Writer’s Workshop: Oh..Not Done Yet

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts mama kat's writers workshop, talkative thursday

Bee in the middle of the flower

Every month I start off  setting my goals for the month and do a recap of what I have been doing with a Highlight of the previous month.  For the month of July and August I have set many tasks which I wish to get completed which unfortunately didn’t get done.  Like the bee on the flower above it has been an extremely busy month and things will only get more crazy  around here as the kids will be having their exams soon.

1. I have yet to start an exercise routine which really works for me.
Even though I do know that it is important to have regular exercise the only exercise that I am having so far is Zumba every Monday when R is in town and climbing up the stairs to our apartment. Now that the Wii has been repaired  I will be resuming Wii-Active twice/thrice weekly.

2. There are still many outstanding book reviews to be completed.
Even though I have been telling myself not to accept any new books to review since I haven’t completed those on hand but those offers which have been coming via e-mail this month have been too irresistible. The topics of the books on offer happen to be on the topics which I am currently researching on.

3. I have yet to complete the faith formation syllabus for the kids
Even though I had decided to start  formally introducing the kids to our faith there are still many issues and aspects of it which I have yet to discuss with R. I hope to have all the issues ironed out by the end of this year so we will definitely be  able  to execute our plan come 2014.

What is on your list which is not done yet?

Writer’s workshop: Need For Refocusing

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts mama kat's writers workshop, talkative thursday

White bloom

I’ve always been interested in taking photographs of flora. Each time we go to the park. I try to snap pictures of the flowers that I see.  Unfortunately on most occasions I do not have my DSLR  with me and I have to make do with my HTC phone camera.

A few weeks ago we brought the kids to have a spin on the Go Kart at West Coast Park. While riding around in the park I saw a few tropical blooms. Using the filter- depth of field  on my hand phone I snapped the above shot.  I was focusing on the center of the flower and the filter helped to blur out the surrounding only living what I was focusing on clear.

Sometimes I feel that one needs to temporary blur out the surroundings to be able to refocus. I find that this approach has been serving me well. Very often our vision can get clouded on the way and it can be difficult to keep our aim on our focus. To be able to trudge one one has to sometimes to take time out to refocus to ensure that what we are working for is still our aim.

How do you refocus?