Holy Dinah, August is upon us!
I find it rather funny that it has been only 13 days since my last post and yet in the 5-day-work-week/7-days-a-week scheme of things, that is a really long time. I'm pretty sure I am not the only person who experiences days that stretch into weeks and months until a year later, you've somehow accomplished a whole whack of stuff in what seems like no time. But, do we give ourselves credit for it? I think it's easy to say that we do and that we should get over ourselves really, which is what I tend to say from time to time. But then, I also have learnt that there's something to be said for appreciating the small things in life that we might not give ourselves credit for....perhaps changes that we would like to bring about to make ourselves more learned, or more fit, or less cautious, or more kind or whatever. So my question to you is, what are the things you should give yourself credit for and be grateful for?
I guess the reason why I mention this is that the reasons for my lengthy absence from the ether of the internet are that I have been engaged in a lengthy smack up between priorities and the ever-ticking clock. And who always wins? Most often, it's the clock. In my case, I've been absent due to this International Training Programme, and though I love all the curators dearly (despite their random camera attacks where I am suddenly the target of 5-13 cameras intermittently/continually in need of capturing any particular moment), I just kinda need a break. I enjoy being a resource for groups of people who are new to London and want to see all sorts of things and I love making the best of their experiences. But when their experience is 4 weeks long, there needs to be a limit, particularly when I have a lovable but demanding Malian with non-ITP demands wondering where the heck I am with this or that document (bless Claude, who is like a French African papa to me!). Needless to say, a priority today was to put in a requisition for a Palm Pilot because keeping track of 13 people and a good 25+ tiny to extensive projects at a time is not easy.
I find it funny because I give my mom a hard time....she's always running around trying to do 10 million things in a day, especially challenging because she has an aging mother to assist from time to time. Christmas is exceptionally brutal simply because there are so many packages to buy and wrap, so much food to buy and baking to do, all these other side projects and all these functions to attend or misc. things to host. It almost makes xmas unbearable until we can finally get out of the city and breathe, with only the demands we really appreciate put on us, like going out to find our tree, or cook those big meals that the family really values. Those are the times that have meaning, that truly bring us back to what is important in our lives. So I now laugh at myself remembering that yesterday I tell her 'Rome wasn't built in a day!' as she plans for a family reunion next week. And it sounds cheezy and self indulgent but we're not building ourselves in a day either. I think of how difficult the last two weeks were, struggling to get even 1/2 of my workload done. And, I remember being so frustrated and tired in yoga on Thursday that I almost cried because I couldn't do a headstand. That's crazy! Considering I have degenerative disc disease, a remnant spinal/neck injury and really weak arms, I should have been thrilled to have even attempted the headstand!
My point is, sistah should really be taking some of her own advice. And, if I'm in that boat, maybe others are too. Sure we may have goals for what we want to accomplish or have happen in our lives. But, I think I would prefer to enjoy the ride on the way AND I'd like to see the value of even the smallest of accomplishments, even if they're as small as remembering to floss at least 3 days a week or keeping in touch with old friends or trying to hit that goal you've been thinking about for years (I WILL learn Portuguese this year! I am the little choochoo that could!). That kinda thing.
Special thanks to all of you who wrote and were missing my blog over the last couple of weeks. This one is for you AND for me, because it's nice to take time out from the mix to think about all those things that are really important. Thanks a ton!
Lotsa love! ~Laura
I find it rather funny that it has been only 13 days since my last post and yet in the 5-day-work-week/7-days-a-week scheme of things, that is a really long time. I'm pretty sure I am not the only person who experiences days that stretch into weeks and months until a year later, you've somehow accomplished a whole whack of stuff in what seems like no time. But, do we give ourselves credit for it? I think it's easy to say that we do and that we should get over ourselves really, which is what I tend to say from time to time. But then, I also have learnt that there's something to be said for appreciating the small things in life that we might not give ourselves credit for....perhaps changes that we would like to bring about to make ourselves more learned, or more fit, or less cautious, or more kind or whatever. So my question to you is, what are the things you should give yourself credit for and be grateful for?
I guess the reason why I mention this is that the reasons for my lengthy absence from the ether of the internet are that I have been engaged in a lengthy smack up between priorities and the ever-ticking clock. And who always wins? Most often, it's the clock. In my case, I've been absent due to this International Training Programme, and though I love all the curators dearly (despite their random camera attacks where I am suddenly the target of 5-13 cameras intermittently/continually in need of capturing any particular moment), I just kinda need a break. I enjoy being a resource for groups of people who are new to London and want to see all sorts of things and I love making the best of their experiences. But when their experience is 4 weeks long, there needs to be a limit, particularly when I have a lovable but demanding Malian with non-ITP demands wondering where the heck I am with this or that document (bless Claude, who is like a French African papa to me!). Needless to say, a priority today was to put in a requisition for a Palm Pilot because keeping track of 13 people and a good 25+ tiny to extensive projects at a time is not easy.
I find it funny because I give my mom a hard time....she's always running around trying to do 10 million things in a day, especially challenging because she has an aging mother to assist from time to time. Christmas is exceptionally brutal simply because there are so many packages to buy and wrap, so much food to buy and baking to do, all these other side projects and all these functions to attend or misc. things to host. It almost makes xmas unbearable until we can finally get out of the city and breathe, with only the demands we really appreciate put on us, like going out to find our tree, or cook those big meals that the family really values. Those are the times that have meaning, that truly bring us back to what is important in our lives. So I now laugh at myself remembering that yesterday I tell her 'Rome wasn't built in a day!' as she plans for a family reunion next week. And it sounds cheezy and self indulgent but we're not building ourselves in a day either. I think of how difficult the last two weeks were, struggling to get even 1/2 of my workload done. And, I remember being so frustrated and tired in yoga on Thursday that I almost cried because I couldn't do a headstand. That's crazy! Considering I have degenerative disc disease, a remnant spinal/neck injury and really weak arms, I should have been thrilled to have even attempted the headstand!
My point is, sistah should really be taking some of her own advice. And, if I'm in that boat, maybe others are too. Sure we may have goals for what we want to accomplish or have happen in our lives. But, I think I would prefer to enjoy the ride on the way AND I'd like to see the value of even the smallest of accomplishments, even if they're as small as remembering to floss at least 3 days a week or keeping in touch with old friends or trying to hit that goal you've been thinking about for years (I WILL learn Portuguese this year! I am the little choochoo that could!). That kinda thing.
Special thanks to all of you who wrote and were missing my blog over the last couple of weeks. This one is for you AND for me, because it's nice to take time out from the mix to think about all those things that are really important. Thanks a ton!
Lotsa love! ~Laura
posted by Laura aka Transglobal Lip at 7:57 p.m.
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