Well, we're two weeks in. And I don't have a lot to show for it. Mostly I've been sitting on my couch crocheting while re-watching The Office. While that's been fun, it probably hasn't pushed much growth out of me. I do intend to spend a lot of my winter crafting, though. I've been thinking about doing commissions on an art website and making a slight income from that. I've also wanted to crochet up a lot of fun hats and stuff to sell the next time I'm in town. I also want to work on my book.
So far only crocheting has been happening. Well, okay, that's not totally true.
I also made a goal this year to read the Bible, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price before the year is over. I made charts the first few days of the year with specific sections I should be reading on specific days to finish all of them before the year's out. I'm really excited about it, actually. I've often struggled with scripture study, and while this might not be the most in-depth way to learn, I think it's still going to be extremely helpful in my spiritual journey.
I've also been reading a book called "DO IT! Let's Get Off Our Buts" by John-Roger & Peter McWilliams. Says it's "a guide to living your dreams". It's been an interesting read, but I'm only about halfway though. There's a bit of learning about yourself involved in it all. There's a section where you try to find what they refer to as your purpose. You write down some positive qualities about yourself that you might put into you favorite nurturing actions. Basically you shuffle around the qualities and actions you've written down into two separate lists until you get to something that resonates with you. Like "I am a joyful entertainer" or "I am a cheerful friend". The sentence of something you've always been, and something you'll always do. I've been having trouble finding mine. Not sure if I'm just impossible to please or if I just haven't found the right words just yet. But it's pretty essential to find this out about yourself before you can really find out what your Big Dream is. So I'm trying to pull this sentence out of myself, and it's not coming quite yet, and it leaves me feeling a little... stranded. I'm not sure what the word I'm looking for is. Just lost, I guess. I just want to figure out for myself what my Number One is so that I can focus my energy on that since they've brought to my attention that my energy is going every which way, which is a good way to not get much done over a long period of time.
So, basically, I'm not doing much that's scary right this minute, but I'm doing a lot of self-searching and a bit of scripture study between The Office episodes and completions of silly fish-like hats. Oh, and I made a cake yesterday. c; Which isn't impressive if you're someone who actually enjoys baking every day, which I've discover I'm not.
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