I’m driving myself crazy lately. “Only lately?” you might ask, and I frown because that’s unkind. So, let me just say it is worse than normal. The problem is my juggling act is getting worse. I have a giant client project* I am working on at the moment but I have a whole bunch of…
I bought a bike about 3 weeks ago, but aside from a 5 minute spin around my neighbourhood (while wearing a skirt!) on the night I bought it, the weather had been too lousy or I’ve been too busy to use it. Today, I decided that I was getting out on the bike no matter…
Nope, not that way (insert smirk here). Nor am I shaving my head in a circular pattern, hanging out in a remote stone building, or praying for hours a day. According to some info, I’ve read, one of the purposes of yoga was to prepare the body for meditation. Creating strength and relaxation in your…
I’ve signed up for the Story-a-day May challenge so I’ll be writing a story every day in May, some will be long, some will be short, and some will be better than others. Here’s my first one (with minor edits only): Listen Up He was always missing my meaning. This is what happens…
My guest blog for Girl Guides of Canada ‘Pretty Powerful Princesses’ (http://girlguidescanblog.ca/2011/03/04/princesses/)* went up today. In the process of writing the post, two princess-related things came to mind that didn’t fit into the entry so I thought I’d share them here. 1) When The Boy was in kindergarten, I used to panic every time we…
At the moment I have several green stripes in my hair, my toenails are painted green, and so are both my thumbnails. If I had been nervous about my test last night, these things would have been charms to help me do my pattern right, but since I had prepared adequately for a change, I…
I got my green belt today (YAY!) and I wasn’t even a bit scared. So I have officially checked one goal off my 2011 list – the fearless belt test. The nature of the test helped. It was broken up in two parts, was held at our usual practice spot and I was tested by…
I know goals and I know goal setting and I know how I’m supposed to make them SMART* (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely) and I’m supposed to have checkpoints and so on and so on. I completely understand all of that, and the reasoning behind the structure. The problem is, of course, putting it into…
I’m like a frickin’ Zen Koan here. One of my goals for 2011 is to learn to face my Taekwon-do belt tests without fear. * Usually, right before my test I’m all whacked out, worried that I might mess up, or that I don’t know my stuff or that I might make an ass of myself. …
When I was in Girl Guides I always hated the Guide Law that stated ‘A guide smiles and sings, even under difficulty.’ I can see the value in the be-cheerful-keep-your-spirits-up sort of mentality it implies and sure, sheer grumpiness might make a bad situation worse sometimes but given that I will power through, I wanted…