![]() Exhibit A: I am a regular early morning runner (see Running on Indie) and, though mind, body, weather, and careless, dead-eyed drivers all come into play, I’m still out there after four decades. I am good at consistently practicing some things. ![]() So, this leads me to another thing I know. So, if I happen to have a fresh face, I’ve probably been out running. As my older sister once put it, I am a “crunchy granola muncher,” and that ship of style and fashion that I chose not to board sailed away long ago. I will never be the sophisticated put-together type I know that now, and I understand that being fashion forward is itself a choice that requires practice. As if you receive a certificate of sophistication and would suddenly know how to style hair, apply make-up, and throw together a jaunty ensemble with effortless flair. I thought that when you reached a certain age, it would all come together-fashion, style, the whole nine. Epic fail.Īt the time, I chalked up my failure to follow the Seventeen magazine 80s power-packed plan as a genetic flaw or, perhaps, something that I would grow into. Well, the next morning when the alarm went off, I got out of bed-nailing item one on the list-ate a bowl of cereal, and stumbled blurry-eyed to the bus stop, failing to follow any semblance of a schedule before the school bus arrived. I just follow the Seventeen plan and I’ll have a fresh face, trendy outfit, or at least some cool bedazzled shoes and socks that match my school uniform, and perfectly completed homework-straight As and popularity danced before my eyes. Anyway, I thought, “let’s do this,” palms rubbing together. I couldn’t locate this schedule now, so I can only imagine that it had a time slot for a nighttime chat with a friend on an olive-green, wall-mounted house phone with a mile-long cord stretching to your bedroom. The day was stacked from dawn to dusk with every imaginable teenage task. Back in middle school, for instance, I tried to follow the rather detailed schedule laid out for me by Seventeen magazine, as the cover said to “make the most of YOU!” The yearly August Back to School issue touted a tightly packed daily routine, kicking off the school year with a multiphase facial care process, carefully selected outfit, which may or may not have included leg warmers, and a bunch of other “must do” items before the school bell rang. I’ve tried living intentionally by other’s rules of scheduling, planning, and good-habit forming and have fallen colossally short every time. Rather than spend money and priceless time on those things, just start practicing your craft-whatever it is and wherever you are in your journey-because no matter what, and how much you try to avoid it, you will need to create your own plan, a highly selective practice plan that only works for you. ![]() Certainly, all the above efforts to help you to help yourself are collectively a multibillion-dollar business. You can digest an array of “how to” guides on practicing and good-habit forming, seek the help of a life coach, intently follow your favorite social media influencer’s life hacks, and so on-and from these things you may gather a few pieces of the puzzle that stick with you on your journey forward into a new habit. What in modern parlance is called “doing the work.” I bring this to you not as an expert but as someone who struggles to make the time, who runs in circles and falls down holes, who walks into doors that aren’t even closed (yes, that is a little lyric from my unpublished song, Life with Alice), and who, well into this thing called life, is still sorting it all out. So, apropos to my lack of consistency, this Plum Indie Blog entry is about practice-about clearing the mental cobwebs enough for the everyday, regular work of creativity. Rain can be devastating or something to celebrate and will always play an essential role in our existence, from the tiniest insect to the largest of mammals and all the plants from tiny weeds to the largest of trees, which is simply fascinating.It’s been a while, and I’ve gotten into the practice of not writing this blog regularly. It can be an inconvenience or something to dance in. ![]() Rain has a sad reputation, but rain is so many things to different people, it has spiritual meaning, can be the ideal excuse to wrap yourself in a blanket with a mug of your favourite drink, or for my grandmother, it was a time to get into the garden. What are your favorite things to do on rainy days? Sleep in? Go for a swim in the sea? Rug up with a good book or cuddles on the couch bingeing Netflix? Evidence of this will be sent with the Certificate of Authenticity. This artwork comes with an external frameĪ donation from every sale will go towards the ‘Swim it Forward’ foundation to help fund swimming lessons for Aussie kids from low income families.
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