So! Monday, the last day of February. As good a day as any to start my 66 week (huge I know) project. With this weeks card, 'creativity' I have decided to give myself a random task for each day. Today's task, I decided yesterday, was to write song lyrics. Invent them. Just something I was thinking about through the day.
I had big plans to write this on the train home from work, but unfortunately, due to the crowdedness, I didn't really want to whip out my notepad and start getting all into it.
Alas, I wrote it when I got home, and here it is. Sorry it's untitled.
Little Timmy took a taxi
To the other side of town,
Watched as the red paint blurred
And drew down into the ground.
It wasn't that little Timmy
Wanted to run away and hide,
But rather that he thought the grass
Would be greener on the other side.
Against this dull society
Timmy you've almost won,
You've almost won,
If you lose your head in the process just go on.
Take it in your stride
And keep your wits about you,
The world has a funny habit
Of giving one and taking two.
Little Timmy you've already won,
Oh yes you've already won,
Society can't claim you anymore.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
66 weeks.
Hola everyone!
After starting my new full-time job on Monday, I have quickly realised how very little time I will get to myself throughout the next year and a half. I struggle with my six o'clock start, wearily board the train each morning at about 7:30am, arrive an hour later, and then work until 5:30pm. By the time I wait for the train home and arrive back at my station, it's well and truly 6:30pm. I don't mean to complain, because I knew this was what I wanted, but I only find about 3 hours each night to do the things I want to.
To cope with this new lifestyle and find balance and happiness with so little time for myself, I have formed a plan. I don't think it'll be easy. But I'm willing to give it a go.
About 6 months ago, my beloved aunty gave me a pack of 'self-mastery cards'. There are 66 in all, and each features a word - a value or virtue, complete with a small sentence or two describing how exactly to incorporate this into one's daily life.
So, my plan is this: each week I will choose a card to focus on for the duration of those seven days. I will decide on a sort of 'task' to perform throughout the week, and rate the week on its level of success and enjoyment. I will then give an overall comment in my notebook of how the week went. Each day, I plan on summarizing my task on my blog, too.
So now that you now the ins and outs of the plan, I suppose it's time to put it into action.
From tomorrow, the 28th of February until Sunday, the 6th of March, I will focus on this week's card. The word? Creativity.
I have a feeling I'm going to have fun with this one. I'll be back tomorrow with results from my first day!
After starting my new full-time job on Monday, I have quickly realised how very little time I will get to myself throughout the next year and a half. I struggle with my six o'clock start, wearily board the train each morning at about 7:30am, arrive an hour later, and then work until 5:30pm. By the time I wait for the train home and arrive back at my station, it's well and truly 6:30pm. I don't mean to complain, because I knew this was what I wanted, but I only find about 3 hours each night to do the things I want to.
To cope with this new lifestyle and find balance and happiness with so little time for myself, I have formed a plan. I don't think it'll be easy. But I'm willing to give it a go.
About 6 months ago, my beloved aunty gave me a pack of 'self-mastery cards'. There are 66 in all, and each features a word - a value or virtue, complete with a small sentence or two describing how exactly to incorporate this into one's daily life.
So, my plan is this: each week I will choose a card to focus on for the duration of those seven days. I will decide on a sort of 'task' to perform throughout the week, and rate the week on its level of success and enjoyment. I will then give an overall comment in my notebook of how the week went. Each day, I plan on summarizing my task on my blog, too.
So now that you now the ins and outs of the plan, I suppose it's time to put it into action.
From tomorrow, the 28th of February until Sunday, the 6th of March, I will focus on this week's card. The word? Creativity.
I have a feeling I'm going to have fun with this one. I'll be back tomorrow with results from my first day!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Crappy Days.
So as a rather depressing start to my blog, do you ever get that really terrible feeling that lasts for days and all you can think is 'I suck at everything'?
I think I'm in the middle of one of those stupid mindsets. It seems I am utterly incapable of the littlest things, and find myself gritting my teeth and giving myself an internal lecture about making myself useful. And then while I'm obsessing over everything I'm doing wrong, I cut one too many slices of tomato and think 'Man, i really do suck'.
I suck at driving, I suck at speaking coherently, I suck at cutting tomato for a salad, I suck at having a shower, I suck at buying the groceries, I suck at keeping a conversation without making it awkward, I suck at eating, cooking, talking, thinking, doing and being. I. SUCK.
I bet the word 'suck' just started to sound funny.
So with that said, what I'm interested to know is, how do you get yourself out of this ridiculous thinking pattern? Is it possible that one can simply, 'get over it'? And what gets our confidence down so low in the first place, eh? I imagine it could be a whole truckload of factors. Stress, family tension, a fight with a friend, a bad word from somebody, a rumour, the death of a loved one, or the repetitive making of a simple mistake.
The thing is, since I am coming toward the end of a very relaxing 3 month holiday, I can't seem to identify the cause. Let's put it down to boredom.
I think I'm in the middle of one of those stupid mindsets. It seems I am utterly incapable of the littlest things, and find myself gritting my teeth and giving myself an internal lecture about making myself useful. And then while I'm obsessing over everything I'm doing wrong, I cut one too many slices of tomato and think 'Man, i really do suck'.
I suck at driving, I suck at speaking coherently, I suck at cutting tomato for a salad, I suck at having a shower, I suck at buying the groceries, I suck at keeping a conversation without making it awkward, I suck at eating, cooking, talking, thinking, doing and being. I. SUCK.
I bet the word 'suck' just started to sound funny.
So with that said, what I'm interested to know is, how do you get yourself out of this ridiculous thinking pattern? Is it possible that one can simply, 'get over it'? And what gets our confidence down so low in the first place, eh? I imagine it could be a whole truckload of factors. Stress, family tension, a fight with a friend, a bad word from somebody, a rumour, the death of a loved one, or the repetitive making of a simple mistake.
The thing is, since I am coming toward the end of a very relaxing 3 month holiday, I can't seem to identify the cause. Let's put it down to boredom.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Ciao!
Welcome everyone! You can call me Romy, since that is my name. It's a pleasure to meet you. Here is the place where I'll share my thoughts, photos, pieces of writing and poetry and anything else that takes my fancy. I'm not really good at describing myself in overly special or witty ways but I'll give it a shot.
I finished school last year and now I have a job as an office lady in a law firm, which I start on Monday and I will probably let you know how that goes after my first day there. Apart from that, I'm a simple gal interested in photography, music, and beautiful clothing. I've been playing the piano ever since I was about 7 and I like things that are different, and appreciate the simplistic beauty in everything. I love nature, with an exception for spiders, which are disgusting and scary and should never have inhabited this earth. I'm not religious but I'm also not restricted by my religious beliefs. If somebody or something could prove that there is a god then I would be more than happy to believe them. My main goal in life is to travel; to experience as many different cultures as possible. I think if you haven't travelled, you haven't lived. I try to be healthy but I love food and I'm pretty lazy, so that combination probably isn't ideal.
And that's about it about me. I guess I'll keep you posted.
I finished school last year and now I have a job as an office lady in a law firm, which I start on Monday and I will probably let you know how that goes after my first day there. Apart from that, I'm a simple gal interested in photography, music, and beautiful clothing. I've been playing the piano ever since I was about 7 and I like things that are different, and appreciate the simplistic beauty in everything. I love nature, with an exception for spiders, which are disgusting and scary and should never have inhabited this earth. I'm not religious but I'm also not restricted by my religious beliefs. If somebody or something could prove that there is a god then I would be more than happy to believe them. My main goal in life is to travel; to experience as many different cultures as possible. I think if you haven't travelled, you haven't lived. I try to be healthy but I love food and I'm pretty lazy, so that combination probably isn't ideal.
And that's about it about me. I guess I'll keep you posted.
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