Being Where I Am Now

I'm still having a pretty stressful week, but I am taking concrete steps to make things better.  I no longer have five jobs - I have told my temp agency that I'm not going to do the Saturday assignment at the shoe store.  (An assignment which Sara, aka Haydenmumma, accurately decribed as "suckass.")  It doesn't seem worth the couple hundred dollars I would make there to not have a day off until Christmas.

I'm still getting used to my new schedule - today I was almost late to two different jobs, finding myself running down the street sucking figid air into my lungs both this morning and this afternoon.  I'm thinking about ways to keep myself on schedule better.

But to keep my head on straight - and my blood pressure down - I am adding something new to my schedule: a daily meditation practice.  This is something that I've been wanting to do for a long time, and now I need it more than ever.  I was also inspired by Terry's post about creating new habits.  The ironic thing is, I find the more I am in need of meditation, the harder it is to do!  But I will keep trying.

Also, in an effort at frugality this holiday season, I've decided to knit a couple of Christmas gifts.  Kate Gilbert's new Bird in Hand mittens are just too lovely to resist, so I'm knitting them for my sister out of stash.  In the same color as Julia, it turns out.  It's so nice to be knitting colorwork again.

Happy Channukah.  May your days and nights be filled with peace and light.

Comments

[Dan]

Good! That was TOO many jobs!!! Be good to yourself!

[Danielle]

I hope you're able to find a little calm in the next few weeks. Terry is very motivational -- because of her post, I just had a banana and yogurt for breakfast (healthier eating is my personal habit in need of improvement!).

[Beth S.]

I'm glad you ditched the shoe gig. Some things just aren't worth the money and the discomfort (physical and otherwise), and this one was clearly one of them.

I hope things start to look up very soon. Like *now* soon. :-)

[julia fc]

There's something peaceful in the knitting of a chart: two white, three plum, one white three plum.