I have a long history of having to come up with basic ideas on my own in order to embrace them. It’s a weird, stubborn compulsion. As if I don’t trust the rest of the people in the world and their reasons for things.
Okay that’s vague. Here’s an example, from cooking.
I have always found the concept of aprons sort of annoying and pretentious. Like, ooooh you just cook sooo much that you need special clothing for it. So I have never owned one.
But the other day when I was making dough I actually found myself thinking, gee, I wish there was some sort of thing I could put over my clothes, so I don’t get flour all over my jeans. Hmm, maybe it could be a piece of material that attaches somehow…
…Right.
So now I totally get why aprons are useful, but you seriously could not have convinced me before that moment.
(I know, how irritating am I?)
Anyway, I keep reading end-of-the-year wrap-up type things everywhere and for some reason they totally annoy me (except yours! yours was great! *grin*).
Until today, when I was thinking, wow so much has happened in 2009, I’d really like to stop and take a look back. Mark the moment somehow. (You know, make a Ritual.)
Oh.
Right.
2009 was my first full year of blogging. I started this blog right at the very end of 2008, under a different name. And it was password-protected for the first few months. You might say I was a little shyparanoid about blogging. So putting it live on the internet for people (gasp) to read (cringe) was a big deal. (That I kept writing after doing that was an even bigger deal.)
So if you’re reading this and you’re one of the people who has commented here in the past year (heck, even if you’re just silently reading and haven’t thrown a shoe at me), I love and appreciate your time and attention more than you know.
A few other things happened, too.
In 2009, I…
went to SxSW for the third time.
got really opinionated about therapy. I also graduated from therapy myself (no, there are no funny hats.)
committed to (practicing) Nonviolent Communication (it’s hard but worth it.)
started a consistent meditation practice (helped in no small part by Dance of Shiva.)
started calling what I do Soul Sleuthing.
went back east to confront my stuff.
went to North Carolina (where I met my soul sister Victoria for the first time in person.)
went to Sacramento for a day and a night, and some stars aligned.
finally got into the flow with writing.
There was some hard, too (mostly the hard surrounding transitions, even when the transitions were positive ones). Maybe I’ll write another post about that.
But overall, it was a big good year.
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I generally think of aprons as a pain. Say you have the one that just goes around your waist. How does that help? It’s my shirt that stuff flies onto, not my pants. (Ok, maybe that’s just me.) But anyway, unless you are wearing a garbage bag like thing that protects everything in its entirety, it seems to me that with an apron, you are just adding to the stuff that gets dirty and needs washing.
So not the point of your post. I digress.
What a year! So glad it was full of good. And that you are blogging. And don’t worry, I’ll love you whether you like my end-of-year posts or not.
.-= elizabeth´s last blog ..you are, you know =-.
I think that aprons are very hot right now. I will totally give you all the credit on this one.
And I also understand that personality trait. I share some similar characteristics of my own. Because I am, apparently, the arbiter of what is good in this world. Fun!
And Happy New Year!
.-= Amber´s last blog ..Homemade Holiday Show and Tell =-.