I suppose the best way to stop complaining about being idle
in life is to either stop complaining or stop being idle… well this week I put
that theory to the test as it was probably one of the most productive weeks for
me in such a long time. After airing my frustrations on here 7 days ago, I
decided that I was going to fill up my “ok” life with fun and new experiences thus
create a more colourful, interesting day to day world for myself. My aim was
(and now is) to try enjoy at least some a part of each day. That sounds kinda odd
when I read it back… at least some part…
almost like I am settling instead of announcing that EVERY DAY WILL BE HENCEFORTH
*POSITIVE* :D But let’s be realistic here, not every day will be a good day. If
you’re like me then at least 4-5 times a week you might find yourself in a
scenario where you just don’t want to be right there in that place, doing
whatever it is that you are doing, at that very moment. You probably pause,
take a breath and then continue on with that ugh gut feeling, questioning is
this how my life is going to be… Would
it brighten your day just a little to think that after you go through the
crappy whatever-it-is, you then have something positive to look forward to? In
my head that was do-able. I can’t change every single day to be my dream life
but I can change a few minutes or hours!
Some of the things that I did this week may seem mundane or
insignificant but I would argue that, firstly, with the attitude that I have
had the last while I have often over looked the simplest of pleasures so
consciously stopping to recognise them brightened up my day when they happened.
Secondly, a lot of people assume that you have to go out of your way or spend a
lot of money in order to enjoy yourself – that’s not true. Anyways, here are
some of the things that I enjoyed:
I went to see Dark Shadows after work on Friday.
Anyone who knows me will understand my love for Mr Depp and my fascination with
Mr Burton… this movie for me was hilarious, quirky, unique, cheesey and so
utterly camp but that made it even better!
After about 4 months of holding out, I got my hair cut… only
a trim mind you haha, I am still growing it but it needed a tidy so I felt like
pampering myself. I really love when people work with my hair (brushing,
massaging, playing with it etc.) so this for me was heaven.
With the parents off at a wedding, I spent the day with the
pooch and when I say spent the day I mean I literally spent the entire day
hanging out with him haha. We had lunch, we played on the floor for an hour
with his toys, we explored out the back and we sat on the couch (shh he isn’t allowed
up on it) cuddling while watching Britain’s got Talent…
After noticing that the movie The Proposal was about to
start on tv, I whizzed up and got awesome popcorn from a certain local renting
dvd store, snuggled up with pjs and wait for it… I turned off my phone and
laptop. Now that for me is huge. I have gotten in the habit these days to watch
movies/shows while browsing online, not giving either my full attention. It is
like I have a need to always be in communication or available to communication
with friends and family instead of taking time for myself to switch off. I
enjoyed the movie 10 times more and I shall be doing it a lot in the future.
Sometime ago I was approached to do some volunteer work
which due to other commitments, I couldn’t take part in. It however planted a
seed in my mind about doing some work in the future and I loved the idea that I
could interact with new people. I also felt a huge need to give something of
myself purely to help others. Well my commitments have changed and thankfully I
got a call the other day inviting me to volunteer 3-4 times a month with a youth
group.
This next one occurred over about 2-3 days and I must admit
is pretty huge for me; I decided that it was about time to join the IMTA seen
as I am qualified – oh wait. I never got to talk about it! Yes about 2 weeks
ago my results arrived in the post and I am now a fully qualified holistic
massage therapist. Whoop! – anyways as I am now employable for that type of
massage, I would need to get insured in order to take on any clients. The long
story short - it is cheaper to do this in conjunction with the IMTA not to
mention the benefits of belonging to an association etc. Having organised both
of those, I started to brain storm what would I call my trading name should I
go down that route in the future. I searched through loads of websites to see
what I couldn’t use and after a lot of
research I settled on something that I truly feel fits with the ethos I want to
bring to my company. No I won’t be telling you what it is haha, you will just
have to wait until I launch it! Of course having found a name I then wanted to
make sure that no one would have taken the website for it. Thankfully no one had
so I decided in case it gets snapped up, I will buy the domain. Unfortunately
for me, the regulations have changed when it comes to buying .ie domains so I
have a lot more paper work to sort out before I can say it is 100% mine BUT it
has lead me to register my business name officially (haha can you see how this
whole thing has just snowballed??) which I am chuffed about. The next step will
be to sort out a graphic for the name and/or logo which I will then get
trademarked. Needless to say, I have been buzzing with excitement from all of
this!
Finally, today’s pot of gold at the end of the rainbow took
its form in a new hobby that I have just discovered: Wood turning! My mam had
been nattering on for some time about doing this course during the week days
which I thought was a lovely idea, but had no real push to do it. That was
until while at the Festival of Fires, I came across a few different examples of
wood work. Some were carvings, some were turnings, some were demonstrations but
all of them looked amazing so I agreed to go along with my mam for the craic.
Tonight was our first night and wow I am in love with wood turning! It is a lot
easier to do then you would think however to do it with any proficiency or
grace you would need a lot of skill and patience.
Here are a few quick pictures I sneakily took during the
class:
This was the first practice piece that we did; the block
started out like the one which you can see laying down. We then rounded it off
and started to mess about seeing what shapes we could do ourselves.
We then moved onto a piece of Oak which we also rounded off
and carved down into this. It took ages to get it even! Haha
Do you have any highlights which have lifted your day?
“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of
positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks
extraordinary results” Wade Boggs
xx
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