Darlings, I have started a new blog to compartmentalise my musings. My new blog is called The Quest for Zen, and is hosted on the Psych Central network. Being about stress, the mehs, finding balance and other zen related stuff, I thought it was the right place to host the blog. You can head on over to the new blog to check it out, and if you like that sort of thing, feel free to bookmark it or leave a …
Between a mad work schedule and a total lack of energy, I have been slacking in a huge way over the past few months. “She’s let herself go” is one of the saddest statements ever, but that is pretty much what happened. I let myself go – not only my body and my fitness, but a lot of other important things too. I’m not sure what helped me reach the point where I decided enough was enough, but at the …
So much I long to say, and so much that I can’t put into words. There are still 11 days left to get through this month. Over 300 days to get through the rest of the year. I am already tired. My body is tired from the personal training that I signed myself up for earlier this month. My mind is tired from the seemingly endless deadlines that began the day I went back to work. My heart is tired …
So what with a brand new year starting and all, I decided it was time to get tattoo number 10. I’ve been toying with the idea of a tiny tattoo on my hand for a while, despite my initial ‘no hand ink’ rule. Inspiration struck out of the blue (as it does after the 4th or 5th one) on NYE day, when I was idly staring at the Thai numeral on my ankle (as one does). Today, I finally got …
I finished last year on a burnt out note – literally. Exhausted, over-worked, unhappy yet hopeful. Somewhere on the amazing NYE spent in Piketberg with family and very old friends, maybe even before we cracked open the Moet, I decided that the next year would be different. While 2011 was not without it’s challenges (some of them almost too big to process), it was certainly different. So without getting all retrospective and pensive about the year that was, instead I …
Today, I found out that one of the Aghmat brothers passed away last Sunday. Zakkie was 16, and had been a fixture on Long Street for as far as I can remember. I’m glad I heard the news from my sister – it was marginally easier hearing the news from someone who loved him. I met Zakkie and his brother Mogamat about 7 years ago, through my sister. She was working on Long Street at the time, and had ‘adopted’ …
Great white sharks. Those 3 words inspire a lot of feelings in most people. Fear being the biggest feeling. On Saturday I got into a small cage in Shark Alley, Gansbaai. I felt a lot of things, but fear was not one of them. Yes, there was the awe (even if there weren’t any massive ones around), but it was so much more than that. Yes, there was excitement too. The intense boat trip out to Shark Alley was enough …
My first introduction to the new wave of revolution sweeping across the world was the protests in Iran a while back. Twitter was ablaze with incredible footage of angry people who were fighting for their lives to keep their freedom. Then came Egypt, which was even more amazing. Images of Christians standing in a protective ring around Muslims as they prayed have remained in my thoughts for a long time. When the army decided to stand with the people, the …
I haven’t been this excitable on a Monday for ages, but it’s been a good one! Despite a lot of work to get through, and not the best sleep I have had lately, I woke up feeling full of beans. Actually, a dude from Absa Life woke me up to offer me a credit card insurance plan, and he soon had me in hysterics going through the various claiming limitations. A walk down to Kloof Street to do some lunchtime …
From as far back as I remember, my mom used to quote the Serinity Prayer. Even though I knew the words however, the real impact is only coming through now. An ex boyfriend of mine even gave me a fridge magnet with these words on it, which is still sitting on my fridge. Maybe it’s that old ‘can’t see the woods for the trees’ thing, but lately, serinity is something I have been thinking about a lot. For a very …
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