(Pizza from Sunday nite. Yummy)
I've been thinking about 'Routine' a lot this week. It's something that comes up for me often in my head and I go over and over and over what I think I want my normal daily routine to be and how to get to the place where I am living that routine. I bet if I looked back in my journals, I'd find in a two week period an entry that had a timeline in it that looked like this:
6:30 get out of bed
Journal and draw till 7:30 with tea.
Meditate (15-30 minutes) or exercise /maybe yoga.
Breakfast.
Check email and blog.
9:30 or 10 out to work.
1pm lunch then short nap. Tea and chocolate.
2-5 work.
and so on. Now I don't have much of a problem with any of this. Other than getting up at 6:30. I'd really like to get up at 6. Presently I get up at 7am. I am working my way back, slowing. Instead of forcing a big change, I'm going to work back in 15 or 30 min. intervals until I am getting up at 6. That may take another 2 months.
I get discouraged with my work week b/c it seems that more and more I am having meetings to attend. Most of these have to do with the Arts Council. So I'd like to have a
weekly routine too. This would figure in meetings, grocery shopping, trip to the landfill, postoffice etc.
Do I sound a bit anal in wanting all this? Is it important? I mean it must be a little bit since I think about it so much. I feel sort of stupid putting it out here. You know sometimes I have things in my head that seem like a big deal, but once I speak them out loud or write them down I say, "Man that's not so important. Why did I spend so much time worrying about that?"
Another part of this is just wanting to spend my time in a way that feels good to me. That currently means turning off the television, not checking my email 10 times a day (regulating computer time), and making good use of my studio time.
I've started making a list of 3 things I'd like to accomplish in the day. Usually they are simple and direct. Today I have:
Set up photo shoot with Holly.
Load kiln.
Order flagstones.
So nothing huge, but if I get those things done today along with some work in the shop. I'll be happy.
Well enough of this for now. I must get on with whatever is next...
After 3 hours of work and waiting Molly was loaded today and taken back to her home. After weeks of trying to lure her onto the trailer with food we had to turn to the next option, tranquilizing her and pulling her onto the trailer by force. Of course after she was knocked out we had to get the rope around her and then wait for 2 hrs for her to wake up. Once on her feet, still groggy, we pulled like mad to get all 900+ lbs of her onto the trailer. So off she went and now we are one less animal around here. We'll miss her.
(Pizza from Sunday nite. Yummy)
New pots in my Etsy shop. I'm really happy with this group of pots. They look great and are fun to use too.
This is a great fundraiser for us. We have a fantastic kitchen crew who work two days making the soups, desserts and bread. Lots of other volunteers chip in too so the day runs smoothly. Thanks everyone who was there today and thanks to the potters for donating bowls.
I'm ka-put.