Today, I was the model for my friend Jennifer’s art group. I was fully dressed, don’t panic.

I wore my dobok and did some patterns while they practised drawing a moving figure. And then I did two 25 minute poses – one seated and one in child’s pose.

It was hard work, and especially during the last two poses I found myself wondering how long I have been sitting there, but it was good. It was really nice to only be able to do or think about one thing, to be doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing in that moment.

And, it turns out, sitting still and breathing for an extended period of time is very restful. Those monks might be on to something.

I made this Xmas card for a friend today and I really enjoyed the process.

This is before the finishing touches:

A second successful day in my plan to reduce chaos one shelf at a time .

Today, I moved some books around – not a huge step but a helpful one and it created a lot more space than I expected.

Or at least that’s what I’m trying to do.

I’m standing in the middle of my basement, which has all kinds of bits and pieces from all kinds of things lying all around.

I had planned to do a really deep clean of this basement over the fall. I was going to get rid of all kinds of things that we don’t use anymore and get them to homes who can use them and here it is the end of November and I am too tired to do this project.

So rather than taking on the huge thing. And rather than doing nothing at all, I’m going to reduce the chaos.

And in this case it means moving stuff around to different shelves so things fit better into the space and so things are near like things that way after the new year I’ll be able to work one shelf at a time and get stuff organized.

I’m really hoping that this process helps me to move forward and to work on things. One piece at a time.

Let’s see how it goes.