Creative Meanderings

Yesterday, I felt like a ball of tension. It started with a couchsurfer’s email to me calling me Sarah and not Tara. We’ve exchanged messages and she’s staying at my place starting today. However, for some reason I was super teed off by the mistake. I’m sure it was an honest one, but it shifted my day somehow. When I got to work, the printer/copy machine was not working, so even though I…

Okay, so my previous post was about unplugging and I had some lofty goals for what that meant. 😉 First, I did finish my book brief, which is a HUGE load off. While I really enjoy the work and getting a little extra cash, it does put a lot of pressure on me. So, it is a bit of a blessing that they are having some financial problems at the moment and had…

For a while I have been thinking about unplugging for one day a week. Of course, I have been putting it off because there is always something to be done. However, with this past week being what it was (busy!) and my life adjusting to new patterns, I thought it would be a good time to just give it a shot. So, I am thinking that Saturdays I will unplug. Of course, I…

The week is just about finished, thank goodness! I really need a good, long sleep! It’s been pretty good overall, just busy with couchsurfing, entertaining and work. I have another brief I’m working on and will force myself to plow through tonight and tomorrow, so that Saturday will be a complete day of rest, especially as I’m getting new couchsurfers. There’s a lot happening between work and life that I am actually finding…

This was a phrase I heard a lot yesterday at work. We got some news that the bills are not being paid for some reason and so we might lose maintenance (thus use) of our xerox machines – which break down daily – and our main learning management system (Blackboard) may shut down! It’s so interesting how on the outside everything can seem to be a well-oiled functioning machine, but then…the truth sets…

Is it possible? Although I am letting go of my anger (see yesterday’s post), I am still angry. Every now and then I recall words, phrases or attitudes and I am shocked at how I did not respond initially to them. How could I have not said something then? <sigh> Everything is always clearer upon reflection. Anyway, I am trying to just work on stopping all thoughts of him. However, it’s hard when…

Most of the time I try my best to avoid being angry. It’s true that I can then have a tendency to explode because I hold in my emotions, including anger. All throughout my years with various therapists, they have tried to tell me that anger is good for me and it’s okay to let it out. Sometimes I agreed and other times I did not. However, I believe that now at 38-years-old…

One of the things we do in coaching is to make sure we are complete with people. We encourage people to be complete with others. I had a session with Karen the other night because I want to try to stick to it at least once a month so that I do not fall out of practice. After having the coaching workshop, it was pretty interesting to see how her techniques followed the…

So…my plan all along had been to consider getting some kitties to keep me company once I had settled in. However, I was not in a particular rush and thought about first helping out a local volunteer organization, Feline Friends. Last week, they posted an urgent need for help fostering cats and so I responded. I figured I could foster for a while and then maybe once I got used to things I…