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Five things to be happy about
Feb. 5th, 2009 06:05 pmI am feeling rather dispirited today. I am finding Thesis Stress and Recent Events a bit tough, but I suspect it is largely because I am having trouble sleeping properly (because of the heat?) So today is a day for a 5 Things To Be Happy About entry:
1. I am visiting (mostly) Greek family on Sunday. I haven't had time to trek out to their place yet, so I am really looking forward to seeing everyone in a relaxed, hanging-about kind of way.
2. I have been doing fairly well on the living-in-a-way-I-can-be-quietly-proud-of front. I have been cycling places, and working hard, and cooking with people, and generally Getting Things Done (Ethically). I feel a little guilty about the upcoming flight to Sydney and Armidale, but neither is too frivolous so I think I can live with it for now.
3. I still feel a little unsettled about people, possibly because I haven't had enough time to see some of my Lovely People. But on the plus side, I have had some very nice people-time lately, and I feel like I've been doing okay at Doing Nice Things for Nice People, which is one of my current goals.
4. Our Informal Think Tank is well on the way to being formalised. We are now incorporated (I think). I set us up with a website, and a blog, and emails and all that. We've started putting some content up, but I don't think it's quite ready to link to yet. I am excited about doing potentially grown-up work with my group of wonderful friends/fellow-researchers.
5. I have been Fretting about my thesis, mainly because I am a little worried that no-one will ever care for it and it will die alone and unloved. But still! I have been forcing myself to work on it, even when I feel tired and unmotivated and bad at concentrating. I wrote about a thousand words today, and the same yesterday, and although I don't feel they are glittering gems, they are at least words on a page that can be edited.
and one more!
6. Things are starting to happen with ActNow. Another one of my stories is up, and I am going to Sydney in a couple of weeks for the workshop. It feels a bit exciting to be making my living (such as it is) from writing.
1. I am visiting (mostly) Greek family on Sunday. I haven't had time to trek out to their place yet, so I am really looking forward to seeing everyone in a relaxed, hanging-about kind of way.
2. I have been doing fairly well on the living-in-a-way-I-can-be-quietly-proud-of front. I have been cycling places, and working hard, and cooking with people, and generally Getting Things Done (Ethically). I feel a little guilty about the upcoming flight to Sydney and Armidale, but neither is too frivolous so I think I can live with it for now.
3. I still feel a little unsettled about people, possibly because I haven't had enough time to see some of my Lovely People. But on the plus side, I have had some very nice people-time lately, and I feel like I've been doing okay at Doing Nice Things for Nice People, which is one of my current goals.
4. Our Informal Think Tank is well on the way to being formalised. We are now incorporated (I think). I set us up with a website, and a blog, and emails and all that. We've started putting some content up, but I don't think it's quite ready to link to yet. I am excited about doing potentially grown-up work with my group of wonderful friends/fellow-researchers.
5. I have been Fretting about my thesis, mainly because I am a little worried that no-one will ever care for it and it will die alone and unloved. But still! I have been forcing myself to work on it, even when I feel tired and unmotivated and bad at concentrating. I wrote about a thousand words today, and the same yesterday, and although I don't feel they are glittering gems, they are at least words on a page that can be edited.
and one more!
6. Things are starting to happen with ActNow. Another one of my stories is up, and I am going to Sydney in a couple of weeks for the workshop. It feels a bit exciting to be making my living (such as it is) from writing.