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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
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Free things… Free things…
(Good girl, waiting for the lights to change. Safety… free✔) Besides the idea that is gestating slowly in my belly (!) I had a previous great idea (no, Grahame, not the photographing people one, another one). It came to me … Continue reading
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Tagged camper van, eBook, free, free ebook, little things, Medecins Sans Frontieres, motorhome, photography, Portugal, story, travel
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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
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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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Beware of: Beware of Pickpockets!
(Black and white and red and green Lisbon…) It’s 4am. I’m awake. I think. This week has been like a dream, maybe I’m not awake… Here’s what happened at the workshop (and here’s a link to the website: thecreativityworkshop.com) Shelley … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, behaviour, camper van, creativity, Creativity Workshop, fear, motorhome, photography, Portugal, Sintra, story, thinking, travel
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The inevitable happened…
(I’ve run out of photos in Lisboa, so here’s even more narrow roads from Ericeira) Still having a great time at the workshop. Here’s more news about my travel experiences. I took the bus-metro combination again today so I was … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, camper van, fear, Lisboa, Lisbon, little things, motorhome, photography, Portugal, problems, rain, story, travel
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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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The Portuguese Cafe God
(Yesterday morning I had to cross this scary bridge, it goes over two dual carriageways! I sang Christmas songs to myself to stop me closing my eyes and lying down. I went back today to take pictures for you.. you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, camper van, choices, coffee, getting lost, nata, outdoors, photography, Portugal, story, travel
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Only one more sleep
(View over the rooftops, Ericeira) We’re in Lisboa, at a different campsite. I’m almost set to participate in the workshop tomorrow and, the sun is shining! We did all the washing in Ericeira and now Ruby is as squeaky clean … Continue reading
Furadouro by the sea
(That’s the Atlantic Sea out there) We’ve travelled a little further south and now we’re in a car park behind the sand dunes at Furadouro. It rained when we got here. It rained all night. Really. All. Night. It’s raining now. But … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, all is well, awareness, behaviour, camper van, little things, outdoors, Portugal, problems, rain, story, thinking, travel
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Can I check your oil and water?
(That’s a ginormous sign) We now have a petrol station to add to our locations. I think this is the first time we’ve ever stayed the night at a petrol station, but I know petrol stations… My Dad ran a … Continue reading
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Tagged camper van, campervan, diesel, little things, parking, petrol, Spain, story, travel
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Once upon a time we had no water…
Lots of people ask me how Denis and I can live together, in such a small space, without killing each other. I’m not sure I have ever given an adequate answer, mainly because I don’t know. So I thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, France, intention, living in a small space, patterns, peace, photography, Portugal, story, travel
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Wash Day
(Another lovely sunset) Yesterday was wash day. Washing your clothes while travelling in a camper van requires a little extra organisation. [But before we start a health warning… Kate, close the email… there’s a picture of a snake in this … Continue reading
Might be driving illegally…?
(New shoots) I hope you had a lovely St.Patrick’s Weekend! I made a green shamrock to celebrate but it looks more like a green ace of clubs… and I had a very trying experience purchasing an electronic toll card online. … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, little things, nature, photography, Portugal, problems, story, travel
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Bye, Bye, Beja
(We left Beja on Saturday morning) We finally had to leave Beja. It had been eleven days and it was time… to leave the great toilets, the brilliant library, the very convenient supermarkets, the just-up-the-road McDonalds, the interesting churches and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beja, little things, photography, Portugal, story, travel
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Shuush! We’ve found a McDonalds! 2 of 2
So to continue from yesterday’s post… So if I realise the doing of a craft makes the difference how come here in Portugal I’m not doing any crafting? (The street names are tiles) Most people I know who love to create sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Beja, crafts, friendship, imperfection, little things, making, photography, Portugal, story
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It’s over… for now
(A wedding in Surgeres… Thinking of you, Linda and Paul!) We’re sitting on the ferry hearing Irish voices for the first time in a long time. Mostly they sound kinda nice, friendly, sing-songy, ordinary, gentle too. I was getting used … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, communication, connection, France, little things, patterns, photography, story, 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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Here we go again!
(On the way down I crocheted a jumper for my mug!) It might come as some surprise to hear that we’re off travelling again. This time to France… and this time in a Camper van. It comes as a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged camper van, camping, crafts, France, motorhome, photography, story, travel
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Bubbles of Joy
(Old petrol station in Birr, Co. Offaly) We’re back home after our week away. We have lots of photos and memories of beautiful places. I have lots of new ideas, as does Denis. Travelling for repeated stretches without the possibility … Continue reading
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Tagged Birr, garages, Ireland, little things, photography, story, travel
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Obama and Me….
We’ve seen lots more beauty in the past two days since leaving Kilkee but we got a great surprise in a small town called Moneygall. (Beautiful place on Loop Head called Bridges of Ross) Around noon I was hungry and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful place, Bridges of Ross, Canada, coffee, Ireland, Loop Head, Moneygall, nature, outdoors, photography, story, Tim Hortons coffee, travel
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Free Tea! Free Coffee!
(Art on the old city wall) Before we got here I was researching Krakow (with help, thank you Magda!) and one of the things I found was a free cafe, called Cafe Fińska. Well, almost free… in return for a … Continue reading
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Tagged art festival, choices, coffee, crafts, free stuff, just do it, Krakow, photography, story, 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
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Tagged baby steps, crafts, Creative Space Sessions, creativity, follow your dream, just do it, little things, story, wishes
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Connecting among the Falling Leaves
(The avenue) I went for a little walk today along the avenue of Powerscourt House near Enniskerry. I had driven along it on Saturday afternoon and was open-mouthed at the beauty and camera-less. So I returned this morning and brought … Continue reading
Bit stormy around here…..
(Red Leaves) Lots of family stuff going on here at the moment. Lots of transitions. Lots of new lessons. Lots of getting used to new situations which seem like old situations… but are not really, exactly the same… possibly. None … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, outdoors, photography, rain, story
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Potato Soup Time
(The stained recipe page) I’m making soup. I love making soup. I love how it tastes, how it smells and I even like looking at it. It’s potato soup (it’s always potato soup) well, there’s also thyme in it but … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, impact, little things, perfect as you are, photography, soup, story
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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
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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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We’re… still in Germany!
Germany is a very big country! We spent less time on the road yesterday – just eight hours. We did have a new high of 38 degrees (Celsius) which only made us all the more excited when it went down … Continue reading
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Tagged Germany, Italy, little things, motorway, photography, story, travel, Venice
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Friday Quote – Albert says….
(Well, if we’re including everything…. here’s the girls again) “Only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein You’re a miracle too, Mairead.
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Tagged all is well, behaviour, choices, Einstein, hens, little things, miracle, nature, photography, story
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What’s Christmas?
(Christmas is warm…) It’s almost Christmas, just another week and I’ve had very little time to prepare in the usual way, but I’ve had a lot of time to prepare in a different way. The usual way involves copious grocery … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Christmas, hope, joy, little things, photography, story, thinking, wishes
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