While I ummed and ahhed, pondered and pottered and generally whiled away my time, January glided by as I contemplated the ripples.  One out of twelve months gone already and I have a backlog of draft posts, like this one, waiting to enter the web!
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​Considering it took me a while to determine the direction of my creative goals,(thank the universe for my crafty sparkle, how would I survive without it!?), the list seemed to sort itself out...and despite a very relaxed pace during the holidays, I ticked all my boxes.  Yay!

​I enjoy making my lists and mind maps.  They help me figure things out.  I like their suppleness.  It doesn't matter how fast or slow I go or if  get things done or not. They are tools I use for guidance, for checking in on myself.  Having a visual and literally crossing or ticking things off contributes to my sense of achievement/accomplishment.  It helps me keep myself accountable and shows me what I breeze through and where I drag the chain!

​I battle with my ineptitudes as much as anyone.  Doing too much or not enough, feeling overwhelmed, juggling, balancing, strolling with the shoulds, doing what I have to, making time for creativity and letting myself do nothing too...which tends to be dangerously comfortable!
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Some of you may know that I am fond of a good mind map.  Whenever I need to develop ideas or pull things together, this is what I do and it works!  Of course there is nothing divinatory about them...I could not have known in the early days of January what 2020 had in store for us.
​Even so, apart from travel and road trips, this is all happening and I have even more time to indulge!