not good enough?
Today is the beginning of the new financial year, and also the first day of the long-awaited carbon tax. So far, and contrary to popular opinion, the sky has not fallen in.
Time, I thought, to review this blog, which is now over 18 months old. So firstly, there has been a style renovation - not totally sure if I like it, but it will do for now - and a revisit of my original goals, which were to cultivate the following:
- family,
- health,
- environment,
- community,
- friendship,
- creativity,
- leisure,
- frugality,
- therapy,
- home,
- emotional growth
- communication
- spirituality
These are all still a good summary of my intentions. In the past year and a half I have:
- shopped less
- appreciated my family and friends
- started a social work degree
- made more art
- cooked lots of new dishes
- started a veggie garden
- become a 'pyjama angel'
- had a personal trainer
- been to the gym
- used public transport more often
- said 'no' to some things
- hesitated less
- done a 3 day walk
- got orthotics
- stopped hearing noises in my ears
- meditated most days
- started a girls' sewing group
I am still on the other hand:
- not losing weight
- having hot flushes
- buying books - via both the internet and real bookshops
- cranky sometimes
- watching tv most nights
- etc. etc.
There is always room for improvement. I like this definition of mindfulness, by Jon Kabat Zinn:
Coming to terms with how things are.
How true.
space, possibly
More later.
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