Tag: feeling good

Posted on by

Productivity and Sleep

I have been making art. Yes. But also now sleeping until way later than I intend and staying up later as well. That might account for the sleeping later. I have recently read/heard that we should not awake with a to-do list or base our thoughts on worth, self-worth or value on what we have accomplished, made, completed, etc.

  • Handspun Yarn
  • Cotton Batik Mask
  • Handspun Yarn
  • Crocheted Shawl
  • Hand-dyed Sari Silk Yarn
  • Knit Handspun Shawl

So I awake today and I think, instead of what will I do today, what projects can I complete, start, devise….Instead, today I think “How would I like to feel today?” And I start a list.
I like lists.

I would like to feel:

  • Happy
  • Enthusiastic
  • Joyful
  • Laughter
  • immersed in my creating process
  • eager

And then I begin to consider where I feel those things most…for me its with math and art, where math and art come together, color and pattern, fractals, iterations, permutations, quilt blocks, weaving patters and all the possible variations within a given set of parameters, grouping yarns with various colors and textures that I want to use together, grouping fibers and wool for carding…..and I get UP. Later than I imagined I would but so be it.

I got up Feeling Good!

  • Handspun Yarn
  • Hand Dyed Roving

And here is the real epiphany. Still somewhat in judgement about the time I finally got out of bed, I texted a friend:
“Still making things. And sleeping. A lot.”

And the reply, simply: “Good.”

And I thought, that’s it? Good?
Huh! And I paused. And I considered maybe it actually is Good. Maybe I needed to sleep as long as I slept and I was honoring my own internal guidance and getting exactly what I needed to start a new day well rested and feeling good.

This thought alone is better for my health and well being than beating myself up!

Why are we so inclined to berate ourselves and disallow getting exactly what we need when we need it.

What if we are doing it perfectly and simply don’t realize it. AND…we can continue to improve and follow what’s our next highest thought. [My typo “Next hightest thought” is actually pretty good!]

What is Your Next High-Test Thought?

Posted on by

On Feeling Good

I stayed home today but I worked. I worked on the website for my job. I worked on my own website, listing items, photographing new yarn. I cooked a little. I tidied up very little. But I feel like I accomplished a lot.

I made a to-do list the other day and have been marking percentages of items not yet completed and slashing through the ones I completed. That feels good to me. (I had forgotten how much I enjoy crossing things off my list with a pen and paper.) I rewrote the list with the unfinished tasks and added a couple new items. I like discovering new things that inspire me & adding them to the list.

I cleaned a couple shelves of the fridge with bleach wipes and discarded old and unknown items. I found sauerkraut that a friend made and gave us a couple years ago. Its really quite good! (I guess fermenting Does make it last longer!) I know none of this is exciting but I use it all to raise my energy, to make me feel good. I thrive on small accomplishments.

I am an optimist. I always try to look at the upside of things and I am certain the Universe is unfolding exactly as it should. Sometimes I need a reminder of this, too. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and a gross sense of anxiety about the world and where we are, but this sequestering and quarantining and shutting down can be a godsend if we choose to view it as such.

I am thrilled to finally get nangellini.com off the ground and I am so excited to have a drum carder again to process fiber and I just started dying wool and I’m carding and spinning batts again, and knitting and crocheting things and I have two unfinished pieces on two looms to finish up and I’m looking forward to resleying the table loom a little wider and doing some free form weaving with my hand spun and hand dyed yarns and Breathe, yes take a breath! ….I have some time to do all some of these things and sleep a little later and move some stuck energy in several areas of my creative process…and maybe get on the elliptical for more than one day in a row! If my energy sounds a bit frenetic, now you understand why. There is a lot going on in my brain… not to mention moments where I’m thinking about treadling sequences for weaving or combinations of colors for warping with varying effects, or ….

I know I am not getting everything done today, but I am choosing (consciously) to feel good about what I did get done. I am choosing to find ways to support myself in getting more done with my time off and being efficient and perhaps slightly more focused than the day before. Most of all I am catching myself when I start to beat myself up about not doing it perfectly.

What are you feeling good about today?

“I can choose peace instead of this.” A Course in Miracles