Did I touch my to-do list today? Erm, nope.
Life things overtook, and I found myself playing with my deliveries from Amazon. I'm not even going to go into the story behind the package because, let’s face it, I haven't even finished editing Addicted to You yet. (Maybe it's a story for later? Hmm, probably not. It's not that entertaining. Although I somehow manage to make it so. before you say anything, I'm fully aware I'm blowing my own trumpet)
Anyway, long story short, my mic and boom arm arrived and I found myself trying to put it together with my interface. (Told ya. Yawn.) As it now turns out, I have to buy a 48v phantom power supply to make it all work in sync. Needless to say, I was slightly peeved, and my brain refused to concentrate on the original task in hand. I think in a small way I was rebelling. I know… hardcore.
Instead (because I fell out with all things tech), I sorted the “I’ll deal with it later” boxes from when I moved house four months ago!
Memory boxes.
Emotion boxes.
The kind that stir things even if you don’t open them.
The spare room is now organized. I feel more organized, and I am ready to fall out with tech all over again. (I am a technophobe, but the way life is taking me at the moment, I have a lot to figure out, and I am determined to make it work.)
Within the chaos of the spare room I had been avoiding — boxes and furniture everywhere — I found my calm. (Kinda. My brain never settles for very long, BUT…)
I found things I’ve been looking for.
And weirdly… I can breathe.
Sometimes we stray off the beaten path and realize it clears our mind more than sticking rigidly to the plan ever could.
Not all productivity looks like ticking boxes. Although I will now go and create a list of everything I have done today and tick them off as a visual representation for myself because I am needy and need patting on the back. (If you haven’t already guessed, I’m ribbing myself slightly because I know my family reading this would roll their eyes at me in amused exasperation. Especially my daughter: “Oh Mum, you’re so needy. Haha, well done you, yes, you’re amazing.”)
Anyway, today I have a visual representation of making space and progress. I have done so much recently and pushed myself more than I ever have in my life, so I thought I would share my thoughts with you.
Coz I can.
Sometimes straying off the beaten path can look like making space — physically and mentally.
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