Happy Winter! Kind of cool that as we move into winter it is also getting lighter.
Last night I was overcome with an unexpected and unprecedented wave of energy and I sprang into action, wrapped all the kidlings' presents and arranged them under the tree while JC played guitar. We are practicing some songs for our family band, The Western Slopes. Last night we added "My Favorite Things" to our tiny repertoire. We also have "The Rainbow Connection" and a Neil Young song or two. We are gearing up for a New Year's Eve concert, just the 4 of us at home unless Jack wanders over from next door.
My family has been super generous and thoughtful with gift-giving this season, sending out stocking stuffers and wrapped presents for everyone. We also had a nice time opening a smallish stack of Christmas cards and I realized we are being lame not doing the same, so next year I will be back on my usual Christmas card routine. It will be fun to spend the year trying to get a good picture for it.
It was zero degrees this morning and we got 4 inches of snow on the area - not much but it all adds up in the end. I debated yet again about going in early and skiing on my lunch break, but as the day wore on and I was super duper busy again, I realized it is wiser for me to continue on with my original plan this week. That being said, I got too busy to take a lunch break and at my desk again!
We talked last night about how to honor the solstice this year, and one concept that I like is to mirror the act of moving from dark to light, to find some limiting belief you have about yourself and eliminate it. One belief I have that wasn't clear to me until I had the class in savasana tonight and I was mulling over what to say to wrap up the class is: I don't think I can earn enough money in this town by teaching yoga and perhaps writing my blog. Or some combination like that.
The truth is, I like the type of work I do. I just don't want do so much of it. I like the team and people I work with. I like the balance of customer service and detail-oriented goal-driven tasks. I love the benefits, and I have actually grown to like working in the Mountain Village. But I do not love or even like, being away from my home this many hours and beind stressed out this often around the holidays. I don't like not having time to pursue my interests, or being so socially sated through all the phone conversations and interactions at work, that I need silence and solitude when I am not there. It feels unbalanced.
So my task is to eliminate the belief that we can't make it if I don't have this job. Maybe not now, but perhaps sooner than I think?
Moving from dark to light....
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