summer70

I used to draw a lot. In fact, I went to art college for a short while when I left school. But then life took over and I hardly drew anything for years. But last year I started to draw and paint again … for a while! Then I gave up again to do other things.
Yet when I draw I get a real sense of achievement and enjoyment. So why don’t I do it more often?..... rahter than spending so much time on the net? :)
Hmmm….... need to think on that one :)

I left school early and started my family early, so I never had time to get a degree and ended up doing boring, low-paid jobs. So I decided to go back to college. It wasn’t easy, as I still had to work part-time and find time for my children as well as do all the coursework, but I managed to graduate with a first class honours degree and then went on to get an MA.
It enabled me to teach at uni and I love it! Especially teaching adults who, themselves, have gone back to college to get their degree. So for me anyway, it was well worth it.

I learnt meditation 5 years ago. It helped me to cope with a really stressful time in my life. It was difficult at first to concentrate on ‘not thinking’ – if you know what I mean! But after a while it became relatively easy to ‘switch off’ and it did help.
I have trained in different forms of Yoga for a number of years – at first from books but, like others here, I didn’t know if I was getting it right. So I joined some classes, first in Hatha Yoga, then, when I wanted something a bit more ‘energetic’, I tried Ashtanga Yoga, which I really like. I’ve also tried to learn Vikram Yoga, but getting the room temperature warm enough here in the UK is not very easy! Yoga has helped me to remain supple and it does help you ‘switch off’ from all the stresses and strains of modern life. I have to admit though, I don’t do it as often as I used to – not much time at the moment.
Maybe I’ll start properly again soon …........