Category Archives: Personal time

Cycles…. Or, How Do I Do It?

I’ve had a few people over the past few months comment to me, “I don’t know how you do everything you do.”

And I point out those things that are different in my life from theirs:

  • I don’t have kids.
  • I don’t go out and work for someone else from 9-5.

And then I started to realize that I also do things in cycles.  I rev up over a long period of time, adding new projects/events/directions in my multifaceted self-employed existence until I reach a peak and then I step back and ease off.

And in the next few months I will again be easing off of a few things. a little bit…

I don’t evaluate my business choices/life choices etc on any kind of regular basis.  I tend to look at things more closely when I see affects across all of the boundaries.  Usually right after a really big event where I want to take a week off but cannot because I have another big event coming up.  Or after a really busy year where many things changed and roller coaster-ed to the point where it began to get a bit much.

This week the re-evaluation of the wonderful creative  circus that is my work/business life has begun.  I can see some consolidation in the future, some shifts in focus and a little bit of letting go and moving on.  I’ll keep you posted of course!

And then all of this will trickle gently over into giving me a little bit more of that personal time I like so much!  Yeah, I strongly maintain a month off in August, but during those 11 months coming up to it , I’ll be happy to take a bit more time to recharge and enjoy the amazing things going on around me that I don’t organize :-)

 

Happy year end!!

I should really consider being more organized through the year when it comes to my business accounting etc. but I just get so busy actually working!!

So I will spend some time over the next week or so getting myself as organized as I can, then I wait until the end of February for the paperwork from other folk!
Today’s progress:

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Dinner party fun!

Pie crust for Butterscotch piepretty pad= menu for supper!My Granny's butterscotch pie recipeButterscotch Meringue pieStuffing in all of its separate partsThe stuffing all mixed and pre-bird!
RETRO appetizer!The appetizer fruit salads are ready to be chilled!Le turkey

1st big meal in years!, a set on Flickr.

I only get to play hostess a few times during the year, and as most of the time it’s potluck with comfy clothes and relaxation is the key!

Every once in a blue moon, I wanna “entertain” – usually when I am not swamped with weddings and on a break between class sessions, so this time of year is good.

We invited Deepali and Ashish to come over for supper as our guests so that we could actually chat and focus on getting to know this lovely couple a bit more! Less than a year ago we connected thanks to Deepali’s interest in dance, and have been gradually finding more and more in common with these two!

I should say that I am sorry I did not take a pic of Deepali as she looked lovely last night – wearing a cute dress in spite of the cold weather – you’ll just have to trust me that she looked great – as did Ashish:-D!

So we had a dinner party – with hipster appetizers, traditional white folk canadian holiday fare and my Grandmother’s Butterscotch pie recipe!

Which is here for those interested in an indulgence in sugar!

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Butterscotch Meringue pie