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Permission to Feel SadPermission to Create Something Ugly. I waited a very long time to give myself this permission. I was waiting until I could create perfect, first time, straight away. I didn’t know that was impossible. I needed to practice, I needed to write without pausing to edit, I needed to get it wrong before I could get it right. I needed to go through the ugly duckling stage with my creativity. We all have permission to make ugly on the way to beauty. Don’t wait any longer.Permission to Believe I’m Doing Enough.Permission to Ignore What Does Not Serve Me. There’s a lot grabbing our attention. Including some self-sabotaging thoughts. You don’t have to listen to everything. You can give your attention to what helps you function well and stay on track. You have permission. I know those self-sabotaging thoughts really well. They tell me I don’t need to go for a walk or oh look get some of that chocolate or no one needs your input. You’re not here for the chocolate or the silence, you have permission to listen to what serves you and ignore the rest.Permission to Let Go of Shame.Permission to Go for A Walk.Archives
Tag Archives: baby steps
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
(This is clematis and it is going to look beautiful soon… possibly) New experiences continue here and we’re like children (nice children, not cranky children…) as we discover different ways to be in the world together. Denis has returned to … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, gratitude, Life Story, Make and Do, Normal Thinking, Travel
Tagged acceptance, all is well, baby steps, gardening, little things, nature, no travel, travel
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End of the road
(Here’s our entire route from the Rego app…) Thank you for being with us on the journey, now we’re all back where we started. We’ve been back a week and have managed to do some travelling in Ireland in that … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, choices, intention, little things, photography, story, thinking
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Spanish Surprises
(Lovely old gate in Palencia) After lunch we changed plans and decided to move from the beautiful view and my stork and travel a couple of hours here to Palencia. Travelling by motorhome you can do that, travelling by motorhome … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, little things, motorhome, Palencia, photography, Spain, travel
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Braving the castle walls…
(One of the gates into the town) We’ve moved about half an hour east and we’re at a new location, just outside the town of Serpa. We have never been here before. There’s castle ruins and the old part of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Travel
Tagged baby steps, castle, photography, Portugal travel, Serpa, town gates, walled town
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Expectations and Surprises
(You might see some smoke coming from the street half way down and off to the right… there’s a woman barbecuing fish outside her house) I’ve been on walkabout in our new town today, inspired by another exercise from the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Travel
Tagged Alcacer do Sal, all is well, baby steps, camper van, courage, creative idea, expectations, fear, ideas, just do it, little things, motorhome, photography, Portugal, story, surprises, travel
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Thanks Mam, for Picking my Dad
(Our bridge at Alcacer do Sal in the afternoon…) It’s my Dad’s birthday today. He died on this day 16 yeas ago, but he’s alive in everything I do. For instance this week he was at the Creativity Workshop with … Continue reading
Is this morning sickness?
(I like this house in the middle of the city. It’s behind a big gate, I peeped in…) I think I might be pregnant or I’m a gardener… it’s one or the other, I’m not sure. (Who lives at 55?) … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, baby steps, calm, camper van, gardening, gestation, ideas, just do it, little things, motorhome, photography, Portugal, story, travel
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Linda’s Craft Kit
(The craft kit Linda made up especially for me so that I would always have something creative at hand when I am away❤) When I woke up this morning I was thinking about the craft kit Linda gave me the … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, baby steps, behaviour, being present, craft kit, crafts, little things, meditation, mindcraft, mindfulness, patterns, photography, Portugal, thinking, travel
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Discomfort Zone
(Freezing grass) It was absolutely freezing when we got up this morning. It was also literally freezing… outside the van. Luckily it was over the 4℃ necessary inside to keep the drinking water inside the tank. We decided in spite … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Travel
Tagged baby steps, camper van, choices, comfort zone, courage, decisions, discomfort, just do it, little things, nature, outdoors, patterns, photography, Portugal, problems, Spain, travel
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Free Parking with the Elephants
(Our view from the kitchen) We crossed the border into Spain this morning. It rained the entire time and the spray from the other traffic was a bit miserable. We had forgotten that this part of the journey past San … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, all is well, baby steps, behaviour, being present, camper van, little things, motorway, nature, patterns, photography, rain, Spain, thinking, travel, work in progress
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First Steps to Portugal
(From a lovely little book called One Small Step Can Change Your Life, Robert Maurer) We’re travelling again. This time, Portugal. We’ve never been to Portugal. It’s a long way, the sat nav says it will take 17 hours from … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, baby steps, France, journey, Portugal, travel
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The eBook is out!
Well it’s finally happened…The eBook is live on Amazon! You might remember I mentioned it last September on this blog post in Creative Calm. So I wrote, edited, got scared, edited some more, went into a small decline, edited some … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, The eBook
Tagged all is well, baby steps, behaviour, choices, courage, decisions, eBook, fear, goals, Graiguenamanagh, Ireland, just do it, Kilkenny, little things, photography, story, travel, wishes
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Pam’s Picnic Holidays
(I remembered it’s Wednesday so I’m doing creative!) It’s nearly lunchtime as I write and I’m a little distracted… because I’m hungry and today we’re going on a picnic! Ever since Pam commented on Facebook about holidays as a child … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Travel
Tagged baby steps, camping, crafts, France, little things, nature, outdoors, photography, Picnic, travel
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Irish Cuisine in France
(As requested by Moira: Picture of Ruby on a trip to Cork last weekend) We’ve arrived in our first campsite on the edge of the city of Rennes, a couple of hours south of Cherbourg. It’s hot here or maybe we’re … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, baby steps, camping, France, motorhome, photography, travel
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Kickstart Your Creativity in 2014
Creative Space Sessions. You might think you haven’t a creativity bone in your body and you might be right! Creative bones need to be nurtured and what have you been doing to nurture them? Saying things like, “I’m no good at drawing… … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged baby steps, crafts, Creative Space Sessions, creativity, follow your dream, just do it, little things, story, wishes
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Wounded and Sickly Ego in the Safe Cave
(All the pictures are from Mount Usher Gardens in Ashford, Co. Wicklow) I took a week off blogging and I have great excuses, but It’s the excuse that stops me going back to blogging that I want (well, really don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, regular
Tagged acceptance, all is well, awareness, baby steps, photography, shame
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I’m bursting to share this thing…..
(Lavender) AAAAAh I was taking to someone over the weekend and they asked me what I was up to and I mentioned my Kickstart you Creativity course was starting in November. And as I mumbled and stuttered through some kind … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Life Story
Tagged acceptance, awareness, baby steps, behaviour, calm, crafts, fear, follow your dream, KickstART your Creativity, patterns, photography, problems, productivity, sadness, story, wishes
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Just Walk
You might remember my budding exercise regime? I was going to walk everyday. I was even thinking of walking on the wet days.Well, it’s been faltering a bit. Now, I had read somewhere that if you can repeat something for … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, choices, decisions, just do it, little things, nature, photography, wishes
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The little things….
Quote on wall outside Francis Bacon Studio in Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” – Steve Jobs A baby step is enough, Mairead.
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Tagged all is well, awareness, baby steps, behaviour, Francis Bacon, little things, productivity, quote
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Take a step… just a baby step.
(Field trip to the Museum in Kildare Street Dublin, here’s a close up low light on the Ardagh Chalice) “What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Repeated baby steps are better … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, arts, awareness, baby steps, being present, fear, follow your dream, little things, photography, quote
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Self Discovery…. Getting lost, frustrated and confused……
“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost. Maybe Lost is exactly the right place … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, all is well, awareness, baby steps, follow your dream, little things, photography, problems, quote
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Take a little break!
(It takes time to grow a tree) “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy It might seem like a huge effort will get things finished, sometimes… not so. Mairead.
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Tagged acceptance, all is well, baby steps, behaviour, Leo Tolstoy, little things, nature, patience, photography, time
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Courage and Fear are close associates!
(Tree with some battle scars) “Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.” – Mark Twain If you’re scared, turn it into courage by taking that next step. Mairead.
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Tagged all is well, baby steps, choices, courage, decisions, fear, Mark Twain, photography, problems, quote
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Turn off your DLPFC!
(Mixed media in progress…) I’ve been reading and listening to Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine How Creativity Works. I listened to it last summer with the hens in the forest. They weren’t hugely impressed with Jonah but I really like him … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, baby steps, behaviour, book, creativity, follow your dream, hens, imagine how creativity works, jonah lehrer, photography, quote
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Friday Quote – Choose Happiness.
(Roisín and Caoimhe – happy cousins) “Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” – Aeschylus Go on – make the effort, Mairead.
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Tagged baby steps, behaviour, choices, decisions, happiness, intention, just do it, photography, quotes
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My dark January.
(From winter in Cashel 2010) It’s January. For me that’s the time of year when my energy is at its lowest. When the winter has been long enough and I want some spring….. now! I want it now like my … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, baby steps, choices, foe, little things, nature, now, outdoors, photography, problems, thinking, time of year
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Friday Quote – Go on, go on, go on…..
(From the summer garden – Love in the Mist doing its insignificant thing) “Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi Do your thing! Mairead.
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Friday Quote – Once upon a time Picasso couldn’t paint….
(Remembering Canada) I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso What do you want to learn to do today? Mairead.
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Tagged baby steps, choices, follow your dream, inspiration, inspire, just do it, photography, Picasso, quote, quotes, wishes
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