Starting again, again, again...

It's been more than two and half years since I updated this blog.  I haven't done much writing for myself in a really long time.  My friend Anne gave me a five-year memory book where you write one line a day for five years.  I'm in love with it.  If nothing else, it's encouraging me to put pen to paper for my own enjoyment at least once a day.  Heaven knows I need all the encouragement I can get. 

I've been obsessed with a song by Sia lately--Elastic Heart.  It's gorgeous.  I need my heart to stretch right now.  There is so much I want to be, if I'd only give myself the time and space to give it a go.  I often jest using the popular cliche, "There just aren't enough hours in the day."  That is such a lie.  I waste so much time.  I am making a promise to myself, right here and right now, to stop thinking so much and just start doing.  I promise to carve out time for the activities that really serve me and the people who remind me of who I really am and how I want to be. 

Someone once said that you are the average of your five closest friends.  I want to make sure that I am surrounding myself with people who inspire me, uplift me, make me think, make me smile.

Because we all know how much I love lists, here is a not-so-short list of things I would like to carve out more time for:

Writing
Reading
Meditation
Gratitude practice
Prayer
Exercise (cardio, yoga, stretching, shoulder rehab/pt)
Meal planning
Housekeeping
Dinner parties
Correspondence by mail
Phone/Skype dates with long distance friends/family
Guitar/ukelele practice
Listening to records
Travel

What do you want to carve out more time for?
Do you have any tips for me?