3 January 2016

Practice Practice Practice

I started knitting. It's not much, but that's all I could manage while Max the Glow Train was running. It's been on my list of things I'd love to do for a long time now, but come the new year and some serious intention setting, here I am finally following through. It's going to be a scarf for Bear. Then I'm going to knit some washcloths, learn some different stitches and one day, attempt something big. Sometimes, the hardest things is just to start. And once you do start, it's a case of practice practice practice.

You might have noticed I've been posting a lot the last few days. That too, is something that has come from some deep intention setting. I've missed writing in this space and I had lost touch with how much I enjoy the act of creating here. So in keeping with my practice practice practice outlook, I've challenged myself to write every day for a year. Not that I necessarily think I'll blog every day for a year, but I'm aiming for 28 days per month - optimistic I know! Might as well aim high.

We'll see. In any case I'm loving being back in this space regularly and I'm enjoying the process of documenting my path back to simple, mindful, sustainable. And spiritual. And I'm thrilled to see so many readers have stuck around. Thanks all, it's great to be back.
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4 comments:

  1. Unknown4 January 2016 at 07:14

    Great to see you back. I love knitting too, it's such a meditative process. While your left brain is busy counting stitches and overseeing operations, your right brain is off on a holiday in Neverland.

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  2. Meg6 January 2016 at 16:53

    I'm trying to get more writing done at the moment too -- hard now that I have a baby that only naps for 40 blocks and needs constant resettling at night, but little pieces here and there and I pull something together. Same with knitting, I've always been a mad knitter, but it's hard to get motivated when I have to pick up and out down every five minutes.

    I used to get well and truly stuck into whatever it was I was doing: if I started writing, I would write for hours; if I started baking, I would take over the kitchen and make dinner, two cakes and a batch of muesli 'while the oven was hot', I would read all day; I would knit until after midnight.

    Now, I just can't. Not with a perfect demanding little soul. But I can do a little. I can't do a whole kriya, but I can do an asana or two; I can't write for hours, but I can write a paragraph; I can knit a few lines. I don't have to give up all that makes me me, but I have to adjust them to make room for being mama.

    Thanks for making me think. Happy writing.

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    1. Jac Calvert7 January 2016 at 22:39

      I hear you. It sounds like you're making the adjustment really well. I was pretty lucky in the early months as my little one slept really well (in my arms) and I used to type one handed while he napped, or crochet very gently, and I think I even did some baking with him tucked up in the carrier on my chest. The things you do to make it through! In some ways it was easier then.

      Thanks for reading, glad you're back.

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