Author: Christine

Christine http://www.mombie.com I'm a writer/storyteller/director/creativity & lifestory coach with a black belt in ITF Taekwon-do. I read voraciously and I write like my fingers are on fire. I'm the founder and Co-Chair of the Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl and I'm the current president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival. I bake a mean chocolate chip cookie.

Making oracle stones

I’m experimenting with different colours for oracle stones but I can’t decide which I like best.

I like the contrast of the white but the muted brown and black has its appeal.

A photo of a brown stone and a white stone each with a black spiral drawn on them
A photo of two small stones, brown on the left and white on the right, each with a black spiral drawn on it.

Practicing Prioritization

Do I end up practising the same things over and over again and only making marginal improvements?

It’s possible.

But rather than being hurt on myself about it, just gonna keep trying and adjusting, and seeing what happens.

This week I’m practising prioritization.

Because I’ve realized that I often fall into the trap of just working for however many hours I’ve got.

And that makes it really hard to know when I’m done or if I’ve done enough or even if I’ve been working on the right things.

So I am going to try this week to set a certain number of priorities each day and when those are done, those tasks are done. I’m gonna be done for the day.

I already feel resistance to this idea so that makes me wonder if it’s even more important than I realize.

That was vacation-esque at least

Despite the fact that I seemed to have tasks popping up all over the place last week, I still managed to get a lot of relaxation into my days.

Clearly, I need more practice at this vacation thing, though.

I’m hoping that by getting clearer about my day-to-day tasks and choosing good times in which to do specific things, it will be easier for me to be clear about taking time off.

It’s a work in progress. ?

Slowly Slowly

I have decided going to be slow September.

Every year, even though my kids are no longer in school, I find the hustle and bustle of September carries me along with it. I get dragged into the hectic.

This year, I’m refusing to let that happen.

I’m going to work on it in two ways.

I’m going to deliberately incorporate some restful practises into each day, and, I’m going to do more mindful planning so I have a better idea of what I want to do so I can say no to things I don’t want to do.

In fact, I’m starting this practice now by not worrying about the fact that it is September 1 and I don’t have my plan in place yet. I’m going to ease into the plan like I will ease into everything else about this month.

Let’s see how it goes.