Life

Today, my brain is mush

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Today my brain is mush. I can’t focus, I can’t write, I can’t work. I can’t do anything that needs me to sit and focus. I wish I could. There’s work that needs to be done. There’s things I’d love to write both creative and non-fiction.

But not today.

Today is for being kind to myself. Finding things to do that don’t leave me feeling scattered.

The harder I try to focus, the more scattered I am.

Today is for cuddles with those I love.

Today is for drinking bone broth in my little creative space, even if I don’t create.

Today is for chats and cuppas with friends.

And chores that don’t require much more than moving my body, doing things like cooking or folding washing.

Today is for an early night, and starting a book I’ve had by my bedside for months (Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman – On stories and storytelling).

Is your brain cooperating today?

P.S. I know this is kinda self indulgent wank. But I promised myself I’d try to post daily on my blog. So self indulgent wank is what we get today.

I have some techie tips and stories coming up

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I’ve loved tech from the time I was a kid. We had an Atari when I was young, then a Commodore 64, then a PC, and yada yada. For a long time I had the best tech, early. But that’s faded with changing priorities.

That being said, I still love things that can make life easier and I still spend a huge amount on time on tech with my work. So I have a few things that make life a little better. I have thoughts on what’s happening in the world – I’m sure you know the tech world is currently undergoing another massive transformation.

I’ll post them soon.

Life

Taking Stock 20 – January 2025

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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve stopped in here. It’s fascinating going through your old blog posts, or journal entries – things that show you a past version of you. Sometimes it can be difficult to recognise the person that you used to be. I’ve just gone through the back catalogue of my posts on here, and it’s like I’m looking at someone else. Someone I no longer recognise. But that’s ok, you know? I’m well into my 40s, and the older I get, the more clearly I can see how much we change over a lifetime. Well over half a lifetime.

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Taking Stock 19 – September 2024

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It’s been a long, cosy winter buy the fire. It’s been a hibernating kind of winter. For a long time, I didn’t realise how much of an impact the level of pain I had in my body was having. you know imgiw something starts hurting. But you don’t do anything about it. And then 2 years later you realise that it’s still hurting.

And maybe, now it’s hurting enough so you decide to do something about it. Myotherapy with an amazing practitioner is unwinding some of the issues in my body.

Because of this, health is where I’m focussing my spare energy right now. I feel like I don’t have a lot of but I’ll do what I can.

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Taking Stock 18 – July 2024

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It’s been a minute since I’ve been here. Homeschooling my girl, and managing and working in the business takes up a lot of time. Well, energy more so. I get to the end of the day, and I’m brain dead. So I’ve been reading. Books are my little place away from the world right now.

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Evolution and Change

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So many things change over time, but some stay exactly the same. Thoughts, feelings, behaviours, patterns. You have the capacity to change all of them. But can you really?

I’m soon to be 45. I can see so many places in me that have changed. But there are some that are fundamentally the same. The kind that you wished would change, without the work. Because it’s hard.

But hard is ok. If you really want something, you need to work on it. Even when it’s hard.

… Especially when it’s hard.

So if you need a reminder, keep plugging away at the things you’d like to be better, or different at.

And I will too.

Taking Stock

Taking Stock 16 – August 2023

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It’s been a while since I last wrote. It’s been a big struggle to do much of anything this past year and a half. But I was updating the plugins on my site today and decided I needed to do something for myself this evening. The families out, so I’m here, writing a taking stock. Just because I love looking back on them. 🙂

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Taking Stock 15 – January 2021

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Christmas and New Years is now done for another year. I know many hoped for a happier start to 2021 as we get used to the new “normal”, a phrase that’s grating on my nerves. We’re fortunate where we are, to have had a relatively ‘normal’ Christmas – there were limits on numbers, but the cap didn’t affect our celebration.

I feel for those of you who couldn’t be with your loved ones over the holiday season, and I’m sending big love to you all.

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Life

Taking Stock 14 – September 2020

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I used to love doing the taking stocks. It was so much fun looking back to see where you’ve come from, and what you loved at that moment in time. The last one I did was in March 2016.

Life has kind of gotten the better of me over the past few years. Being a mum and fitting in all the things that come with that have left me with little time or energy for the things I’d loved doing before that.

And 2020 has just body slammed so many of us. I think it might be nice to come back here later on and see what I spent my time doing. During lockdown, and during the turbulent times that ensue in a global pandemic.

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Dear Alanis Morissette

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Dear Alanis Morrisette

Today has been hard. As an empath all the energy and feelings swamping me haven’t been a manageable today. The heaviness of heart is so thick all around. The tears have been sitting like lead at the back of my eyes, refusing to fall. 

Where I am, we’re about to go into restrictions again for 6 more weeks. No contact with anyone other than those you live with and essential services. My little girl has only seen two of her friends in the last 4 months, it’s her birthday at the end of the month and I’m heartbroken to tell her we can’t even have her family visit her for her special day. 

I’ve just put your new album on while I’m writing my journal, a thought or lesson I write to my daughter or myself. I made it to Ablaze and the tears were able to fall. Thank you for this album. You’ve helped remind me that the world isn’t actually the shit storm of greed, blame and separation that it’s been feeling like lately. 

You don’t know me but thank you for allowing me to feel seen and not alone. From one empath to another, this is what I needed right now at this time. And I’m sure there will be many others too needing this. 

Love to you and your family
Ky xo