I have decided to start blogging again. It's been awhile. My lovely (former) roommate, Elizabeth, gave me this amazing Question and Answer book as my moving-away-from-Charlotte gift. Today's question was "Are you holding a grudge against someone?" I answered that for my own personal knowledge and decided to answer tomorrow's question for this entry, which is: What are you most looking forward to?
I love lists. I love New Year's resolutions. I love goals and I love questions that make you think. It can be especially annoying to some people but I love what if questions. What if I reached my goals? What if I didn't get roadblocks everywhere? To start envisioning things that I hope for was a good exercise for me because the past few months have made it difficult to imagine happy endings. After reading this amazing book about creativity, Breakthrough Creativity, I learned that one thing that helps me visualize solutions is to map them out using pictures. So I started doodling little stick figures that depicted the things I'm most looking forward to:
having my own place with a spot for my piano, having two hours out of my week where I get to volunteer at the Mexican consulate, feeling content with whatever job I get, reading the books on my 2011 book list, making one new recipe a month and finding community where I am. It's a neat exercise. Try it. In list form or maybe the stick figures will work for you too.
