Managing Goals

We're moving house. Well, there aren't any boxes packed yet. But we've been working hard this week to set up the new place before we move in. I've spent the day scrubbing in the kitchen and then peeling plastic wallpaper off the walls. There's lovely white painted wall underneath that's just perfect. I've worn out a scrubbing brush this week, which I consider to be quite an accomplishment!

For weeks it has rained most days, and has been unseasonably cold. Today, however, was a glorious clear sunny day, and this afternoon I was working with the sun coming through the open window, pleasant breeze wafting over my head. It was a great feeling.

There's something very satisfying about hard physical labor - yes, that was it, when you stop for the day!

When we expect certain things from ourselves this can create a noticeable pressure. It can even turn into stress. When a set of expectations becomes impractical it makes good sense to look at the situation and figure out whether those expectations are reasonable. If it's possible to be flexible with them, then it's worth accepting new criteria and to allow ourselves to define a new goal.

This week we have family visiting. We're going to have lots of fun out and about, and in between I'll be working on more setting up of the new place. I had hoped to be able to post articles regularly as usual on DweezelJazz during this time, but I may need to adjust my expectations for the next two or so weeks. So, we'll see what happens and ride with the flow.