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For one fleeting moment this morning.. I asked myself..
“Did I really think I could keep training like this every day for the rest of my life?”
It’s been a few months since I’ve started weight training and I love the changes I see in my health and mind,
yet for the first time today I felt overwhelmed with the commitment I had made.
I wondered.. is it the size of the commitment or just the waning of enthusiasm, that bloom off the rose, that urges the little voice in our head to tell us to quit or find something “better”?
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On this day..
I would much rather be in the garden..
working on some beautiful spring planters.
filled with soft pussy willows from Oregon,
variegated, prickling oregonia
and sweet faux apple blossoms.
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But time is precious.. and I had a promise I’d made to myself.
So I reached out to someone who could make it happen for me..
didn’t she do a beautiful job?
It’s ok to have help when you’ve got other things keeping you busy.
It’s ok to let go and discover that someone else’s “lovely” can be your inspiration for those other two smaller pots at the front door..
when you find the time.
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For now, I’ve decided that, on some days, true commitment is just behaving your way to success
and maybe finding some new music to work out with..
even if your heart would rather be somewhere else.
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My training done.. I gave myself a half hour to take photos of my absolutely lovely Spring Planters
I’m so pleased to share them here with you.
I saw similar ones in front of a shop in Aspen Landing, asked the staff who did them, called Chris Rowley and she was there within days.
Contact me if you’d like her phone number, you’ll be glad you did!
I can’t wait to find time this weekend in Victoria to write a poem, take photos of some real flowers..
and go for a run along the water.
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The plants are beautiful! I’m always constantly fighting with the voice in my head to not hit the gym, I know exactly how you feel!
Such great pictures! And a lovely post. Really nice — thanks.
I have these days too, and lately I’ve been honoring them. If I don’t feel like running, I don’t run and try to do something else active. It usually results in me itching for a run the very next day due to feeling too sedentary, so in a round about way it all works. 🙂 Proud of you and your commitment!!
That’s a great plan.. thanks for the advice:)
53aI only stumbled asrocs this side today and I am really glad I did! And thank you so much for triggering this discussion.I am a crafter but I am also a baker in my free time. Recently due to popular demand I set up a part-time baking business. For me the most difficult process was and still is the pricing of my cakes. My prices are probably still not quite on the right level and rather on the low side but it is incredibly challenging finding a fair price structure fair for yourself that is to get paid what your work is worth but also fair to the customer and not to overprice the products.At some point I also considered to sell my cakes via Etsy but very soon I felt that I would never be able to compete with some of the prices and decided not to take this route, I felt like being forced to lower my prices just to be able to sell my products. And I didn’t want to diminish myself and the quality of my products by doing this.I believe there needs to be more education, more help for consumers to understand the quality and work which goes into a handmade product but there also needs to be more support for the artists/crafters selling their products to understand how to price the items not in business management terms but in real figures.