I found this picture on weheartit. I heart it.• verb 1 (of an army) withdraw from confrontation with enemy forces. 2 move back from a difficult situation. 3 withdraw to a quiet or secluded place.
• noun 1 an act of retreating. 2 a quiet or secluded place. 3 a period or place of seclusion for the purposes of prayer and meditation. 4 a military musical ceremony carried out at sunset.
— ORIGIN Latin retrahere ‘draw back’.
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Betsy (whose owl earrings I am coveting big time!) wrote that before she made a momentous decision to follow her heart into launching her own business, she spent a day doing a "Betsy Retreat Day" where she just spent the day in a coffee shop, weighing up her options.
I think I need something like that. A break. Some space. A "Green Ink Retreat Day".
There is a lot of noise in my head right now. I think I need to take stock of a lot of things, work out what's working for me and what isn't. But most importantly, I just think I need to finally put my money where my freakin' mouth is. I tell other people to follow their dreams and not to hesitate for another second, but I very rarely follow my own advice. That has to change. Or nothing will.
In the meantime, I still have Emily Bronte, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and hyacinths on the verge of blooming. I hope I am the hyacinths.
Hi Phil,
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking along the same lines of having a big day where I sit down and work out what I want to do with myself! It would help if I knew what kind of job I would like to do after this year, or even if I knew if I was going to keep studying next year! Thats my big issue, that so much is weighing on this year and so I feel I can't even really make too many big decisions! It's so frustrating! But I know what I am going to do to try to help myself with this puzzle- your list of 101 things to do in 1001 days has inspired me to do one too, so at least then I will have somewhat of a plan of what the enxt few years will hold, even though it won't include some of the bigger issues like career etc!
Much love and just listen to your heart,
xoxo
Hi Phil,
ReplyDeleteAh yes, I am in the same boat! If I don't make some serious changes, another 10 years will pass and I'll be wondering why I'm still doing office work! Well, I'll know why - because I didn't 'go for it'
No one's coming to save me! It is so Oprah, but so true! I also like the quote that's along the lines of 'not making changes is like saying you want things to stay the same'.
I am doing a writing course and the thought of sharing my work with the class scares me, but it is now or never!
If anyone can make their dreams come true, it is you! :) Look at how much you've accomplished already : your weight loss, your travels, getting your poems published... You are such an inspiration to your readers! We all believe in you and love going along on the ride with you.
Besides, someone out there has write movies and books etc, why not us? ;)
xo Shazam
I need to do this too. I'm struggling so much at the moment, with everything, and I just don't know how to deal with it, or what I want to change, or how to change the things I don't know that I need to change. If you get my meaning. Now, I just need to ditch Jay for a day :)
ReplyDeleteGood girl, Phil. x
ReplyDeleteYou are the hyacinths.
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