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?
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