Just like starting over
The Retune Blog - 24th March 2023
I always loved writing my Retune blog. I had a great little pattern. I’d arrive at uni and before teaching my first lecture I’d go to the library with a coffee and just reflect and write. But, as you may have noticed, I've not been writing for a while now. It was never a conscious decision to stop, in fact it was something I really missed doing. But, as they say, it just felt like life got in the way. Or, to use the words of John Lennon from (Just Like) Starting Over:
It's been too long since we took the time. No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly.
I think we probably all feel like this at times. We know the things we love doing and the positive impact they have on us, yet we still allow ourselves not to find the time to do them. So, this week I’ve decided to take a stand, and go back to something I love and benefit from, writing my blog. And I’m helped by Lennon’s words of encouragement:
It's time to spread our wings and fly, don't let another day go by my love. It'll be just like starting over.
It’s an act of defiance to and for myself! Perhaps you’ll join me too in your own act of personal rebellion and reclamation.
Book of the week
Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop (2017)
If you find your own internal dialogue prevents you from doing the things you want then try reading Bishop’s Unfu*k Yourself. Exploring the idea that it is often ourselves that get in the way of us making progress, Bishop suggests strategies to correct this exploring how we live through our (un)conscious choices, through setting our own game, taking perspective, embracing uncertainty and being self-defined through our actions instead of our thoughts.