Creativity & Joy

Blogging less, reflecting & doing more of sorts is where I've been with things. There's lots of stuff going on, but life for this melancholic continues to be filled with joy, friendships & good vibes.

I've been wondering a lot about the economic situation in the country & the world. For one reason or another we have all decided to reincarnate and have these tough economic times as part of our life journey this time around. It's still tough, though. I realized that my brother who worked for a couple of months after graduating from high school in a nationally known fast food chain actually had a higher income than I do as a trained Waldorf teacher. It says a lot about a society when more value is placed into burgers than a child's education. I was quite shocked by it. (Of course, I love being a teacher.)

Overall, though, I see it as an opportunity to be & become more creative and to place more consciousness into where I spend my money. Instead of buying a book-shelf to fit all my books, I listed the ones that are becoming dusty on half.com. I have been 'knitting down' my stash of yarns that would otherwise be doomed to becoming museum-like artifacts in my many yarn baskets. I found - hidden away on my bookshelf - a Cuban cookbook, and this type of cuisine has been on our plates often lately. Simple, healthy. I'm enjoying cooking for my family and realized that I had gotten into the "take-out pizza" mode way too often because I felt too busy to cook as a single Mom with a full-time job. Chopping veggies can be a Zen-like activity in itself. My children both have at the very least phlegmatic tendencies so giving them something good to eat is a huge happiness factor for them.

I'm feeling good about my personal life right now, too, although I won't go into too much detail for fear of jinxing things. It will all reveal itself in due time.