The Animated Procrastinator

Dear Reader Today's question I want to pose to you is ...  What is it that has shaped you? What has happened in your life to make you who you are today? What have been your crucible moments?  (A crucible moment being  a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.) No matter who you are, there have been events that have happened in your life that have moulded you as a person - that have changed your course and that have influenced your actions and decisions.  Be that conscious or not - they have happened. I recall the first time I was given the task of recording what I felt were the crucible events that have happened in my life - both good and bad.   This was an exciting, daunting and difficult task.   I was able to go through and easily highlight all the great things that have happened to me; meeting my husband, getting married, the birth of both our children, graduat...

Dear Reader Ok ... so now I am exploring and beginning to get a handle on this whole blogging thing. But I am finding that one of the downfalls of being a procrastinator is that I am incredibly indecisive and can't even decide on a theme - so get used to this changing often - much like the furniture in my living room ;) Finding the right theme for this blog is important to me because it is like the 'face' that I am showing to the world. Much like how we display our physical bodies to those around us. What we wear, how we style our hair, the make up we use (or not) ... it is all a part of the 'theme' or 'cover' that we choose to use to express who we are and what we want others to believe about us. Why is this so important? Why do we spend so much time worrying about the 'look' we portray? (Well some of us do anyway - I have always envied those who just don't really give a shit about what others think - how easy would life be with that atti...

Dear Reader Where do I start?  What am I going to say? Who even cares? For me, starting a blog is a daunting process ... I'm putting myself out there and showing my raw vulnerability to the world. What am I even going to be talking about anyway ... and who really cares? This blog is about my rambling and the story of my life.   Who I am, what's shaped me and where I want to go. When I first thought about creating this blog I thought for a long time about what my story could be, is it even interesting or compelling?   I have lived a charmed life, I've had a great childhood within a loving family.  We didn't have any struggles financially when I was growing up and I was always safe, warm and well cared for. I haven't really done anything super exciting or dangerous in my life that would make for compelling reading - I'm just me.  Your run of the mill everyday 40+ something working mother, wife, daughter, aunty, sister, cousin, friend and foe who ...