Because Friday is for learning noticing.
On-topic noticings
I blogged quite a lot about my on-topic thoughts this week.
Especially about how worry comes from predictions, the role of permission and how important nourishment is.
~ Focusing on circumstances keeps me sane
Part of the genius of Jen Louden’s Satisfaction Finder is how she gets you to focus on what you can do on a normal day, not one when you are focused, brave and rested.
I’m really seeing the wisdom of checking in with what else is going on so I can sanity check my expectations of myself.
You know, like, in the week when we decide to move continents, don’t expect to be care-free and on top of my game.
~ Expecting drama reduces its impact
In a letter to myself, I reminded myself that in the next few weeks I would probably be feeling sad, scared, excited, overwhelmed.
And so I have been. I have a post written and ready on ‘Expecting the expected’ and this is part of it.
Predicting the reactions in advance really helps to keep things in perspective, even as they are happening.
In fact, telling S that I’m probably going to be crying quite a lot (I’m an easy cry) I think helps him to not freak out so much when I do.
Meta-blogging noticings
~ Edgy feels good
The fear post, the permission post and the nourishment post came from a different space from my normal posts. They came kind of out of my body in minutes, rather than being overly planned.
I realise that in addition to thoughts that have been polished in the tumbler of my mind (Like a wheel within a wheel…), you might also appreciate a bit of rawness. As evidenced by the comments!
Have I told you – I love comments?
I do.
~ I can’t wait
I am fucking brimming over with ideas for stuff to produce. I can’t wait to get going on it. October? Get your chequebook out. 
In-other-news noticings
~ I love my elephant teapot
How can you not?
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‘Noticing’ is just a less hard-core-demanding way of saying learning.
So what have you learned noticed this week?
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Sooo…. even though we just *barely* started following each other on Twitter (I’m Streetlights94, by the way) I finally had a moment to start perusing your blog tonight. I won’t be able to comment on everything obviously, though I always feel guilty if I don’t — the English teacher in me, you know. But I just want to say — now — that I am really enjoying “this”, just all of this. I am a noticer also. A noticer of things. I collect what I notice in my mind and then take it home to think about it all. I am glad to meet someone else who does the same
I often feel a little self-indulgent posting my noticings.
Glad to hear they interest *someone*!
Nice to see you here.
Twitter: chapeaubysimone
I for one can’t wait til you are in the same (relative) time zone as me. I keep missing all your tweets (stoopid sleep!).
Everywhere I turn I keep getting Just Notice notices. And here’s another! Okay okay okay. It does change things for the better, I will say.
Also, the elephant teapot is the awesome. I love your finger pointing at it, in case we didn’t know where to look! You crack me up.
Twitter: jenlouden
I adore feeling you through reading you. You are like a brother in noticing and learning the same things. I find it so nourishing! Checkbook out and yes, when moving continents, good idea to scale back expectations – you think??
I agree, the finger makes that teapot photo
(Love the teapot, btw.)
Late to the party, but hey. Noticings this week: I am tired. Really tired. But I keep having moments of “ooh, I have energy” and running around and doing things and feeling great (and so I read into this “I am not tired – I am fine”), and then, I crash. Like yesterday when, inexplicably, I spent two hours asleep on the sofa in the middle of the day. And then this morning I woke up at 6am and thought “hey, I have time to go running before work for a change!” So I did, and it was HARD. So my big noticing of the week is that even though I am kidding myself that I have bags of energy (which I think of as my default state), I am in fact tired and need to go easy on myself. This looks really prosaic when written down, but my story of myself (and I think a lot of other people’s stories about me) centres in part on my being a bit of a dynamo – but boy, do I need repair. Or maintenance. Or something. /ramble.
PS – Andrew, thank you so much for creating this space, because without it, I wouldn’t write about this stuff – and without that, I might not think too much about it either. So thanks for making it easier to work out what it is that I think
Simone- if I don’t point, how will you know?
Jen- I still feel a wee bit starstruck when you comment on my blog. Sis.
Chris- you’re lovely and you’re welcome. So glad you found a way of being here that works for you. Thrilled you’re here.