Comments on: scheduling time

By: cynthia

cynthia — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:50:54 +0000

In reply to Willow.

Willow, I have never had to schedule time to read before-it always just seemed to fall into my free time or the evenings…Now I’m using evenings for work too. Oh, summer should be about NOT scheduling things. That’s what I’ll be aiming for next year. Your plan seems to be working for you. I’ve been enjoying your posts. Did you see you are the featured blog here for August : )

By: Willow

Willow — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:14:04 +0000

The idea of scheduling time for reading makes me laugh, because I have done that many times. Scheduling anything and everything (or at least, putting it on a never-completed to-do list) was a constant part of my last 5 years of Ph.D. This summer has been about NOT scheduling or making long to-do lists, and trying to grow into a new way of approaching the whole idea of it for myself.

Getting a hen as Darrelyn suggests seems like a nice, whimsical start actually!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:42:29 +0000

In reply to Richard Gilbert. I appreciate your support, Richard.

By: Richard Gilbert

Richard Gilbert — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:41:12 +0000

This struggle is part of, inseparable from, getting to that place. It is the part where you are trying to get everything you need to get moving in the right direction. One day it flips and you are in the groove you wanted to be in. But I don’t think it happens without this struggle, this effort.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:55 +0000

In reply to Sarah Laurence.

Let’s just do it : )

ps-I’ve gotten up early 2 days in a row now-still don’t seem to be making a dent, though.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:20:08 +0000

In reply to Sigrun. Sigrun, I agree. Start with Journal of a Solitude. You will love it. Welcome to Catching Days and thanks for leaving a comment.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:05:08 +0000

In reply to Erika Robuck.

I wish I had intended that, Erika, so I’m glad you added your comment, which has caused me to lift my eyes from my little corner to the world around me. Together, we have the whole picture : )

And I’m responding from my desk an hour earlier than I would normally be here.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:57:11 +0000

In reply to Darrelyn Saloom. Well, a hen would certainly liven the days up around here!

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:21:54 +0000

I really like that painting and the thoughtful words. My summer started out fun with a long vacation of travel and reading. I’ve been too caught up in housework and bad weather (too hot or wet) that I haven’t been able to paint, but today I’m packing my art bag and going. I shall schedule in reading tonight too.

By: Sigrun

Sigrun — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:43:53 +0000

What beautiful lines! I believe this is a very good advice: “try to create order and peace around me even if I cannot achieve it inside me”, and I like her way of stressing the importance of the everyday & ordinary as a way to establish a rhythm in life.
I have never read any of her work, thank you for introducing me to it!