Soaking in the mellow sounds of an acoustic Spanish album. It certainly sounds wonderful, mind you they could be singing about burying their wives in the back yard for all I know.
Making the comment on my Facebook profile last night, that I felt slightly tormented by all the things I want to do, has led me to my blog, for a third time this week.
I don't generally blog this often, but I do find it remarkably therapeutic, in terms of working through thoughts, and ideas and generally giving the old noodle a bit of a shuffle about and tidy up.
There was a time where I felt that having been involved in so many different things was a bit of a failure, 'Jack of all trades, master of none' is the phrase that used to spring to mind often.
In recent years though, I've come to the conclusion that I am merely quite a creative person who not only enjoys a challenge, but more requires one, much like oxygen, in order to live a healthy life.
I don't think I'm particularly flakey, I don't change my personal values on a whim.
But there are just so many things I want to learn, and achieve, and master. It's sometimes difficult to know where to start.
At the beginning would be the most logical I suppose; Trying to find that point though, is not really as easy as it sounds.
Perhaps I need to begin writing lists, the trouble with me and lists however, is that they often get left in the bottom of my handbag, on the kitchen counter, or in a pants pocket, getting a super clean from the washing machine.
In terms of having direction, it's not often that I choose to sit still, but from time to time I find myself in this interesting juncture, weeding through the bounty of possibilities, my magpie'ish mind has collected and fallen in love with over a generally short period of time.
While I get immense pleasure and satisfaction with my work as a Weight Watchers leader, and with the restructure of my cake and cupcake making business (no longer mass producing plain cupcakes with a dumping of frosting and sprinkles on top, for cheap bargain hunting...oops away I go again about the great kiwi cheapo...), there are many other pursuits that I would like to learn more about, and participate in too.
A complimentary suggestion made to me the other day about submitting my writing to a newspaper or magazine, struck a chord; while I've been pottering away with a fictional novel over the last couple of months, a submission it is still a wee way in the future. The possibility of my writing being of enough interest for a regular features spot, was a bit exciting. So this among other things gets added to my list of "want to do"
If only the list stopped there; I guess my personal challenge for the week is to being to whittle down the current list of want to do, to a smaller version of need to do.
OH boy! ... Wish me luck ...
Ali xo
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