How time flies when you’re having fun! I can’t believe that April is almost over, that’s a third of the year gone already! Why is it that as we get older the time goes by so much faster. Is it because we are more aware of our demise getting nearer?
A friend of mine who moved to Australia to live last year said recently that moving to another country is a good way of getting time to slow down. His theory is that it is because your days are so full of new sights, new experiences, new things to learn. Perhaps he is right, maybe when we get bogged down in our daily routines – get up, go to work, come home, cook tea, sit in front of the TV – one days is much like the next and each week just melts away until before we know it another month is over. Maybe what we need to do to slow down time is to fill it up. Make a point of doing something new everyday, make the most of the time we have.
Perhaps just making a point of doing something everyday – like the 365 challenge is what we need to do. Spending a short amount of each day focussing on something that over time you can look back and see a progression – it could be doing a bit of work on a major beading project, or maybe stopping to take a photograph every day thereby recording your daily life. Another idea would be to write – not necessarily a diary detailing each day (because honestly some days are really not worth writing about) but more a journal for writing whatever is in your mind, it might be something that happened that day, it could be a memory from long ago, it could be something you read or saw that piqued your interest.
Maybe in the end filling up your time won’t make it slow down, however at least you will feel like you are achieving things rather than watching it just slip away. I’ll keep you posted on how I go with the slowing process!
On the beading front I’ve had a few exciting things happen recently. I was invited to display my jewellery at a new Gallery that opened in Parkes in April (my first gallery exhibition!) and received some very positive feedback (along with some very welcome sales). I also entered a piece in the local Waste to Art competition and was awarded first prize in the Community Functional section. My entry was titled “Plastic Fantastic” and was made using discs cut from plastic cards – eg. credit cards, reward cards and gift cards. It was a statement on consumerism and our throw away society. My entry will now progress to the state finals of the Waste to Art Competition. This weekend coming (Anzac weekend) I will again have a display of jewellery at one of the gardens that will be on display for the Open Garden Scheme. So all in all a busy time.
Cheers
Sharyn
That looks fantastic – very creative! HOW did you find that many cards to chop up!!!!????
Ahhh I have the girls at Big W to thank for that. I went in and asked what they did with the used gift cards and if they could collect some for me. Went back two weeks later and they had a box full!