Could this be the start of my latest reinvention?
Posted January 5th, 2010 by Bonnie
I have always been a woman who defined herself by her work. Because I was a single mother, I had the cloak of necessity to wrap myself in allowing me to be very immersed in my profession. Much of my self-worth has been determined by professional attainment, awards, and monetary achievement. But I am feeling the winds of change and I can't say it is exactly comfortable. When I launched Silver Vixens I could see huge possibilities -- mega-events, consulting possibilities, book publishing, speaking tours, product lines and on and on.
Toward the end of last year I realized I was stressed all the time and not allowing myself much fun. Then my Fun Guardian arrived. She hangs on the wall between the kitchen and the den in Arizona and I see her, or not, constantly. Do you think a 16" piece of art could be changing my life? Well, she has changed my thinking! I frequently check to see if I'm having fun and if not, I try to take corrective action!
I go back to the IT'S REINVENTION™ workshop booklet and remind myself of the things I love to do. In the last week, this reminder has had two manifestations: A fun table I set when we had friends to dinner last week and a fruitful wandering in an "antique" mall yesterday. Both times I knew I was in the right place because my heart truly sang with delight. Here are pictures:
Blue is generally not my color, but I had never seen Carnival Glass in blue and I decided if I hadn't seen it in the last 63 years, I'd better snap it up. Think how beautiful they will be with my yellow Fiesta dishes! I swoon!
THIS is the feeling I want in my life!
Fun Fun Fun!
Can never have enough fun and what a great idea to have a Fun Angel. While working and in the grind, we tend to become absorbed by it all and forget to look up and think we can have fun. Really, I think we are all just too exhausted. As I go through my reinvention, I have set Fun as a goal and I am now going to incorporate the Fun Angel and a journal to measure the fun by. Thank you for the wonderful idea!
Great!
Good for you! So often we forget to put fun at the top of the list -- or even ON the list! I'm writing the "fun thing" each day on my calendar. Yesterday is not long term memory, so I never remember what I did last week! Always good to keep it right in front of you!