......morning

in the words of Jake Bugg 'Morning, it's another pure grey morning, Don't know what the day is holding....' We shall see! Starting with coffee in my Vegas mug!

It's useful that we can't see into the future or you'd just be paralysed by the fear and never get anything done! Would I change anything from the last year.... well yes and no.... life's more complicated than that isn't it? It's to be lived. Mistakes are there to be made. I guess it's what you learn about yourself and others from the things you do that matters. I don't like the word 'mistake' now that I've written. It suggests that in something there is nothing to take from it and that's not true. Your actions influence and shape the person you become. You live, you learn (as Alanis Morissette said) - and she's right. Sat here now I am very much a different person than I was a year ago and I think am/will be a better person. Or maybe not better but more rounded. As you get older I think you get a sense of groundedness. No need to chase the next high. Or indeed you get your highs from more subtle, simple things. Mindfulness seems to be a current thing (or I've just spotted it anyway) and it's quite a simple but effective idea - pay attention, on purpose, in the moment - take a breath and be aware of the here and now. So, when in the shower experience the shower and be absorbed in that. When you drink your coffee be absorbed in the flavour and the experience. You run the risk (I run the risk!) of missing out on things in a rush to get to the next thing or, because I'm thinking about something other than the moment. In trying to apply this I find if I become absorbed in the moment - even a work thing, this email, that article, that web site - rather than trying to do that while thinking of all the other things I need to do I actually do more.  I've written about David Allen before, and his Get Things Done system - and it really works - everything at work that I need to do is recorded on a spreadsheet - I do one thing - delete from the spreadsheet - then do the next thing. I don't need to remember the 10 things I need to do today so I'm not trying to juggle those things in my head while doing 1 thing - brilliant!

Anyway I've moved away from personal stuff there.... I guess the point is that if I'm not mindful of experiencing the moment, of experiencing the people around me, the events that take place - then I run the risk of missing stuff - I'm not going to miss stuff anymore - I promise

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