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This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
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Prompt 2: Are you kind to yourself? These days I’m much kinder to myself than in previous years. I give myself a break. I try to tell myself I’m good enough. I’ve always had a guilt complex if I’m not doing something useful. That stems from my very early childhood. My mother was a workaholic, she never seemed to sit down. The house always had to be spik and span. Beds needed to be made as soon as you got out of them. That has stayed with me and even now I couldn’t leave the house leaving unmade beds. If my parents saw me and my brothers seemingly doing nothing, then a job was soon found for us to do. We were raised on a farm and all the chores had to be done before school. After I had my own family I found myself trying to do everything, just like my mother, but eventually I realised something had to give. I dropped my standards as regards housework and although our home is always tidy, I allow the dust to settle. The kindest thing I do for myself is to give myself time to write. While I’m writing I’m not feeling guilty about all the other things I should be doing. I only hope I never made my children feel guilty for just being themselves, for idling away the time, daydreaming perhaps or just sitting doing absolutely nothing. I’ve learned that life is too short to spend it doing chores. Go and have some fun and if you have to climb into an unmade bed, so what? |
Prompt:1 Are you good at problem-solving? The thing is, that by the time you’ve been alive for 78 years like I have and you haven’t learned to problem solve, then you’re probably homeless or in jail. 😂 Problems arise all the time. Some are easily solved, others take some figuring out but problems always get resolved one way or another. The most difficult problems are those involving other people. As the only person you can control is yourself, things can become complicated. You may think you have the answer to a problem but others may want to do things differently. In that case sometimes compromise is called for. About twenty years ago I studied for a diploma of counselling. It helped me so much. Not only did I learn how to help people help themselves, I found I learned how to take the emotions out of tricky situations. Staying calm in a crisis leaves your mind clear to find solutions. Problems which call for power tools or screwdrivers I leave to my husband who is the most practical man in the world. If it’s broken, he’ll have a go at fixing it. So we make a good team. I solve problems with my mind, he solves problems with his dexterity and toolbox. |
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