Well, all that is over for another year! What exactly is "that"? The time of year when we stuff ourselves stupid, spend too much money and make promises blithely called "resolutions" that we break within days of making them.
But what do I know? I had a great Christmas, albeit I was by myself, did eat too much (and if my personal trainer should ever read this, I didn't just say that!) and I refused to make any New Year resolutions, but I am going to make some hopefully momentous decisions in my life soon.
I have had some pretty amazing experiences over the last few weeks, ranging from literally the sublime to the ridiculous. I have been blessed by an anonymous present of a gift card that has allowed me to buy something that I want rather than what I need. I have had one of my Sunday school students tell me that he likes coming into my class and having me as his teacher, only for him to take it all back by saying that he has to come in anyway, and I have sobbed my way through countless Christmas films with fairy tale happy endings which I always hope for in real life. That same young man gave me a hug on Sunday and told me he would miss having me as his teacher. I was so touched; it is little moments like that which make all the hard work and occasional despair all worth it.
Isn't life grand? But there is something in my life that is missing, and as yet, I don't really know what it is. Rest assured that as soon as I know, you will know too! I have made one decision today, and that is to close down my business. It never has been very financially viable, but I have learnt so much along the way that I do not for one minute begrudge the fact that I tried. Of course, now that I have done the deed, people will no doubt come running up and say that they are looking for (and be willing to pay, and that really is the crux of the matter) a life coach.
Today the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the birds are sitting in the now naked trees, making a black splash across the skyline and I think all is well with the world. I haven't put my nose outside the door yet to see if it is cold! Of course it is still fairly early and famous last words and all that, but I am hoping that I can do something constructive today. Yesterday all my Christmas cards came down as I have this idea that, never mind the twelve days of Christmas, everything has to come down as soon after December 26th as possible. I don't mind decorations, et al, up a while before, but they have to come down pretty sharpish afterwards. Of course this now makes everything look extremely bare, but I am hoping that I can do a bit of furniture moving to make a change. Mind you, I have said that now for weeks and done nothing at all about it.
Having suddenly remembered that I got some fish out of my freezer yesterday, I must make sure that it gets eaten later. Don't know about you, but I often take things out to defrost overnight in the fridge and then promptly forget they are in there until too late and they are past saving. Talking about food has made me peckish, but I have nothing of any consequence to eat. I finished the chocolates, the biscuits and the peanuts way before the New Year and thus have nothing to tempt me. The fact that I feel like climbing up the wall as I don't haven't anything nice to eat is irrelevant...... Actually I have a therapy technique that I use to take away the cravings so I might just disappear for a few minutes while I do that.
The next day, and don't ask what happened to the intervening time as it just rushed away from me..... and I have a massive white van parked literally right in front of my living room window! And when I say that, I mean that if I open my window I can touch his van! Apparently he is doing work next door (at the hairdressers) and he "doesn't have anywhere else to park it". Darned sure that isn't my problem but he is being a bit of a pain about it. He told me that I was being argumentative, and seeing as all the properties (including my flat) belong to the same landlord, he told me to take it up with him. I certainly shall because as far as I am concerned, all the time I am paying rent, the property belongs to me and the other tenants. Not only that, but he is parked right across the path thus denying anyone the ability to pass without walking in the road; and it is a main road with traffic lights. It did make me smile when he had to move his van due to the water company man wanting to get to the manhole cover which he was parked on! A bit of poetic justice I thought. My biggest bugbear is that he is blocking all my light and will be here for at least a couple of days. Why do I always get so much hassle? To me it is an absolute miracle that he managed to get it parked in front of my window anyway as the council put up a bollard to stop people doing exactly what he is doing.
Anyway, this is it for this blog. If I carry on any longer I will start ranting and raving and I do need to preserve my appearance of composure and long suffering!
See you all again soon.
Susan
The thought for this post is: Gifts will only last so long. A gift of friendship can last a lifetime.
For this and other thoughts for the day, please visit my group face book page, "Life Changes and You"
But what do I know? I had a great Christmas, albeit I was by myself, did eat too much (and if my personal trainer should ever read this, I didn't just say that!) and I refused to make any New Year resolutions, but I am going to make some hopefully momentous decisions in my life soon.
I have had some pretty amazing experiences over the last few weeks, ranging from literally the sublime to the ridiculous. I have been blessed by an anonymous present of a gift card that has allowed me to buy something that I want rather than what I need. I have had one of my Sunday school students tell me that he likes coming into my class and having me as his teacher, only for him to take it all back by saying that he has to come in anyway, and I have sobbed my way through countless Christmas films with fairy tale happy endings which I always hope for in real life. That same young man gave me a hug on Sunday and told me he would miss having me as his teacher. I was so touched; it is little moments like that which make all the hard work and occasional despair all worth it.
Isn't life grand? But there is something in my life that is missing, and as yet, I don't really know what it is. Rest assured that as soon as I know, you will know too! I have made one decision today, and that is to close down my business. It never has been very financially viable, but I have learnt so much along the way that I do not for one minute begrudge the fact that I tried. Of course, now that I have done the deed, people will no doubt come running up and say that they are looking for (and be willing to pay, and that really is the crux of the matter) a life coach.
Today the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the birds are sitting in the now naked trees, making a black splash across the skyline and I think all is well with the world. I haven't put my nose outside the door yet to see if it is cold! Of course it is still fairly early and famous last words and all that, but I am hoping that I can do something constructive today. Yesterday all my Christmas cards came down as I have this idea that, never mind the twelve days of Christmas, everything has to come down as soon after December 26th as possible. I don't mind decorations, et al, up a while before, but they have to come down pretty sharpish afterwards. Of course this now makes everything look extremely bare, but I am hoping that I can do a bit of furniture moving to make a change. Mind you, I have said that now for weeks and done nothing at all about it.
Having suddenly remembered that I got some fish out of my freezer yesterday, I must make sure that it gets eaten later. Don't know about you, but I often take things out to defrost overnight in the fridge and then promptly forget they are in there until too late and they are past saving. Talking about food has made me peckish, but I have nothing of any consequence to eat. I finished the chocolates, the biscuits and the peanuts way before the New Year and thus have nothing to tempt me. The fact that I feel like climbing up the wall as I don't haven't anything nice to eat is irrelevant...... Actually I have a therapy technique that I use to take away the cravings so I might just disappear for a few minutes while I do that.
The next day, and don't ask what happened to the intervening time as it just rushed away from me..... and I have a massive white van parked literally right in front of my living room window! And when I say that, I mean that if I open my window I can touch his van! Apparently he is doing work next door (at the hairdressers) and he "doesn't have anywhere else to park it". Darned sure that isn't my problem but he is being a bit of a pain about it. He told me that I was being argumentative, and seeing as all the properties (including my flat) belong to the same landlord, he told me to take it up with him. I certainly shall because as far as I am concerned, all the time I am paying rent, the property belongs to me and the other tenants. Not only that, but he is parked right across the path thus denying anyone the ability to pass without walking in the road; and it is a main road with traffic lights. It did make me smile when he had to move his van due to the water company man wanting to get to the manhole cover which he was parked on! A bit of poetic justice I thought. My biggest bugbear is that he is blocking all my light and will be here for at least a couple of days. Why do I always get so much hassle? To me it is an absolute miracle that he managed to get it parked in front of my window anyway as the council put up a bollard to stop people doing exactly what he is doing.
Anyway, this is it for this blog. If I carry on any longer I will start ranting and raving and I do need to preserve my appearance of composure and long suffering!
See you all again soon.
Susan
The thought for this post is: Gifts will only last so long. A gift of friendship can last a lifetime.
For this and other thoughts for the day, please visit my group face book page, "Life Changes and You"
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