Monday, July 26, 2021

Productivity

 I find that being productive is energizing.  As the day goes by the more I get done the more I actually get done. The same is true for exercising, the more I exercise the more I exercise. Maybe this is inertia once in motion we stay in motion. My life is full and filled with many opportunities to be productive: serving the poor as a member of St. Vincent De Paul service, doing laundry, walking, working at PwC, creating activities for the boys...I just got interrupted from my thought due to a miscommunication with the boys on the schedule and was just making peace.  As I just let that moment go, I come back to writing in this moment.  All is good. Living in the moments, now that is a productive way to live. 

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Writing to practice writing

 Yes, I am writing just to write. I long to be able to write a daily blog and then I don't. I use a list of competing work priorities as my excuse. This is the essentially my biggest challenge, even my closest friends know it.....letting go, letting go, letting go.  What do I need to let go of, the need for more. I worry about not having enough money, and I worry that if I leave my big girl career, I will not be the Gretchen you know or I know. Underneath my exterior defense of financial security, I am woman who is simple. I  make meals of practically nothing in the fridge into something even JP's boys love. I am a woman who can take fabric samples and turn them into pretty quilts. I am a woman who can take flowers and bush clippings and turn them into arrangements of great beauty. I am a woman who goes to sleep with rosary in her hand, falling asleep before I finish the opening Our Father. I am a woman who loves her husband, her family, her friends and the sound of birds singing. I am woman who longs to leave my career and is overcome with fear.  Catherine Heath, my sister, coach and friend reminds me to "Fear Not" and "Make Choices that Bring Joy" and ask questions that go right to the root challenge.....letting go, letting go, letting go.  In my practice of writing this morning, in this short blog, I have come to know myself by just letting the words flow, the thoughts be typed here and the answer revealed: I am a woman who needs to LET GO!#letting go  #practice writing #  https://www.candglifecoaching.com/blog