If you are reading this post, bear with me, as I am working these days at overcoming my fears when it comes to my writing. I've mentioned before that I love to write and dream of writing books, and there are days when I am raring to go and others when I think I am living in a dream world. So, today, following some advice from my beloved and ever-growing self-help library, I will write what I am passionate about! The words just flow when you describe something you love, know what I mean?
My favourite things
- My cat (Yes, I fear I am turning in to a crazy cat lady!). She is so cute. She is a genetic freak-- a calico cat, which means a patchwork of colours-- and weird shapes. I got her at the humane society on a bit of a whim when I had a broken heart and a big hangover one Saturday ten years ago. I am so glad I did; she makes me smile every single time I see her. She likes company on her own time and terms, and she is so bitchy but so loving. Kinda like me!
- My laptop. I love that it is mine and customized for me, portable and ready to go. It is very pink and purple and green, and cheerful and full of more of my favourite things-- yoga classes (so many good classes to be found for free in podcasts!), recipes, writer's blogs, magazine articles, novels and chapters in the fetal stage, photos, music... you probably feel the same way about yours but I love this machine!
- A daily salad. Lots of veggies and a yummy dressing and something that crunches on top-- sunflower seeds or almonds or soy nuts. SO full of life force-- I feel so well after eating one.
- My journal. I've carried on about it before, but I don;t know what I would do without it. Like the perfect friend that you can tell all your woes and excitements to, and who somehow has the perfect advice or joke for you-- which is wacky because it really means that all the answers you need to know are somewhere in your head already. I am almost finished volume 9. AT the end of each volume, I am now writing down my top lessons in life that I learned during the days of the volume. Holy crap am I getting smart!
- My geriatric-type of pillow. My chiropractor recommended it for my writer's neck. You put water in the bottom part of it and then the top is pillowy and delightful; you basically can alter the height of it as you need to. I sleep so much better with it. It weighs a million pounds but I take it everywhere. My husband is hooked on one, too!
- My neti pot. This thing is ridiculous but I don't know how I used to breath without it-- it looks like a teapot and you fill it with warm water and a pinch of salt. You put the spout up one nostril and the solution runs through your nose and rinses out the other nostril. Then you repeat on the other side. Pretty disgusting and bizarro-- but it clears you right out! Ba bye allergens and snottiness. Buy one at the health food store.... you won't regret it!
- Pineapple. It tastes so good. Like candy!
- Uttanasana. In Yoga practice, this is just basically a forward fold or touching your toes like your phys ed teacher had you do in grade six. Stand tall with straight legs and hands at your heart centre. Inhale and extend your arms up and over your head, and as you exhale, swan dive forward and reach the crown of your head towards your toes. Inhale and lengthen the spine, exhale and fold. Perk your sit bones towards the sky. You can dangle the arms (keep your shoulders drawn down the back), or cross your arms and have fingers in the nooks of your elbows like a rag doll. Don't force anything-- just let your back body open up as it's ready. Hang out for five deep breaths through the nose or for up to five minutes. Then inhale and reverse swan dive up, arms over head, and exhale the palms back to your heart centre. SO nice on the back and hamstrings.
- Really long walks. I love spying on people's gardens, decor, choice of colours for their outer homes. Or my other favourite is going to a forest path-- we are blessed with so many of them near Barrie-- and hiking up and down hills, looking in the ponds and observing the abundance and variety in nature-- all four seasons, there is such a natural wonderland out there.
- Hot baths. Nothing in the world cannot be cured or made better by a long soak in the tub. I love a bath bomb in mine, or a j-cloth with oats bundled with an elastic, or a couple of chamomile tea bags while the tub fills. With a book is nice, or a glass of vino quite delightful. Soaking in hot water... Is it a throw back to being in the womb?
- Tea and an oatmeal raisin cookie. Yummy.
A random list, I realize, but the words truly did flow.
Have a wonderful day!
Salad girl's tip of the post: Make your own list! It's smile provoking and will prevent wrinkles.
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