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moderately_mad

Tuesday's Putterings

May 31, 2006 02:31

Topics contained herein:
Slight adjustments in my putterings template to accommodate my new and improved priorities ( Read more... )

my yards & gardens, my chickens, putterings, swp, about m--, about ch--

Comments 8

Yes, I WAS dying to know wynndow May 31 2006, 14:50:10 UTC

Thanks for the update! Do Not Get Down On Yourself For Days That Don't Meet Expectations!!!!!

Re: Yes, I WAS dying to know moderately_mad June 1 2006, 14:23:07 UTC

I'm not down on myself exactly ... just a little taken aback (AGAIN) by how time passes so quickly and how tasks expand to fill up a day. In a logical, precise, reasonable tone, my logical mind is arguing that this can be done. Meanwhile, my "little girl" mind is screaming "Come help me!"

It will all be fine. I'm aware that I'm manic and that worries me. I think I'll be just barely able to pull this off for some time but I dread the coming fall. How am I going to deal with those blue and green days after doing this? Like I said, it will all be fine.

poets_hand May 31 2006, 22:12:43 UTC

What would you say to one of us? Life Happens? Start with Baby Steps? Be Realistic?

I love reading about the goings-on in your yard. Especially in the spring and summer.

The messy pony tail is a very hot look right now. My very-popular 16 year old neice had just that look today. ;o)

moderately_mad June 1 2006, 14:36:38 UTC

Thank you.

You're right, I would be urging you to slow down and be good to yourself. I'm such a guru wanna-be!

I am finding that I HAVE TO detail as much of my life as possible. Regurgitating it in written words makes it all feel more "there" somehow. Anyway -- I'm glad someone enjoys the phenology / gardens stuff. It's usually the part that makes me smile when I re-read an old entry.

That which is hot on a 16 year old is potentially eccentric on a 39 year old :)

dreamhope June 1 2006, 02:19:55 UTC

It is so discouraging when the start of a project doesn't go according to plan - especially the first day - but now you know what to expect on "bad" days, and you can only go up from here!

moderately_mad June 1 2006, 14:43:05 UTC

True. I've been telling myself repeatedly that I'm simply designing a sturdy trellis for the many-tendrilled vine that is my life. I know that I'm not great at following routines and staying on top of the passage of time. I never actually expected that it would start, continue or finish gracefully and according to The Plan.

Still, it's one thing to mentally brace yourself against your opponent and another thing entirely to actually take the first blow. (Though, in this case, I would say it was more of a love-tap.)

dreamhope June 2 2006, 04:52:51 UTC

You have such a great approach to this!

I kind of figure that once you get to the first real challenge (the first actual blow from the opponent, as it were), it doesn't matter whether you win or lost; it only matters if you keep trying after it.

moderately_mad June 2 2006, 16:19:31 UTC

Thank you. I've been feeling a bit shaky but I think that's due mostly to the convenient (or inconvenient) hypomania that seems to have settled in.

I love it when someone makes me see a truth in a fresh way. I've got some half-quote tickling the back of my brain that reinforces your thought ... something about "courage is trying again the next day". I can't pull it out but I used to use it almost as a mantra.