It’s the end of the 1st week of 2006. How is my mantra working out? To review:
I am going to live my life one day at a time. If things get rough, I’ll think about things one moment at a time. Every moment and every day, I will strive to do the next right thing. Every day and every moment, I shall try really hard to relieve myself from the bondage of self. I will turn it over. Take things as they come and extend myself to another…..
Honestly, it’s been hit and miss. As simple as it may sound, I find it difficult to maintain the discipline required. I’ve not been on time for work but I find myself making it through the day. I’ve been making meetings and meeting with my sponsor and therapist but I haven’t been doing my daily readings and journaling. I’ve had my moments of irritability where sometimes I sit and brew in it and sometimes I remember to correct my thinking. There were several times where I had to stop knitting obsessively and go do something with another human being.
So, I give myself partial credit and remove my foot from my throat….. just a little. Practice makes perfect. I will continue to strive for a better week. Living in the now.
Anyways………
To help me take better pictures, I bought myself a tripod. It’s just a little mini table tripod. I don’t know why I didn’t think about it earlier, but it used to take me shot after shot after shot to get a clear and crisp indoor picture. I am just not steady enough (must still be detoxing) for long exposure shots. Then I asked Drew how he was able to take such lovely close-up shots and he said he used a tripod.
Remember the Iro? Well, all that yarn is sitting here and it’s begging to become something. Besides, I really hate to go out and buy yarn when I have all this yarn to work with. I guess I am trying to be a disciplined knitter. So this weekend, I went out and bought 2 Noro books by Jane Ellison to get some ideas on what to make. (Man, that tripod is really handy and isn’t there like a noro.com or something…..?)
Being the indecisive person that I am, I’m probably going to need ya’lls help on which pattern to choose from. Ok, it’s Sunday night, off to do a little more knitting and retire to wake up fresh to enjoy the rest of next week.
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Enjoy your week.
Unless you don’t want to.
ya know I’m always around if you need to talk… (and ooh I do love Noro!)
Hey there Kenny…thanks for stopping by my blog…Nope, no camera for pics, tho I have a few links to pics stored on Yahoo. One of these days I’ll be able to afford a digital and then I’ll swamp everyone with pics.
It is “hit and miss”, isn’t it? Recovery…and life. Keep doin’ it…minute by minute. Hugs from Oregon…and hey, I can’t WAIT to see what you decide to knit out of the Noro books! Noro is on my list for “when I actually have $ to spend on yarn again…” Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy your knitting vicariously….lol. Lisa in Oregon
Don’t give up, Kenny…keep on going. I suffer from depression and know that it can stifle one’s life if you let it. I understand about knitting incessantly. I’m also that way with the Internet way too much. I recently realized that I’m not “living” life, but just existing in it and that’s no fun.
I really like the tripod, by the way. As soon as I can afford a better digital camera, I will have to purchase one.