December, 2008
The year of living dangerously
I've been musing on what to write about for my last post of the year but i'm finding it hard to look backwards because my head and heart are so firmly focussed on the year in front of me. I'm really happy to let go of 2008; it's been a year that's tested me and unravelled my emotions, with depression and health issues dogging me more than i'd have liked, yet even though i'm spending the last day with blocked sinuses and a killer headache, i can see how much stronger I am than i was this time last year. In the last 12 months I've embarked on a brief love affair, moved my entire life to a new city where I knew no one and started teaching a course that feels like it's going to go somewhere special. I gave up smoking (twice – i'm on three weeks and counting). I joined a gym and reconnected with my body. I fell back in love with film thanks to my delightful vintage cameras. And i met one of my comedy heroes! Not too shabby for 365 days.
2008 was all about being brave and looking back I think i've honoured that word; this year it's going to be about being visible, about putting myself out there – my art, my words, my heart. No more hiding away, no more fear of rejection or failure, no more excuses. I look forward now more than I look back; I want to enjoy the quiet calm of living in the moment while keeping my heart open for the love that I wish for in my life. And for that love and success and abundance to find me I have to be visible, i have to be seen.
So, no more hiding. A lot more going out, being out, living OUT LOUD.
What's your word for 2009?
December, 2008
Home sweet home
Well, the Blurb books were a massive hit – they teared-up as they read the dedication page, and i teared-up watching them, so all in all, a great success! Less great was the flu-y cold I've had all week, so most of Christmas was spent wrapped in blankets while shivering and aching on my mother's sofa. As lovely as it always is to go back home, I am so happy to now be back in Bath. I LOVE my flat, I love having all my books around me, and oh thank the gods, i love my bed so much. I don't think I ever realised just how much of a homebody i am until yesterday afternoon as i danced and twirled – okay, it was more of a shuffle – around my flat, unpacking, lighting incense and generally cosying into my lovely nest. Four months on and Bath is now my home. *Cue a big contented sigh* Going to spend the next few days recuperating, making my e-course website and watching a lot of DVDs. Did you have a good Christmas?
December, 2008
Mail love
I predict that there's going to be a lot of letter writing in January: the Royal Mail commemorates ten icons of British design on their new first class stamps.
December, 2008
I heart paper
Suki notebooks, £10.77 from Plumo
Do Something print, $12 from Orange Beautiful
Letterpress Valentine No.3, $3.50 by Thomas Printers
