tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441623775027962723.post3006813402556139865..comments2023-10-10T20:29:44.977+11:00Comments on The Awakened Heart: In which I moan about my idyllic life and break a toeThe Awakened Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283471463348525046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441623775027962723.post-47214783132186173152009-01-16T21:19:00.000+11:002009-01-16T21:19:00.000+11:00Oh no! You poor luv! broked toesies are no good at...Oh no! You poor luv! broked toesies are no good at all. <BR/><BR/>And I really do relate to that feeling of the anti-whoopee...the nothing following hot on the heels of something you've been working towards for so long, and then achieving it, and then...meh. I felt like that both after the completion of my PhD, as well as when we bought our house. <BR/>It's partly the huge amounts of stress these kind of things engender, (and the fact that the last house you were living in was about to be sold out from under you is really tough). It's absolutely no wonder you're feeling what you're feeling. And all through this you've had to be a mama to a toddler. Most of us would be feeling just a wee bit burnt out by it all.<BR/><BR/>Griffin has very good ideas. See if you can take yourself off for some 'artist dates' (to quote Ms Cameron). The reading you had sounds like something close to that, (wow! that was quite something wasn't it?).<BR/><BR/>you are waaay too hard on yourself you know? You give so much and your heart is huge. Your achievements are not to be underestimated. Even forces of nature have to feel slumpy now and again.<BR/><BR/>Oh - can I adopt your neighbours? Which would mean that you would be close by too!<BR/><BR/>Let me know if Tues-dee is going be too difficult for you m'love, because we can do it another time when toe is better and you've had some respite from things. It's all very easy for us. <BR/><BR/>Huggles (and sorry for the long comment that turned into a letter...)Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10279365115311331326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441623775027962723.post-10557995537491556202009-01-16T21:10:00.000+11:002009-01-16T21:10:00.000+11:00You've just moved house, don't be so hard on yours...You've just moved house, don't be so hard on yourself. It takes ages to settle. While I do love it here, I still pine for my oh-so-beautiful Flemington house, and we left it three years ago.<BR/><BR/>Hope the toe heals soon. OUch.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441623775027962723.post-3354044277371516792009-01-16T00:26:00.000+11:002009-01-16T00:26:00.000+11:00Ow! Your poor toe. Yes, isn't paradise sheer hell?...Ow! Your poor toe. Yes, isn't paradise sheer hell? I had the same blah feeling last week then just rested and read... and without notice, I suddenly got my groove back. <BR/><BR/>I have a rule for myself. When I'm bored - write something. Doesn't matter how 'good' it is, just write something. It doesn't always work so I go for plan B which is go to the library and get an art book at random. Then I just look at pictures and before very long I want to do something wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Give it a go, do something different from the usual - but do something and see where it leads.Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.com