Refinding my voice & cat tales

Tentatively starting to blog again.

Finding my new voice.

Much has changed since my posts of old, some good, some heartbreak. I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Time seems to bring all manner of change, ready or not.

Certainly there has been a fair amount of grief. Even writing that down I want to press the delete key. Not sure how visible I really want to be.

But for now I will keep writing.

Today I have been up to Ightham, listening to the tennis, fuzzily on AM. I had forgotten it even existed! I was happily befriended by the local cat, who started following me around, until some other lady picked her up, the cat grimacing! The match was close - Wimbledon men's finals. Even the fuzzy sound (so strange in this modern world with pin sharp listening) could not mask the commentators excitement.

On the way home, sweet peas.

I am pondering how to move from the sensible world, to the creative world - as if that somehow isn't sensible??? Surely it's sensible to align with your heart-direction? Still a lifetime of sound advice needs unpicking here. I may have to visit Andrea's unsticking station. I'm finding various people helpful on my quest. See in the sidebar for some links.

So far I have worked out that

• I need to plan for creativity, or rather, my creativity needs processing time before I am ready to go.
• I like to be working on my own.
• The housework needs to be done, otherwise I will be distracted.

I have also noticed that self care is crucial. All this weekend, an actual FREE weekend, has been taken up decompressing from the working world. Better self care is required!!!! Particularly,

• Eating breakfast, and eating healthily
• Getting enough sleep
• Walking (a lot) in green spaces
• Being away from people. (I like people, but being a super-sensitive sort of person, I also need lots of time away from other people's thoughts too).
• Nice baths after travelling (I do a lot of travelling for work - it grounds me back in the here and now).

So here is the beginning of a manifesto of sorts. I'm not sure how long this road will be, and make no promises for consistency. But it's a start at least :)