Sunday, August 16, 2009

Ch-ch-changes

Okay, I know David Bowie wrote one of the most wicked and catchy songs in the 1970's called that; but I thought to borrow it just for this blog, besides, I love his music. Change can be a good thing for some; bad for others and indifferent for the rest of us left behind. However, when you do want to change something about yourself, make sure you don't go in the deep end without thinking about it.

Around four years ago, I took up Yoga. It was something my GP suggested when I pulled the muscles in my lower back and said that if I didn't do something about myself soon, I'd end up locking up completely. So, I took out as many books on all the different types of Yoga as I was permitted from the local library and read up on it before I even got myself a Yoga Matt. I had to decide which kind to do; and the one I chose was the oldest one around: Hattha. And since then, after two weeks of my body asking what the hell I was doing to it, I haven't looked back. My chiropractor's pleased with me and my diet has changed completely! I went from eating some meat to eating none... yep, I'm vegetarian. But that took research too (which I had been doing for a long time before the Yoga thing anyway). Now, my Doctors from all fields in my life are really please to see that I'm so healthy, that I can sleep all night every night and I do get out of the house once in a while to do some exercise (I've taken up outsider art; which means a lot of walking). I love the changes I've made in my life... and they were big - huge - changes.

But change doesn't have to be big like mine.


You can make small changes. For example, have an unplugged day on the weekend where you don't sit on the computer or have the television blaring in the background all day. Instead turn on the radio and listen to a few c.d.s and read a book out in the garden. If you only have a balcony, begin creating that area on your balcony where you can sit and read your favourite book.
Or get in to a hobby you've put to one side until you've got time to do it again; this is the time to get into it again.
Another change could be environmental. Plants can make a huge change your mood, your house and your health; and they don't have to be high maintenance ones either. Succulents and cacti pretty much look after themselves in Winter and only need watering on the weekends in Summer... if that.

Change is something we can all do, it just takes motivation, time and effort. And if you can do it a little step at a time, you'll find that you will achieve big things in the time you've given yourself by having only one unplugged day a week... pretty soon, you'll be able to have two or even three unplugged days - or evenings - where you can delve into your own new/old hobby and create something out of what you thought was nothing.

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