Things I'm Up To in Days of My Destiny

Decisions I am in the middle of making:
- Choosing a high school for my child/ren
- Re-visiting schooling options altogether, listing pros and cons of all of them

Things I need to get done:
- Uni assignments (this semester I am completely brain-fried and can’t focus on the steps I need to take)

Things I am doing as part of re-creating that sense of freedom and peace for myself this year:
- I have just enrolled in the yearlong program called “A Year to Clear”. I think it’s about physically clearing your home but also mental and emotional clearing. I’m up for that.
- I am reading the book “Buddhism: Plain and Simple” by Steve Hagen just to see what that is actually about and to see if I can apply any of the principles/teachings from there into my life. So far I am lost and it sounds like a lot of babble-jabble. For example it keeps telling me that I just need to see. And it italicises the word “see” every time. And I’m getting frustrated because I’m still not up to the part where they tell me what I need to see! And I am aware of how naive that actually sounds, lol.
- I am also reading the book “Madly in Love With Me” by Christine Arylo. Well I HAD been reading it. The reading itself has come to a bit of a standstill because I’m up to a part where you shake off old beliefs and teach yourself new ones that serve you much better in life. There’s a particular process for doing this that takes … time! I did one and LOVED it and benefited so much from it but haven’t had the time do to the others and I don’t want to skip them. (They may not all be relevant to me anyway, but still.)

I ran 10kms two Sundays ago, in 1 hour, 13 minutes and 40 seconds exactly. That felt amazing. Well I didn’t run the whole way, I actually jogged and walked. Still, I jogged non-stop for JUST under the first 5kms! I think I was short by about 100m. I think I’m hooked now. Someone asked me if frustration kept me going (ie frustration with latest things in my life) but no way… the running feels completely separate, actually. I know people do run when they have emotional energy they need to work through but that’s not me. I play guitar when I need that. And/or write songs. The running is like this new discovery… I want to stick to it because it really does make me feel good. I need to look after my body in order to keep my mental health in check. That’s a given.