well, I don’t know if I’m any better at being mindful than I was last year… I sat more. I learned a lot about how my day gets away from me, and so here’s to trying to get better about that. tonight I ate ramen and talked/listened to writers. That’s Read more…
March was not a productive month, better-than-last-year wise. So, in April, I am going to do my best (better) to stick to a weekday schedule. I’ve written it out, and I’ve tried it twice, with poor results. I can see where I get derailed, and try to address those things. Read more…
I am currently under the weather, so I’m about to get under the covers. I tried to follow my schedule and it fell apart halfway through the day because reasons. But halfway was nothing to sneeze at. I’ll talk more about it on Easter, and it won’t be an April Read more…
So this month has really shown me that time management remains one of my biggest hurdles. So for April, I am going to try and follow a schedule M-F, as I am able (there will be some travel, so I’ll have to be flexible there). I’ve sketched out the schedule Read more…
I don’t like Mondays. Silly question: working a meaningless job M-F makes Mondays the day when meaning is put on hold. This experiment was maybe a dumb idea, but I have a couple more days of March so tonight, I’m going to try another bed-meditation. Gardening is still my favorite, Read more…
Which is to say, my house is not yet clean, but some of it is much cleaner. M and I went on a picture hanging spree, and several framed prints, photos, and paintings went up. It felt like progress, which I haven’t felt for awhile. I also made some knitting Read more…
it was cold and drizzly today, but I planted a lot of stuff. (The tulips were planted last November, but are about to bloom and I’m very pleased.) I planted: four types of strawberries, raspberries, and two different tomatoes. I also prepped beds for the herbs and lettuce and I Read more…
Okay, one of them is how easy it is to forget to brush your teeth. Another is forgetting how to talk to people–like, the cashier at the health food store doesn’t really care about your thoughts on coconut oil as a face cream. And third, I’m just hypothesizing with a Read more…
I sat for 15 minutes today, which feels like such a victory, even though it is short my original goal for the month. Goals should be smart, attainable, etc–but how do you move forward after failure? I gave up once before, after art school, because I couldn’t visualize a viable Read more…
It’s raining and the cold is coming back, and just when I’ve gotten pots to transplant all my sprouts into, too! It’s also cold and raining on my grand plan to be better at mindfulness than I was last year. My brain is fighting mindfulness the most, and this month Read more…