VPA: everything's going to be okay.

Monday, July 25, 2011
As always, big happy thankyous to Havi of The Fluent Self Blog for creating something that I enjoy ritualising when I can. Here we go~


Thing One: Ideas! Inspiration! Lots of I's!


What I want: Well, the thing is that I'm at a point in my study where I will need to choose my next route... do I jump out of Psychology and jump into work? Stay with Psych? Jump into another line of study? It's all very confusing.
I just want (read: need) some inspiration and ideas here about what I could jump into. Perhaps some Passion and Motivation would be good too (although those things don't start with 'I'. T_T)


How this could happen: I could ask around. Find the right people to talk to.
I could trip over an idea, or do some research on it.
Future job prospects could insist upon a thing. Or maybe someone in my life will give me a universal hint/nudge.
I could also meditate on it or flail on it.


My commitment: To be kind with myself and to not force the issue before it's ready.
To give myself plenty of time to process the process, and to drink many cups of calming tea to get to that place.


Thing Two: A place for giggling.


What I want: There's a certain something that I'm paying a lot of attention to right now, and it's alternately causing me a small amount of anxiety (quite small indeed) or lots of giggling and gleefulness. I'm not sure if I need a person or a place or even a book to be one with this, but there's some wanting there. This may change when the situation changes..


How this could happen: I could suddenly find the right person for this. Or the right place. I could find that they were right under my nose the whole time, or that they were just biding their time til I was ready.
I could find the place/person inside of me during meditation or some such.


My commitment: To stay true to the gigglings. To (again) be kind to myself and be okay with the way I'm feeling. To FEEL the feeling instead of always trying to distract myself from it. To not feel guilty about the feeling.




Updates since last time...


Okay, just to let you know how things are going regarding my past VPAs..


First of all, I wanted some Clarity and Understanding relating to my relationship with money/retail therapy. I've made a bit of progress with that, and am keeping a wishlist of things rather than just spending whenever. I'm still having little hiccups along the way, and I haven't fully begun to understand the uncomfortable feelings I have that LEAD to the retail therapy, but I'm processing and that makes me :)


Secondly, I wanted Tiny Sweet Things Support. This has been a bit difficult because of the 'future study' ickyness, but it's still there. I have made a special compartment/shelf in my life for the TSTs and everytime I observe that little shelf, it brings me joy and excitement about what could be. It's gleeful. ^_^


Love~

Wishlist.

Monday, July 18, 2011
I've been asked by my gentleman friend Xin to post my current wishlist and update it as possible. So here we go!


WISHLIST



  • Buddhist Society of WA Membership Renewal (REALLY overdue) - $33
  • Year of the horse coin bank - $1
  • Peppermint Magazine Subscription Renewal - $44
  • T2 Tea Cup ~$20
  • Dramacon Ultimate Edition Book (So far I can only find the English version on Amazon - reasonably priced, but p&h is a bitch... blah. T_T)
  • EDIT: I realised I also really need some more film for my Fujifilm Instax Mini... I usually buy bulk because it saves me money in the end (Ebay, etc...) So currently best price is 10 packs (10 films each = 100 films) for $81.99 with free p&h here - camera-girl, or 5 packs for $40.00 with $15.00 p&h here - eTech store. Obviously the 100 packs is cheaper, but you know... $82.... O.o
  • Inheritance preorder by Christopher Paolini - Book Depository ~$22
  • Gotye - Making Mirrors album preorder - jb hifi ~$20
  • Sudden urge for O.P.I. Pink-ing of You Nailpolish... It's so adorable... not a very good reason for wanting something. XD
EDIT TWO: 20/07/2011: Just going to add some things and italicise some that I don't want as much/can't get access to anymore.


EDIT THREE: 05/08/2011: Removing some thing that I'm really not fussed about these days (yay?) and adding one... maybe editing others too! XD

EDIT FOUR: 10/08/2011: I bought the Making Mirrors preorder for myself! The DELUXE edition, no less! Signed copy of the CD, plus a DVD with music videos and the MAKING OF Making Mirrors and such. And a free song! For $22~~ (can you tell I'm excited??)

Love~

VPA: The next day...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Okay. So maybe I didn't do the VPAs yesterday, but they're coming!! As always, thanks goes to Havi of The Fluent Self for coming up with such a wonderful thing, and for inspiring me to start asking the Universe for some things... and not feel bad about doing so.


Without further ado...




Thing One: Understanding and Clarity


What I want: I've been having a lot of realisations about myself lately, and most of them have been quite shocking and upsetting for me and my system in general. I would like some understanding and clarity relating to these realisations - in particular the one relating to money. I have a real love/hate relationship with money, and I can't seem to save even though (most of the time) I desperately want to. I've also noticed that I use retail therapy as a way of distracting myself from uncomfortable feelings, and I'd like this to stop. But I can't move forward with that until I realise what the uncomfortable feelings ARE.


How this could happen: I could flail on it a bit. Meditation. Yoga. Interviewing myself in a gentle and respectful way. I could trip over something that would help me move through this. Or I could find a blog post of someone else who has already gone through this ick for some ideas.


My commitment: To remain kind with myself, and not to encourage myself to start punishing myself whenever I spend money on something I don't need. To be okay with reward systems and goal-planning and gwishes. To remain open to ideas.




Thing Two: Tiny Sweet Things Support


What I want: I have two Tiny Sweet Things that a couple of people know about that I am scared to push forward too much. I have had a couple of discussions about them with people and some say to go ahead and follow my dreams, and others say that I will end up living with no money and a crushed soul. XD So, lots of ick and conflict going on there. Basically, what I'd like is just... a balance of the two. While I love both sides for pointing out things to me, I'd like someone with a realistic (but cheerful) outlook on things to give me a nudge in the right direction.


How this could happen: I'm actually really not sure with this one. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Perhaps the person I'm looking for will actually be me in the end.


My Commitment: To not give up on the TSTs and to nurture them even if they can't grow just yet.




That's it for now!! I think there are a couple of other VPAs lurking around the place, but they aren't ready to come out just yet. ^_^ Maybe another time.


Love~

martial arts, steampunk, and intrigue.

Monday, July 4, 2011
Well hello! I haven't written in quite awhile... my apologies for that. But I honestly am not feeling frustrated with myself for neglecting my blog - I have been working through some tough things by myself and have needed to keep them close to my heart.


There are many things that I want to mention in today's post, so I best use a bullet point form, or I might ramble too much!!



  • Writing - Oh JOY OF JOYS. I have started writing again. A continuous story, no less!! I have not shared the story itself with anyone other than my dear Xin, but I'm so pleased with myself for continuing on with it. I'm even doing research!! Who knew that research could be so much fun?! I vaguely recall thinking that about two years ago, but then it all got lost in sludge. (not literally of course.) Anyway, I'm so chuffed to have started up again, and it's giving me new purpose and glee!
  • Books - one of my true loves. I have recently attained the next book in one of my favourite series (was only released OFFICIALLY on July 1st, but I got it earlier than that! ^_^) and it's restored so much love into my imagination and my soul. I wouldn't call it a great literary work of fiction or anything like that, but it's simply delicious. ^_^ Yay! It's also inspired a line of research that I'm following up right this minute! ^_^
  • Life/Career/Study - these topics have sort of been intertwined lately, and they're probably the ones that give me the most stress. I have been rather ...blue about my future prospects. My interest in my course has been dwindling somewhat, and I need to choose a next route for my studies - all of the options seem to leave me with a large brick in my stomach. There is one tiny, sweet, little hope that I hold in my heart, which a couple of my friends know of, but I can barely allow it out into the light for fear of it vanishing into smoke. Anyway, the tiny, sweet thing is still there, giving me hope (and anxiety occasionally XD) so I'm going to do a tentative search into that over the next couple of weeks. Uni starts up again soon, so I'll do my best to throw myself into my studies, while maintaining my writing and tiny sweet thing. ^_^ There's still not much force behind the idea of me returning to any form of work (there's another tiny sweet thing here for an ideal job I'd like, but getting started on that seems so far away and difficult right now..), so I'm just trying to keep myself occupied and happy.
  • Bronte - my gorgeous girl has been a bit sick lately - she managed to scavenge some food from somewhere which gave her the most awful stomach infection. But she's been on antibiotics for three days, and is much better and seems to be back to her happy self once more! [cheers from the background]
  • Stuck - still working through it. Most of it relates to some mundane things, but some relates to some huge things. I haven't been moving much on some of this lately... But I will sometime. Promise.

I may write some VPA's later on today or tomorrow, but at this point I just need some thinking and reading time. Love!
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