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Getting out of ruts

The blog has not yet managed to jump out of it’s launch and I feel that some of the reasons for this is that it hasn’t quite found it’s voice, which is my voice.

There is just so much that I want to write here, but also tied to this is that there is so much I want to do in life and then write about.  There may be some changes coming along as I try to get things fitting more and I hope that you bear with me.

It’s a rainy Sunday morning here in the UK and I’m thinking those thoughts.  Where do I want to be, what do I want to do and have.  There’s a lot that I really want to move forward on, to finally have a life that kind of fits me.

It’s very easy to delay and to say “I’ll do that later.”  Well I want to stop this.  Hitting 40 made me thing that one day, later will be over.  I need to get on with things sooner.

Sorry if this is a bit of an incomprehensible ramble, dear reader, hope you know what I’m talking about.

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Work Update

It’s amazing what you can do when you just get stuck in and stop worrying about the “what if’s”

This last week I have been busy running workshops and presentations to hundred’s of young adults at a week long event.  I’m lucky enough that my current main job is as a charity fundraiser and volunteer manager – something that I really enjoy and know that I am good at.

I had been asked to provide workshops for participants as a balance to the large sum of money they would be expecting the same participants to donate to my charity.

(OK – disclosure – I don’t menion the charity I work for, purely to keep that side seperate from this blog, I’m very proud of them, but on this blog I say what I want to say, not necessarily the party line OK?)

I’d been worrying about it for weeks before.  Planning, procrastinating and worrying.  What would I do? Would it be good enough? What if I failed?

And then d-day hit and I had to just get on with it.

4 back to back sessions in the morning, the same in the afternoon each day.  Hundred’s of kids, some interested, some bored, some speaking NO English.  It was challenging, tiring, hard work – but FUN.

When the first day arrived I had no choice but to deliver.  I had no choice but to trust in my abilities and the fact that I AM good at this job.

So the lesson learned is that, often fear of the thing is miles worse than the thing itself.  We hold off and dally at decisions, but most of the time actually jumping and trusting seems to be the better, easier (and more thrilling) way to live.

Food for thought!

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It’s been a while

But I’m back blogging again.

Inertia is a tricky thing.  I started this blog with great expectations and then life got in the way.  Days grew into weeks and suddenly my plan for what I wanted to do came to a halt.  How often does this happen?

Well I’m back.  I cannot allow my previous ways of acting, that have resulted in the way things are now, to continue.  I have to build up discipline to do the things that I said I wanted to do.  To create experiences and a life that I spoke about when I wrote the first posts on this blog.

So I’m not going to beat myself up about the failure, just keep slowly plodding on and making sure that even if they are tiny steps, I just keep on keeping on.

Lots of new posts and challenges to come. Some big changes are afoot!

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