selection of tunes too.
We hung out on the street, the kids played '44 Stables' - which I used to play but called it Acky 123. Basically a game of hide and seek / guard the base type of thing. Kind of nice to know that kids still play that game.
Hub had a great father's day. Bub swam in the sea it was so hot and gorgeous.
Could be better - I am not feeling 100% and ideally I would have stayed in bed all Sunday. But no harm done.
Taking it easy today. sort of. got stuff to do
We had a really great little gathering for The Great Get Together. It was super last minute but we had a lovely time and so did the folk who came (I hope!) met 2 sets of neighbours who we had met before at the Christmas street party, but we met them again and got to know them better. And we really really like them. Our friends from down the road - (are moving to France, which is a shame but also great for them - and somewhere to visit!) their 7 yr old brought his record player and his vinyl and was our DJ. And he had a top selection of tunes too.
We hung out on the street, the kids played '44 Stables' - which I used to play but called it Acky 123. Basically a game of hide and seek / guard the base type of thing. Kind of nice to know that kids still play that game.
Hub had a great father's day. Bub swam in the sea it was so hot and gorgeous.
Could be better - I am not feeling 100% and ideally I would have stayed in bed all Sunday. But no harm done.
Taking it easy today. sort of. got stuff to do
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
daily update stuff
Today I spent the day doing admin. Like expenses (since February!) and sorting out a carpet fitter. And making sure that the new credit card works. Creating a list of those folk interesting in my Wild Painting Weekend.
Its getting close - the above and I haven't really paid any attention to it for ages. Got to get that in gear.
Things are generally good though. Creating mechanism for clear communication in our house. Sorting out the garden and buying new pillows. Stuff like this. It feels as if I am finally back in the house after a long time away. Time to get cracking!!
Back to decluttering (it NEVER ends - just goes in bursts and dips - though I am getting better at not bringing SO much stuff into the house)
am a little befuddled as really that was a long long day of admin. Want to stop now. Got a chap coming over to look at the garden. building a shed - for guinea pigs and art stuff. That should help!! ha ha!!
OK. little update and thats it.
Its getting close - the above and I haven't really paid any attention to it for ages. Got to get that in gear.
Things are generally good though. Creating mechanism for clear communication in our house. Sorting out the garden and buying new pillows. Stuff like this. It feels as if I am finally back in the house after a long time away. Time to get cracking!!
Back to decluttering (it NEVER ends - just goes in bursts and dips - though I am getting better at not bringing SO much stuff into the house)
am a little befuddled as really that was a long long day of admin. Want to stop now. Got a chap coming over to look at the garden. building a shed - for guinea pigs and art stuff. That should help!! ha ha!!
OK. little update and thats it.
Friday, 9 June 2017
Different to what I expected!!
So that was good. Unexpected. Not as good as it could have been. And certainly no one was saved. But for me, hope was saved. And the young people of Britain saved it. Which is hope in itself.
I can't believe who the GUP are - how can they exist in this world? What is going on with Northern Ireland. Who voted for them? Jesus, old people, get a grip. This is all NOT OK. And as for Mrs May - WTF. WTAF.
But young people of Britain I salute you. We are not all right wing racists who care only for the economy. We are not all stupid. Still half stupid. But not ALL of us.
And well done Caroline and Brighton. Proud to live here.
And my Art Journaling course is full. Yes FULL. 2 extra folk appeared today. Just appeared.
I love what I do.
xxx
I can't believe who the GUP are - how can they exist in this world? What is going on with Northern Ireland. Who voted for them? Jesus, old people, get a grip. This is all NOT OK. And as for Mrs May - WTF. WTAF.
But young people of Britain I salute you. We are not all right wing racists who care only for the economy. We are not all stupid. Still half stupid. But not ALL of us.
And well done Caroline and Brighton. Proud to live here.
And my Art Journaling course is full. Yes FULL. 2 extra folk appeared today. Just appeared.
I love what I do.
xxx
Thursday, 8 June 2017
gah! election fatigue.
Am feeling slightly obsessed and yet detached. Probably going to be a whole load of bollocky shite poo tomorrow. I am expecting the worst. Though holding a small thread of hope that - almost because of this - I will be wrong! Brexit and Trump has made me realise I know nothing. Other than slightly more than half of us all are a bit stupid. At least France went madly centrist and ditched the racists. And Canada seems to have some unearthly chap in charge.
Fingers crossed. But car crashly watching through my fingers and expecting the worst.
You never know what is going to happen.
Fingers crossed. But car crashly watching through my fingers and expecting the worst.
You never know what is going to happen.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
total girl crush
I just pretty much love anything Alexandra Franzen writes. I recall - like about 6 or 7 years ago I nearly hired her to rewrite my CV. Which is what she was doing at the time for like $50. I was so broke then I couldn't afford it. Maybe it was $150. or $99. $50 seems ludicrously cheap now.
Eitherway DOH! She is a literal writing genius. I could have had my life changed back then - for $50. Now I think she is booked up for years in advance and its more $5000. I don't know, I haven't looked for a while. As it happened my life changed anyway. And all is good.
But I just love what she writes and here is what I read from her today. Whatever is going on. Today is not over yet.
She rocks. Read anything she writes!
http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2015/01/18/today-is-not-over-yet/
Eitherway DOH! She is a literal writing genius. I could have had my life changed back then - for $50. Now I think she is booked up for years in advance and its more $5000. I don't know, I haven't looked for a while. As it happened my life changed anyway. And all is good.
But I just love what she writes and here is what I read from her today. Whatever is going on. Today is not over yet.
She rocks. Read anything she writes!
http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2015/01/18/today-is-not-over-yet/
Today is not over yet.
It was a glum, soggy, heart-sagging kind of Saturday.
I slept in till noon — and would have slept longer if my boyfriend hadn’t rustled me awake.
After a long, tedious drive home through the rain, I was completely exhausted.
I looked at my clock. Nearly 3pm.
“Day’s practically over,” I thought to myself.
My bed was looking pretty damn good. An afternoon nap… a Netflix marathon… maybe a pizza delivery for dinner. Sure. Why not.
“It’s not like I’m going to accomplish anything today, at this point,” I thought, shambling my way over to bed. “Might as well just flop.”
But then, quite suddenly and dramatically — as if one of my brain lobes spontaneously decided to channel the spirit of Tony Robbins — I heard five words in my mind:
Today is not over yet.
I glanced at my bed one more time. Heard it again.
Today is not over yet.
“OK,” I thought. “New plan.”
This is what happened:
I hauled myself to yoga. Arrived early (for the first time… maybe ever). Had a beautiful conversation with my teacher. Smiled. Laughed. Finished class. Decided to ring up the local community wellness center. Could they slide me in for a massage? Miraculously: they could. Got the best massage of my life. Soaked in a jacuzzi by starlight — with raindrops splashing on my face. Went home. Discovered a new public radio program. Made a nourishing dinner. Wrote letters to friends. Wrote a blog post. Wrote another one. Had a brilliant idea for a new class I’d like to teach one day. Wrote it down.
The soggiest, laziest, most forgettable day of my week became the most beautiful, enriching and memorable day of my month.
It turned on a dime — in one split-second decision — with a simple statement of fact:
Today is not over yet.
So you overslept and missed your morning run?
Today is not over yet.
So you had a diet Coke, two cigarettes and four donuts for lunch?
Today is not over yet.
So you frittered away your time on Facebook, spent mindless hours loitering in your inbox, and procrastinated with smartphone games instead of working on your novel?
Today is not over yet.
If your heart is beating, if your lungs are breathing, if you are still alive… then it is not too late to do something kind, creative, generous, satisfying, and courageous. Today.
It is not too late to behave like the person you want to be — instead of continuing in a cycle of behavior that you will regret.
You might feel sleepy. It might be tough. It could seem preferable to just sit this one out.
But…
Today is not over yet.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Daily Check in
HA! self discipline. PAH. am not very good at it! BUT on the other hand - lets be positive. Let me not say that. Say, I am getting better at self discipline.
I did get up early today and do yoga. How self disciplined is that! YES. (fist pump!)
And - here i am doing my daily check in thing. YES
Yesterday I went to Kings College and saw some lovely folk who are working really hard on managing their work flow better. I found a really cool book by Cyril someone in a rather overly attractive stationary store that had lots of planners in it. Kiki (?) The book was called Work Smarter: Live Better and it appealed - not only because it had been attractively designed - but also because it is EXACTLY what I do professionally. SO interesting. I have never really seen anyone else who does exactly the same thing. I lie - there is Productivity Ninja - that is similar. But mine is more about How to Have a GOOD day at work and live better. And there is a book called How to have a Good Day at work. or is it just how to have a good day??? Anyways, this one, - its pretty much exactly, though he also gets people to whittle down their ACTUAL filing systems and I only cover that in email. And in email I am even more brutal than he is.
So its really interesting seeing how he positions himself. He says his mission is to change lives. Which is really cool. As everyone wants to leave the world having made a positive difference in peoples's lives. Well I do. And this book is really giving me confidence that I can and do! So that was good.
I also got really positive feedback from the last Prioritisation group I lead. And these were very senior people. I totally and utterly enjoyed it too, as we had a fabulous discussion - touching on very esoteric notions about purpose and human behaviours. So feeling very proud To be honest I was already feeling proud about that session. It was the first time I really went off script. That is, I saw the forms that they had filled in and decided from that, to do what I thought would work best. And so getting good feedback meant that I had made a good call.
I am feeling very good because the Wild Art Journaling course I am running starting on Friday is going ahead. Last Friday it was nearly being cancelled because only 3 people were signed up. We needed 6 as a minimum. I nearly went all fatalistic about it, almost giving up. But I decided to WERK it and really do my best to promote it over the weekend. And reach out to everyone I knew and ask them directly. And it worked. We are going ahead on Friday and I am so happy.
I have a new client. A theatre group where a friend of mine is working. I am very excited by that too.
On Monday I did a social media course and learned some stuff that is actually quite simple and I am going to put into practice.
Today things are feeling very good.
Things that I can improve on are
Doing Navasana every day - this is on my list and despite it taking less than 60 seconds I am avoiding it. Come on Moyra!
Scheduling my time - specifically so that I limit my social media and make it more effective.
Making sure I get to my weekly coaching calls.
Sorting out the back room and floor and garden still needs doing.
Writing to Jane and Richard to thank them for lending us their house in Cornwall.
Sending gifts to my folks.
TO do today
food shop
clear my intray
invoicing and expenses
contact Nicky re dates
I did get up early today and do yoga. How self disciplined is that! YES. (fist pump!)
And - here i am doing my daily check in thing. YES
Yesterday I went to Kings College and saw some lovely folk who are working really hard on managing their work flow better. I found a really cool book by Cyril someone in a rather overly attractive stationary store that had lots of planners in it. Kiki (?) The book was called Work Smarter: Live Better and it appealed - not only because it had been attractively designed - but also because it is EXACTLY what I do professionally. SO interesting. I have never really seen anyone else who does exactly the same thing. I lie - there is Productivity Ninja - that is similar. But mine is more about How to Have a GOOD day at work and live better. And there is a book called How to have a Good Day at work. or is it just how to have a good day??? Anyways, this one, - its pretty much exactly, though he also gets people to whittle down their ACTUAL filing systems and I only cover that in email. And in email I am even more brutal than he is.
So its really interesting seeing how he positions himself. He says his mission is to change lives. Which is really cool. As everyone wants to leave the world having made a positive difference in peoples's lives. Well I do. And this book is really giving me confidence that I can and do! So that was good.
I also got really positive feedback from the last Prioritisation group I lead. And these were very senior people. I totally and utterly enjoyed it too, as we had a fabulous discussion - touching on very esoteric notions about purpose and human behaviours. So feeling very proud To be honest I was already feeling proud about that session. It was the first time I really went off script. That is, I saw the forms that they had filled in and decided from that, to do what I thought would work best. And so getting good feedback meant that I had made a good call.
I am feeling very good because the Wild Art Journaling course I am running starting on Friday is going ahead. Last Friday it was nearly being cancelled because only 3 people were signed up. We needed 6 as a minimum. I nearly went all fatalistic about it, almost giving up. But I decided to WERK it and really do my best to promote it over the weekend. And reach out to everyone I knew and ask them directly. And it worked. We are going ahead on Friday and I am so happy.
I have a new client. A theatre group where a friend of mine is working. I am very excited by that too.
On Monday I did a social media course and learned some stuff that is actually quite simple and I am going to put into practice.
Today things are feeling very good.
Things that I can improve on are
Doing Navasana every day - this is on my list and despite it taking less than 60 seconds I am avoiding it. Come on Moyra!
Scheduling my time - specifically so that I limit my social media and make it more effective.
Making sure I get to my weekly coaching calls.
Sorting out the back room and floor and garden still needs doing.
Writing to Jane and Richard to thank them for lending us their house in Cornwall.
Sending gifts to my folks.
TO do today
food shop
clear my intray
invoicing and expenses
contact Nicky re dates
Monday, 5 June 2017
Self Discipline Challenge
Ah - so - I seem - very luckily - to have been on holiday for ages. Interspersed with a lot of hard work. Its been super fun and I earned good money. However, it has taken its toll. I feel out of place with my own systems and balance. I have stopped my daily practices and I feel a bit unhealthy and behind in stuff.
And thank you Universe because here - doing my daily writing practice and trying to get back on it. Old Zen Habits blog has a Self Discipline Challenge today!
Yup. And it reminded me of all those things that were sort of in my mind anyway - about getting back on it all.
Join me if you will. I am back on my Miracle Mornings - well - my version of it. Which is Yoga first thing, daily writing, daily affirmations, daily meditation. And I am doing the plank and navasana daily.
Building my self discipline. yes.
And thank you Universe because here - doing my daily writing practice and trying to get back on it. Old Zen Habits blog has a Self Discipline Challenge today!
Yup. And it reminded me of all those things that were sort of in my mind anyway - about getting back on it all.
Join me if you will. I am back on my Miracle Mornings - well - my version of it. Which is Yoga first thing, daily writing, daily affirmations, daily meditation. And I am doing the plank and navasana daily.
Building my self discipline. yes.
Saturday, 3 June 2017
Liar Liar GE2017
Innit tho. General Election 2017. I wish for a collation of some sort. Pray that their hubris is marred deeply and its no such thing as a runaway victory. I will be voting Green in Brighton Pavillion. I'd vote for Nicola Sturgen - if I could. Fingers crossed for some new politics #progressivealliance
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