Are you a stubborn person? I can be pretty darn stubborn sometimes, and totally set in my ways. As a defining trait of a Taurus, I'm not easy to budge, as in bull-headed, and at times I won't be swayed...no matter what. Sometimes this is labeled of Taureans to be procrastination, but I've never seen it that way. Because I am always planning, and always doing. And as the positive-natured person that I am, I see my stubbornness - or as I like to call it - my "steadfastness" as a quality, and a very important one too! Maybe that's denial. haha.
On the other hand, I also fully enjoy and embrace change. Because it's fun, and inspiring, it sparks creativity, and it's an invitation to grow and learn, which is always a plus. I've led change in my professional career on many occasions, and thoroughly enjoyed the entire process.
But I never ever move until I'm ready. And then when I'm ready...it's full speed ahead.
The Hubbs Joe and I used to play Chess together. Alot. I love everything about the game of Chess. Ever since the Hubbs Joe and I started dating, we'd either sit and play Chess sometimes for hours at a time until the game ended, or if I wasn't ready to move, we'd let the pieces sit and continue the game over several days. Was that procrastinating? No, it was planning.
In the C and other programming languages - which are near and so geekily dear to my heart, the code declaration of #define is used to define a constant. Without that definition in your code, your application or program will have...issues. So, you are essentially saying to the application "this will not change, this will remain the same." Why must you declare that? Because by default, it is understood that everything changes. So essentially you are stating the exception to the rule.
Heraclitus the Greek philosopher said "The only constant is change."
I realized a long time ago that the only constant in life is change. And there is rarely an exception to that rule. It's really only the frequency of change which varies. The most well known, publicized, or life-changing of those frequencies is annual, defined as a New Year, and declared or jotted down as New Year's resolutions. Not that it takes a New Year to define change, but traditionally, that's what we've all been programmed to do.
Since December, I've been in a state of change, a different state of mind, and I am so.fully.completely.enjoying it. Why December? Because you know how New Years usually start. It's so easy to drag your feet in January, tired from the end of year stuff, not ready to say good-bye sometimes, and not really ready commit to any resolutions. Or maybe sometimes you implement your resolutions until the first week of the New Year...and then...back to your old ways.
So, beginning my ideas for change in December - was my way of getting a jump start on a New Year. A head start in implementing at least the very beginnings of everything that I wanted to do differently in 2009. And with my children's boutique being closed since Nov. 1st, I've definitely had more time to change.
So what have I changed? Alot.
And what have I been doing?
sewing, cooking, playing, enjoying, listening, watching, planting, reading, motivating, communicating, living, exercising, photographing, laughing, understanding, de-cluttering, teaching, developing, focusing, creating, breathing, researching, writing, resting, giggling, organizing, cleaning, programming, growing, nurturing, designing, photographing, exercising, relaxing, learning, loving, and changing.
And of course not necessarily in that order. That's not to say that I had'nt been doing any of those things last year...but I'm just more fully aware of them now.
Because in all of the above, most importantly, I am simply just being. Being in the moment.
Now, one week into January, I am happy to say that for me - I remain changing...full speed ahead.
What about you? What have you been doing...are you changing anything this year?
