A short and happy one today,

no major brain dramas in sight.

I had a fantastic week, a week of tattooing that made me remember how amazing my ‘job’ is, not that I don’t already know this but some days, weeks, months are just better than others. I met a wonderful new person and got to catch up with 3 people I’ve not seen in what feels like forever. I’ve met some truly wonderful people, made some amazing friends and learned a lot in what feels like the fastest 10 years of my life tattooing.

Also this week I joined a coaching community to help me with my life in general and I’ve been reading A Radical Awakening by Dr Shafali, so much amazing info. And I finally did one full (and healthy) week of running training, managed every session on my schedule, although I need to be more considerate of my body and what it’s capable of based around hormones, another thing I’m learning about…. I feel as though I have a lot on at the moment but it’s good to get myself in to good ‘habits’ before the degree starts and I feel like I have another thing to get used to.

I almost forgot, I had a dream that when I woke up, thought ‘that would make a great story!’. Admittedly in the cold light of day it needs some work but nighttime Michelle was really convinced she had her ‘big idea’, truth is, I have a lot of ideas, it’s the writing them down that’s the problem, not knowing where to start. Like with everything else I just need to ‘get it down’ stop thinking so much and just do the thing.

I’ve started two new personal art projects, kind of, they’re both right at the beginning so it’ll be fun to see them progress over the next couple of weeks. A cancellation this Sunday at the studio has meant I’m giving myself the extra day off to really sink my teeth into one of them. I could’ve started today but I’m suffering from a lingering headache and think I might need some rest extra rest before going back to the studio tomorrow, staring at this computer probably isn’t helping….

And finally, I’ve been avoiding watching TV for about 2 weeks now in an effort to be more productive but have noticed a definite increase in social media usage. Ahh social media, a necessary evil! I really could use my time better, perhaps deleting the app during the week and reinstalling it over my ‘weekend’ (Monday/Tuesday) would be better? Although I did consider taking myself away from social media entirely and asking folks to sign up to a weekly newsletter, still pondering on that one.

A photograph of one of my cats, Jeff, being particularly cute! For no reason other than that :)