By Valerie on December 29, 2011
“Oh, this has been one of my better Decembers …and that included chopping off part of my finger.” was my summation of the holiday season to a friend of mine last night. Kinda sums up what I think about Christmases in general. I boycotted the whole thing this year; vastly improved my quality of life. Continue reading »
Posted in philosophizing Tagged anxiety, Christmas, fear, learning, life, looking back, stress, vulnerability
By Valerie on August 6, 2011
Sometimes it’s easier to be really sick. Really sick means you don’t do anything outside of your immediate needs (Is there food in the house? Am I developing that old man smell?). Great training for being in the moment out of utter necessity. All the rest of that stuff is beyond bothering with.
Having got a bit of spark back, I tried stepping back into my life at half speed this week. It’s hard not to get sucked into more. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days Tagged change, energy, heath, in the moment, letting go, life, relationships, stuck
By Valerie on July 28, 2011
So one of the most valuable things I’ve learned from hanging out with hackers so far (aside from: “Don’t put the lead in your mouth.“) is:
When you break something you get to put it back together in new ways.
I broke me – into a thousand sparkling pieces. I now get to put my life back together in cool new ways. That’s a pretty exciting prospect.
Posted in another 100 days Tagged beginnings, hacking, humour, learning, life, starting over
By Valerie on July 16, 2011
This one’s for you mama….
My mom spent her working years as a nurse. A member of that noble-hearted profession of caregivers, nurturers, comforters of the ailing. My mother also has a rather warped sense of humour. To this day, if you ask her how my dad broke his toe (something that happened well over 30 years ago now), you’ll get such a fit of tear streaming breathless giggles you won’t ever really get the story, Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, philosophizing, utter bloody silliness Tagged family, humour, illness, injury, life, love, sympathy, utter bloody silliness
By Valerie on July 10, 2011
I’ve just been checking my heart. There’s not as many cracks as I remember. The road trip got me looking at again, I’d been too busy to pay much attention to it.
I’m back at the site of The Big Break-up. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, fiction Tagged break-up, ghosts, letting go, life, love, relationships, risk, vulnerability
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