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Clusterfart

Joy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:48:16 +0000

Difficulty getting up, the 30’s creeping on me and my ability to get on with life with as little sleep as possible. Rolling out to the side of the bed, onto the floor, barely missing a face-down smackdown in the morning. I’m lucky to not eat rug dust for breakfast. Phone snooze alarm goes off to the tune of “Trill”, sounding more like a mad woman’s shrill than a gentle strum. I debated over waking up an hour earlier to catch the 9am bus. I wanted 60 minutes more of sleep, 5 cents per minute when translated into my cab ride. A great bargain when my blood feels heavier than lead, I thought. I took the train and darted from the station to my friend’s hotel, late for 5 minutes. Not bad. Brunch at a picturesque location started with pricey in-house croissants and mimosas, lingered in wild mushroom Bennies, and ended with apricot sorbet with pistachio creme brulee and gnawy pavlova. Not bad. A walk in the park was a wrong choice of activity for a visiting older friend who is out of shape (not my assessment, but her confession). A short walk between two beaches at the park was an uphill struggle with puffing high notes for her. I called a cab to get us out of our misery. Fifteen minutes later I was on a spat-fest with the driver, not the dispatcher, telling me we should have waited on the other end. Another 20 frustrating minutes of waiting for what was supposed to be another cab that ultimately went poof! I call another company and almost have had it 20 minutes later. A blue and white care with a brightly lit taxi sign came poke through the wooded road. It was a brief second before I turned to walk back to the restaurant to have them call a car for me. It’s true, they say, the third’s a charm. A quick strong cappuccino before I bade her goodbye. Weekend mission accomplished. Rest for the weary tour guide on a well-deserved Labour Day.

Slowing Down

Joy — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:41:16 +0000

A have a week to hit the brakes and focus on things I need to do, like redesign my site for an upcoming conference. I don’t know why I do this at the last minute. Did I really say I was slowing down? Oh, that means I’ll actually be staying at home more to finish personal projects. It means, I slowly start groveling through my piles and piles of old and newly purchased books, and making a conscious choice to read those that have “Web Analytics” and “Web Design” in their titles. How does one fit reading more than a thousand pages of geek text, redesign a site, create a friend’s business’s promotional graphics, get ready for a blogging conference in a week, interspersed with an iota of social life and running and yoga here and there.

I shouldn’t say, slowing down. Instead of going on the fast lane, I found myself on the autobahn.

Flow

Joy — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:05:49 +0000

If you welcome all kinds of experiences…truly, deeply from every facet of your being, life will unfold in amazing and unexpected ways. It’s not just about seeing through rose-colored lenses anymore. It’s living all corners of life in bursts of every imaginable color. And I have to ask why we sometimes choose to live monochromatically.

Life is like a diamond in the rough. It is precious and valuable, and given to us, the master cutters. As we grow older, expand our knowledge, develop our skills, and gain experience, we get better at our craft. We get better at life. The life experience is a continuous process of polishing and finding the best cut and angle as you go along, and the outcome shows the faceted gem that we’ve made out of it. Like diamonds, life is the hardest “thing” you will work at, but certainly rewarding on all levels.

The Days Are Short and The Nights Are Even Shorter

Joy — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:47:02 +0000

July is almost over and I’ve been zipping through it like it’s the autobahn. Work, running, Bikram classes, yoga classes, Pilates classes, client meetings, picnics, potlucks…

I must say that with the running thing going on, it’s not just running. I have to cross-train with low-impact activities so I don’t get injured. I have to get massages. Who the heck knew it would be such a time-consuming sport? I have my first 5K race in less than 2 weeks, and initially the plan was to join a 10K race at the end of September. However, I’m re-thinking that. The deadline to sign up for that race is tomorrow. So, we’ll see. I want to keep running the whole summer, but not to train for something so soon after my 5K. I’d love to have some free time now. Amen.

In other news, I just jogged 2 miles without any walk breaks yesterday. Woohoo! Gosh, I really need to work on my speed. I’m slowwww.