all in the mind...

My recent reading has been confined to quick bursts, magazines, newspapers, blogs, quick snapshots of what writers are thinking.

I've been reading about simplifying and calming and mindfulness.

I've found sense in articles about slowing down, taking time, conscious action and mindfulness. I've been trawling blogs for sketchbooks and journals and diaries. I want to take some time out to start recording and marshalling my ideas.

As usual I have been cramming and stuffing too many different things into what is never going to be a flexible amount of time. I thought I had a quieter week ahead but I find I am out most evenings and committed to various pieces of work.

It's the Easter holidays next week and its the first school holiday that I'm going to spend working since 1997. That's a long time and something that I will need to get used to for the foreseeable future.

My aim this week is to concentrate and embrace mindfulness. I am going to work and live with more method and less madness. I'm also going to:

- clean house for granny inspection

- make easter egg tree displays

- sow more seeds

- pot up seedlings

- clean windows (are revolting)

- sew SOMETHING

- do some more of newborn baby blanket

- go swishing (tonight)

- book club (tomorrow)

- girls' night in (thursday)

- get some flaming exercise as my bottom will start falling off chairs shortly if I do not

- write some reports

- take stuff to the charity shop

- be nice to children and husband

- finalise a knitting project I've dreamt up

- prepare for knitting meeting (I've dreamt of having meetings about knitting!)

- draw a bit

- knit a bit

- watch ER (because I keep forgetting and it's the last series)

- clean the inside of our kitchen cupboards

- make new list for NRH

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