Starting with a dream of moving to Alaska.
I have to remind myself daily, sometimes hourly, the dream is the beginning. The hows are not for me to worry about. The dream is the most important, and everyday I have to take one step toward it.
Today I looked around and realized I do not need anything here but my cats. And if I could sleep on a sofa bed for ten years I can sleep anywhere.
Where I want to go in Alaska is far up way past the Arctic Circle, to the coldest part of the country. I am not sure how I will get there but I do know I will get there! A couple of the things I think about are food, shelter, and water. Back to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
I do know I do not need much, and for the most part I do not eat meat so guess what guys, I will not have to shoot any animals, I hope. I will have to learn how to eat more fish though....
There are so many things to look forward to.
Looking out and seeing nothing but mountains. Watching the animals coming past.
I have no wilderness training or even survival training but I do believe our natural instincts allow those traits to come out when needed.
Why? Why would I want to give up all of civilization to trek into the wilderness? I am not sure however, I do know this is not working in my heart. I know the idea of moving there has put an excitement into me which has not been there since I was getting ready to move to the Florida Keys. A kind of wanderlust which rests in my soul. This is the first time I am on my own, totally on my own, no relationship to tie me down and I am free to follow my heart and soul. Where that will lead me I am not sure but the excitement I feel is beyond anything I have ever felt in any other time.
I have learned when there is another person involved all kinds of feelings are hurt along the way and it ends up destroying the relationship. Maybe if I find another soul with the wanderlust and sense of adventure I have it could work, but for the now it feels great to follow my dreams. Which one of them is moving to the Alaska Arctic Circle.
Follow my trek and planning in future blogs.
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Showing posts with label creating. Show all posts
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Following our bliss, what is it?
I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open
where you didn't know they were going to be.
If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else.
Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987
Great quote but how do we know what our "bliss" is.
What happens when what we think makes us the happiest really hurts us in the long run?
How or where are we able to get the courage to actually step off the cliff and know it is the right thing to do.
I always had the idea in the back of my head, I wanted to be a writer, but fear always stoped me. I enjoy writing and can actually write about anything. At my 'real job' I am always given the task of doing the 'creative' writing when needed. Of course I never think it is good enough.
I do not think I could write a book seems to long and tedious for me. I am thinking short stories where I can finish it in one sitting and not loose track of the story line.
But is that my bliss? Is that the path I am supposed to be on. I do know all this pain I feel should be for a reason other than the pain itself. Or is that what we are led to believe?
Really the question should be 'what is bliss.' Because does anyone really know?
If we follow our 'bliss' will it really lead to happiness?
And then back to the question "What really is our Bliss?"
I think when we are able to answer that we have found it.
where you didn't know they were going to be.
If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else.
Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987
Great quote but how do we know what our "bliss" is.
What happens when what we think makes us the happiest really hurts us in the long run?
How or where are we able to get the courage to actually step off the cliff and know it is the right thing to do.
I always had the idea in the back of my head, I wanted to be a writer, but fear always stoped me. I enjoy writing and can actually write about anything. At my 'real job' I am always given the task of doing the 'creative' writing when needed. Of course I never think it is good enough.
I do not think I could write a book seems to long and tedious for me. I am thinking short stories where I can finish it in one sitting and not loose track of the story line.
But is that my bliss? Is that the path I am supposed to be on. I do know all this pain I feel should be for a reason other than the pain itself. Or is that what we are led to believe?
Really the question should be 'what is bliss.' Because does anyone really know?
If we follow our 'bliss' will it really lead to happiness?
And then back to the question "What really is our Bliss?"
I think when we are able to answer that we have found it.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Purple Mug
To anyone else it is just a $3.99 purple and green coffee mug however, to me it is the merging of two phases of my life. Purple and green, my two favorite colors in the same mug. I have always like purple and the green which no one would ever put together, fascinates me. It reminds me of so much. Mardi Gras, the motel across the street from us in Marathon Florida, the slot machines in the casino and the very, very different phases of my life.
I have used the same coca cola mug for ten years. I brought it with me when I moved back, it always represented the life I had just left and thought I wanted to go back to. So for the past ten years I have been really stuck, can't go back but can't move forward. So stuck in limbo is where I have spent the last ten years, floundering with no direction, no specific ways to go but one foot in front of the other.
I have been looking for a new mug but I guess I wasn't really ready to mesh all the parts of my life. This purple and green coffee mug starts a very exciting new phase of my life.
So to me it is not JUST a mug, but a whole new life for me.
The purple and green mug looks happy, if a mug could be considered 'happy looking' it looks happy. It reminds me to look forward with excited anticipation. To always see the happy in every situation. It is a daily reminder of how far I have come and how much I have to look forward to in this new life.
The 'mug' is my constant reminder how each new day is just that a new day to start on the journey. We may slip and slide back into our old roles. We are always more comfortable in the old because we know it.
Walking forward into the unknown is scary and sometimes terrifying but still we must do it. For, if we do not we become stuck in the roles that have been known and comfortable to us. In that case we do not grow. When I say grow it does not mean age it means just that grow.
Grow into what and where we are supposed to be when we are supposed to be there.
So after writing this I know that it is not any ordinary 'mug' I bought last week. It is the future! It is the beginning of a new growth period for me.
So that happy looking 'purple and green mug' is so much more than just a vat for coffee or tea.
It is my everyday reminder to look forward to the future with excitement and happiness.
It is an everyday reminder that the future holds so much more and all I have to do is to take the first step off the platform and trust there is a new life there for me.
I have used the same coca cola mug for ten years. I brought it with me when I moved back, it always represented the life I had just left and thought I wanted to go back to. So for the past ten years I have been really stuck, can't go back but can't move forward. So stuck in limbo is where I have spent the last ten years, floundering with no direction, no specific ways to go but one foot in front of the other.
I have been looking for a new mug but I guess I wasn't really ready to mesh all the parts of my life. This purple and green coffee mug starts a very exciting new phase of my life.
So to me it is not JUST a mug, but a whole new life for me.
The purple and green mug looks happy, if a mug could be considered 'happy looking' it looks happy. It reminds me to look forward with excited anticipation. To always see the happy in every situation. It is a daily reminder of how far I have come and how much I have to look forward to in this new life.
The 'mug' is my constant reminder how each new day is just that a new day to start on the journey. We may slip and slide back into our old roles. We are always more comfortable in the old because we know it.
Walking forward into the unknown is scary and sometimes terrifying but still we must do it. For, if we do not we become stuck in the roles that have been known and comfortable to us. In that case we do not grow. When I say grow it does not mean age it means just that grow.
Grow into what and where we are supposed to be when we are supposed to be there.
So after writing this I know that it is not any ordinary 'mug' I bought last week. It is the future! It is the beginning of a new growth period for me.
So that happy looking 'purple and green mug' is so much more than just a vat for coffee or tea.
It is my everyday reminder to look forward to the future with excitement and happiness.
It is an everyday reminder that the future holds so much more and all I have to do is to take the first step off the platform and trust there is a new life there for me.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Living alone
Right now I am realizing, like an epiphany, I am a loner! I like being alone to follow the beat of my own drum. I am, for the most part the happiest I have ever been, I have a job I love, I am able to follow whatever thought which pops into my head.
Like writing these blogs.
I love the creativity I am allowed to write in them. I only hope someone reads them and is able to find inspiration in them. This blog which I am actually looking for a new title since 'starting over again' really does not encompass the scope of it. It needs a title which is catchy and interesting. It really has no theme except for the 'no theme' of it. I usually just blog about a single thought which pops into my head. Today's thought is about the peacefulness of being alone but not lonely.
I love ALONE!
I love waking up and having no one to answer to, since this is the first time I have been on my own for any more than a few months, I find I really love it. I love not having to please anyone else, not having to answer to anyone but myself, and not having any decisions made for me. I can eat what and when I want Right now it is almost a year and I am just starting to get into a routine of discipline to accomplish all I want to accomplish now. The down side is I have no one to blame for any of my mistakes.
I am really busy right now. I have three blogs http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com , http://gamblinggirl.blogspot.com/, two web pages,
I have a store on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/Suestreasures2012?ref=si and all my listings on eBay http://www.ebay.com/sch/spovio/m.html?item=121035952738&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562. AND I still work full time. I guess one of the things I am finding out about myself is I like being busy and at the same time I do not like anyone I see every day to really know how busy I am. I don't, for the most part tell anyone about these writings I do. I talk about them but I do not elaborate on them. The insecurity of thinking I do not write enjoyable enough for anyone to really like these makes me keep quiet about them. I enjoy writing and posting and hope someone reads them and finds some type of inspiration in them, but the fear of ridicule stops me from promoting my writings. Silly as it sounds, I am sure there are alot of people who have the same fears and insecurities. What am learning as I get older is to not take it all so serious and just to have fun with life.
I am trying to find a catchy name for this blog so it reaches more people. Any suggestions?
Like writing these blogs.
I love the creativity I am allowed to write in them. I only hope someone reads them and is able to find inspiration in them. This blog which I am actually looking for a new title since 'starting over again' really does not encompass the scope of it. It needs a title which is catchy and interesting. It really has no theme except for the 'no theme' of it. I usually just blog about a single thought which pops into my head. Today's thought is about the peacefulness of being alone but not lonely.
I love ALONE!
I love waking up and having no one to answer to, since this is the first time I have been on my own for any more than a few months, I find I really love it. I love not having to please anyone else, not having to answer to anyone but myself, and not having any decisions made for me. I can eat what and when I want Right now it is almost a year and I am just starting to get into a routine of discipline to accomplish all I want to accomplish now. The down side is I have no one to blame for any of my mistakes.
I am really busy right now. I have three blogs http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com , http://gamblinggirl.blogspot.com/, two web pages,
I have a store on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/Suestreasures2012?ref=si and all my listings on eBay http://www.ebay.com/sch/spovio/m.html?item=121035952738&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562. AND I still work full time. I guess one of the things I am finding out about myself is I like being busy and at the same time I do not like anyone I see every day to really know how busy I am. I don't, for the most part tell anyone about these writings I do. I talk about them but I do not elaborate on them. The insecurity of thinking I do not write enjoyable enough for anyone to really like these makes me keep quiet about them. I enjoy writing and posting and hope someone reads them and finds some type of inspiration in them, but the fear of ridicule stops me from promoting my writings. Silly as it sounds, I am sure there are alot of people who have the same fears and insecurities. What am learning as I get older is to not take it all so serious and just to have fun with life.
I am trying to find a catchy name for this blog so it reaches more people. Any suggestions?
Thursday, December 6, 2012
I AM Doing it!
I am making it!
This is the longest time I have lived alone, the longest time I have had to pay my own bills! And I, me alone, am doing it. In the past someone else always paid the bills, or in the case with my mom she put the bills on the computer and I paid what she told me to, I did not really have a clue to any of it. Yeah she tried to teach me and I would pretend to listen. I had a general idea but, no actual knowledge to budget and be prepared for a bill bigger than my paycheck. Now I am happy to say I am learning all of that. Difficult yes, complicated yes, but not undo able.
I am also making more bracelets some are selling which is exciting and can be seen at my other blog site. Follow the like: http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com which has links to my eBay listings. Or on Etsy follow the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Suestreasures2012 Visit the sites and look around, on the Etsy site there is a button if a custom item is desired or you can email me at suep2004@comcast.net with any questions.
I am doing what I always wanted to do. I am creating something which I hope make people feel good. I now have an idea to create 'beat the habit' bracelets or a type of prayer bead to inspire a break the addiction or habit of anything. They are going to encompass the same idea of the cancer awareness bracelets. The colors will belong to or represent a habit or addiction the user wants to break. Stay tuned to the blog http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com for the products.
I at this point in my life excited about how I am doing. I do have to say that the law of attraction is at play here. I ask or wish if you want, for an idea to create something unique and it comes at the craziest times. I try to carry a piece of paper and writing instrument with me so I do not forget the idea. Sometimes I use my hand, the notepad I am never without, I do not recommend it to anyone but it works for me.
This is for anyone who thinks they cannot do it on their own phooey! I am and for anyone who said I could not. I am proving them wrong, I am making it. I am happier now than any point in my life. I do not have to depend on anyone but myself. How much better can it get than that?
Stay tuned for the new line of products coming soon and they will be listed and pictures on my blog Sue's Lady Bug Jewelry. Which is the name I picked out five years ago when I started, talk about the 'Law of Attraction' I thought it, I worked at it even when there was no reason to believe it would come true. The key here is I believed it. I continued to believe, and still believe it will be bigger than I can imagine. My future is bright because I believe it will be. And the idea of believing gives the way to creating anything. I am proof.
So this post is about the idea of I AM doing exactly what I want to do, what makes my heart and soul feel great. I hope anyone reading this does not give up on their dreams and is so naive they do not know they can fail. My biggest inspiration is my son, ironically he and his wife are never afraid to fail. They have dreams and ideas which sound so silly to me and I am sorry to say, I tell him so. Thankfully it does not stop them they keep believing and they create their dreams. Hats off to my son and his wife for being my inspiration even if they do not know it. I love them both.
This is the longest time I have lived alone, the longest time I have had to pay my own bills! And I, me alone, am doing it. In the past someone else always paid the bills, or in the case with my mom she put the bills on the computer and I paid what she told me to, I did not really have a clue to any of it. Yeah she tried to teach me and I would pretend to listen. I had a general idea but, no actual knowledge to budget and be prepared for a bill bigger than my paycheck. Now I am happy to say I am learning all of that. Difficult yes, complicated yes, but not undo able.
I am also making more bracelets some are selling which is exciting and can be seen at my other blog site. Follow the like: http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com which has links to my eBay listings. Or on Etsy follow the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Suestreasures2012 Visit the sites and look around, on the Etsy site there is a button if a custom item is desired or you can email me at suep2004@comcast.net with any questions.
I am doing what I always wanted to do. I am creating something which I hope make people feel good. I now have an idea to create 'beat the habit' bracelets or a type of prayer bead to inspire a break the addiction or habit of anything. They are going to encompass the same idea of the cancer awareness bracelets. The colors will belong to or represent a habit or addiction the user wants to break. Stay tuned to the blog http://suesladybugjewelry.blogspot.com for the products.
I at this point in my life excited about how I am doing. I do have to say that the law of attraction is at play here. I ask or wish if you want, for an idea to create something unique and it comes at the craziest times. I try to carry a piece of paper and writing instrument with me so I do not forget the idea. Sometimes I use my hand, the notepad I am never without, I do not recommend it to anyone but it works for me.
This is for anyone who thinks they cannot do it on their own phooey! I am and for anyone who said I could not. I am proving them wrong, I am making it. I am happier now than any point in my life. I do not have to depend on anyone but myself. How much better can it get than that?
Stay tuned for the new line of products coming soon and they will be listed and pictures on my blog Sue's Lady Bug Jewelry. Which is the name I picked out five years ago when I started, talk about the 'Law of Attraction' I thought it, I worked at it even when there was no reason to believe it would come true. The key here is I believed it. I continued to believe, and still believe it will be bigger than I can imagine. My future is bright because I believe it will be. And the idea of believing gives the way to creating anything. I am proof.
So this post is about the idea of I AM doing exactly what I want to do, what makes my heart and soul feel great. I hope anyone reading this does not give up on their dreams and is so naive they do not know they can fail. My biggest inspiration is my son, ironically he and his wife are never afraid to fail. They have dreams and ideas which sound so silly to me and I am sorry to say, I tell him so. Thankfully it does not stop them they keep believing and they create their dreams. Hats off to my son and his wife for being my inspiration even if they do not know it. I love them both.
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