Writing has been my main form of connection this lifetime. At times when I didn’t talk to anyone, I always wrote to myself.
When I started writing my blog on my website in 2014 I was terrified. Having my voice in public felt like I was standing in the middle of the street naked. It has been a gradual process of being brave, showing up, and believing I have something to say. Mostly now, it’s that I get to experience moving forward rather than being stuck in one place, one idea, one mass of confusion.
Action is the antidote to despair.
At the start of last year (2022) I set out to write a ‘Lesson a day’ on Medium. I was loving it and could always come up with something to write. But I had to get a job and I lost the momentum and focus. I’m up to Lesson #75.
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Feelings
For a long time I was proud of my abilityto override my feelingsThose messy, complicated, sometimes painful thingsThat made the journey hard and uncomfortable.I shifted to ideas, dreams, plansas I was taught.Except something wasn’t right.I couldn’t work it out.I would...
One Word that will change your life
Choosing a word that acts as your guide is a fundamental part of Circles of Life rings. To help people choose their word I created a Word Guide for people to download. I recently discovered a book, 'One Word that will change your life', which elaborates on the...
Story time
This rambling story begins with some musing on boundaries, specifically between public and private, and onto my journey, and some current thoughts, to a little stab at storytelling with the telling of a memory, to this moment and where I am at in my life....
words | circles | life
words | circles | life is my new business. Today, June 14, 2018 is my official start date onto the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS), a government support scheme which provides mentoring and financial incentives to people starting new small businesses in...
Taking my time, finding my way, showing up
How you do one thing is how you do everything. So .. I've been writing this post for a LONG time .. almost a year. I've written many posts but not finished or published them .. lost in the bubble of confusion that has dominated my whole life. This...
Deconstructing my life through books
A transitional time The past nine weeks have been a powerfully transitional time for me .. and partly thanks to the input of a number of books and different perspectives on life. Though I've always been a big reader in terms of finding information on topics that...
On hold
I feel like my life is on hold .. like I'm holding my breath until everything changes. This is a familiar feeling to me. I've spent years in this state. So I will explore it now while I live in this three week hiatus until my life begins anew. Right now three...
Embracing the scholar
I have just come across a concept that explains my life's journey so clearly that I am looking at the world from a new light. The soul personality describes 'roles' that our soul has come to earth to express. This concept has transformed the way some close family are...
Getting closer
I'm recovering from what has felt like a pretty crazy time lately. As I release commitments and attachments I am starting to settle down to a clearer and simpler reality. Life is starting to settle down. But there's still a lot of work to do. It's like I'm right at...
Unravelling
My life is a journey towards clarity .. which it seems came about through getting myself into a state of extreme confusion as a very young child .. which I believe came about due to the fact that 'unpleasant' emotions were not accepted in my family of origin and so I...
Hiding in limbo, preparing for change
Taken down by technology Finally, a week after my website went down and I lost over two months of work, I'm taking action rather that getting lost in loss and overwhelm, and writing again. Writing helps me to get clarity .. and I felt like I was just starting to make...
The meaning of life
When I first heard the phrase "life is empty and meaningless" it actually gave me hope. It let me out of a lifelong bind where I was forever searching for the meaning of life. Yet despite that flash of clarity, I have continued my search. The number 42 has...
Risking
On the spectrum of risk taking I lean very much toward carefulness. Generally, risks I've taken have been considered and calculated. I've pushed myself close to the edge many times .. even in life risking ways .. but I'm rarely impetuous. So, in a moment of insanity...
Disappearing
Hello, So much for my questioning whether I could write a daily post. The answer is clearly no, because I need space. My need for space and freedom has driven my whole life, and I'm not going to suddenly impose a public daily discipline on myself. I will allow...
Waning
Hello, I've been writing regularly on this blog lately with today being my 7th day in a row. I've been wondering whether I should carry on this jaunt of writing every day or whether I should allow my writing to wax and wane. I know periods of silence will be...