So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? All work and no play makes Melissa a dull girl. Although it’s after midnight on what is now Monday morning, and I’m finally sitting down to write what was supposed to be… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Melissa’s Journal
A former bulimic looks back to focus forward
Whenever I teach beginning calligraphy students, I tell them to keep their practice sheets, write the date on them and tuck them away in a drawer. Then down the road, when the frustrated novice calligraphers are convinced (as they inevitably will be) that their skills are going backwards, they can pull out those early attempts… Continue Reading
The view from inside the fire pit
So here’s the thing: sometimes everything feels like it’s going swimmingly. Life is pretty balanced (even if precariously), and you’re sailing along pretty much in alignment with who you really are. You feel hopeful! Anything is possible! Life is good! Other times, not so much. You know those times: when the computer is not functioning…. Continue Reading
Weekly Review #14: Swingin’ in the trees, and the long drop down
So how am I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Usually posted on Saturday, Review #14 is a couple of days late because I was far away from internet access all last week. Read on… Imagine that you have a ticket… Continue Reading
Weekly Review #13: a headless chicken, and 5 ways to tame it
So how am I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Honestly, this week I feel like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off: so much to do, and very limited time to do it in. Tomorrow morning I head into… Continue Reading
Weekly Review #12: broken commitments, and 50 years of marriage
So how am I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Broken commitments It’s been a week of disruptions from “normal” life, so it’s a bit harder than usual to take stock. And you may have noticed that my originally-on-Fridays-and-now-usually-on-Saturdays Review is… Continue Reading