The Rhythm of Life
Between reflecting and reading, I believe I have
found the problem to my current life attitude.
I have not been taking care of myself. This fall, my rhythm of life
changed when it came to my teenager. We
went from her going virtually nowhere day after day, to her going to school for
three hours every day. At the same time, like every year prior, I expected to
ramp up my writing. With my health
acting precarious, it was only a matter of time that something in my life
explode. In this case, I became angry because everything was out of control.
First and foremost, I need to be resting more. I hate resting. My mind rarely turns off in
the afternoon for me to take a nap. I
also detest sitting around when I have a million things I want to accomplish.
The last couple of days, I have worked at sitting in the living room to either
read or watch television. I am making
progress.
Artist dates help to revamp me. I have been struggling to get them into my
schedule. I really have no excuse
besides being busy with running around for Madelle and taking two classes. Now with the Christmas season, I am busy
getting presents, baking, and decorating. I may not get to my artist dates
until the 27th, but I will work at making it a priority once Christmas is over. My first project I believe will be painting
my butterfly house. I will be posting pictures in the coming year. Thinking
about it, I might work on a puzzle before then.
Friends are another essential aspect of the
rhythm of my life. This fall my friend’s
husband took a turn for the worst and passed away. Her and I weren’t getting out for our daily
walks and talks. My Bible study group and I were super busy and didn’t meet for
about a month and a half. My amazing
neighbor and I lost track of our time. We hadn’t been on a girl’s outing since
like June. These four ladies are such a blessing. I missed them. I am so thankful that our lives are getting
back to normal. This last week I have been able to hang out with all of them
and life feels so much better.
The end result is that I have to back off in my
writing. I have to rest more. I can’t
let so much time elapse between artist dates.
And finally, I need to keep my schedule open for friends. With all of this,
hopefully, my rhythm of life will get back to a healthy song.
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