frequency

it has been noted by others that i have not been blogging so much lately upon my return from vacation…. which is true and owing to several factors:

1. i have gotten strangely self-conscious about my writing (as in – who really wants to read about my life anyway?)
2. work has been swamping me, and i have not been finding the normal “free” time in a day i regularly use to write in
3. a conscious effort to spend little if no time on my computer at night after work – i spend far too much time around machines as it is
4. a shift from the cerebral to the physical where i am focused more on my bodily, rooted state than my mental-processing state.

having said that – i do want to re-integrate blogging into regular life because i do very much value daily practice of all kinds – and writing is one of those areas i would like to focus more over time (i figure when i get older, i’ll actually have something useful to say, and then maybe use these skills to write a book 🙂

so to summarize my return from vacation – i am feeling really very good at the moment, and really very focused on some areas of my life neglected over the past year or so. since coming home, i have reaffirmed my decision to stay on the sunshine coast for the next forseeable future, engaged a mortgage broker and a real estate agent to look for a house, been hiking twice (found a good “work-out” hike on monday), booked an appointment with a physiotherapist to get down to dealing with my ankle once and for all (that’s today), went to see my lover in the valley who gave me three steelheads to take home (one fresh-caught that i helped net, and two fish from the smoker), and started regular qi gong practice in the evenings after work.

my emphasis right now is on core work of all kinds – body, mind, and heart – and the practice is mindfulness and self-care in the context of continuing to move forward in other more earthly ways. how’s that for big goals? i am feeling energized with myself at the moment, which is great after what (i have now realized) was an extended depressive period…. i’ll write more about that later.

so there it is – the quick and dirty update – i’m going to get back on regular posting….. pronto!