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puppetmaker) wrote2007-10-17 09:42 am
puppetmaker) wrote2007-10-17 09:42 am
Sometimes You Just Need a Reminder
I have a friend who is a doll-maker among many other things. I met her through a group that she runs online. She is over 80 and pushing 90 and has done quite a few amazing things in her life. She said to the group yesterday morning,
Sometimes I get up in the morning and am as tired as I was when I went to bed, but then once I have my wits about me I realize I am just very very lucky to get up in the morning, lol (I can hear her laugh after saying that so I believe the lol at the end)
It is such a simple sentiment but such a profound one.
Another friend has gotten me to reading two websites that I find interesting to read and ponder. One is Zen Habits and the other is The Daily Om . Both have given me things to think about. Can you tell I have been doing a lot of thinking recently?
I have been working up the energy to tackle a big project that I may now finally have the energy to do. I want to sit down and make a list of what needs to be done over the next two weeks and then see if I can sandwich in this monster.
I will be doing NaNoWriMo this year to see if I can make it to the third week this time. I do a little better each year. I do plan to do an outline before I start this time. So Art by the Inch is out this year but I am unsure if that project is still going.
I think I am finally out of the stall mode I have been in. I had been feeling like I am just turning my wheels and digging myself further into the mud. But some friends came and gave me a push and I think I can go forward again.
I am grateful for things that give me a positive kick in the rump and get me moving again.
Sometimes I get up in the morning and am as tired as I was when I went to bed, but then once I have my wits about me I realize I am just very very lucky to get up in the morning, lol (I can hear her laugh after saying that so I believe the lol at the end)
It is such a simple sentiment but such a profound one.
Another friend has gotten me to reading two websites that I find interesting to read and ponder. One is Zen Habits and the other is The Daily Om . Both have given me things to think about. Can you tell I have been doing a lot of thinking recently?
I have been working up the energy to tackle a big project that I may now finally have the energy to do. I want to sit down and make a list of what needs to be done over the next two weeks and then see if I can sandwich in this monster.
I will be doing NaNoWriMo this year to see if I can make it to the third week this time. I do a little better each year. I do plan to do an outline before I start this time. So Art by the Inch is out this year but I am unsure if that project is still going.
I think I am finally out of the stall mode I have been in. I had been feeling like I am just turning my wheels and digging myself further into the mud. But some friends came and gave me a push and I think I can go forward again.
I am grateful for things that give me a positive kick in the rump and get me moving again.
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Here's to needed rump kicks.
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Alas. I really miss it when I don't do it.
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Anyway, I find when I'm really frazzled, it really helps to just sit down and read the whole thing from beginning to end. It's not a long book, so it doesn't take ages. But I usually finish feeling a lot more grounded than I did when I picked the book up.
It helped a lot when I was going through those rough times with Mr. TBH. (Funnily enough, it was Mr. TBH who suggested the idea in the first place . . . but, hey, it still works.)