Are you like I am and dearly love the change of seasons? It seems each time the change begins, one gets a feeling of "starting over fresh". Who wants to wait until the end of the year to change, when you can have a new change four times a year. Do you find you do different things and eat different foods when the weather changes?
I am not sure what that says about a person, but I remember one winter that I spent five months in Florida away from the Wisconsin winter. Now, anyone that survives a Wisconsin winter would think that sounds quite close to heaven, but as day after day of being the same, I found that I craved the change. While in Florida the days seemed to run into each other
and there wasn't a chance to rejuvenate and look forward to something else.
Probably that speaks to my soul because I am a "scanner". Now one might ask, what is a scanner? Just having reread the book "Refuse to Choose", by Barbara Sher, it comes full circle again in knowing why the changes are so important to some people.
The joy of life is in the discovering, learning and doing a new project or experiencing a new adventure. One is always searching for that new wisdom. They have an on-line book club to join if one wishes to locate and connect with other people who have read that particular book and want to find like minds. Sounds like an awesome thing to do, but I know once I commit to it, I will want to read and discover something else.
So, once again as the leaves are just beginning to explode in their change of brilliance, my
mind wonders, what can I learn next? Boredom is never a worry here.
Do you have rituals with the changes, finding yourself wanting to rearrange all the furniture, buy new books, take a new class, or just find a new hobby?
Oh my, then after one finds that new hobby and acquires all the new equipment needed, where does one find space for that? When you go into your "stash" closet do all of your old adventures that were put aside for another time look sad and rejected?
So many things and so little time--better get to figuring out how to rearrange all of this.
Meanwhile, why don't you plan to stop in at Seranya Studios Art Boutique and see the
results of all of the wonderful examples of the work of a "scanner".
Stay tuned.
When you shared this "scanner" theory with me and "Refuse to Choose" by Barbara Sher along with what I shared with you about Elizabeth Gilbert and following your curiosity, it sure has me feeling like ME! And it's such a relief to know it is perfectly okay to want to try many things - even circle back to them if you feel the need.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the season changes. While summer has me slowing down more often, Fall has me eager to do projects - though slow down in a different way - maybe just that sense of hunkered down closer to home getting lost in my projects in my writing cottage it is.
I don't know either if I could live somewhere all year that didn't have the season changes - I just love fall way too much.
My friend, Victoria and I say we are "autumnal sistah's" because we both relish and thrive during this season of harvest!
Ahhh, it does the heart good to connect with other "scanners" I like the thought by Elizabeth Gilbert too, follow your curiosity--I do believe that is what I shall do and be proud of it. I agree with the autumnal sistah's happiness in Fall.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite months is January...the beginning of something new. Relinquish the past, and pursue the future.
ReplyDeleteOh my, while January is definitely NOT my favorite month, I do enjoy the feel of looking back, tucking it away and then looking forward. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteFall is my favorite also, the end of ragweed is on the way and it is the prettiest season, oh maybe not, there is nothing prettier than a blanket of giant fluffy snow covering every tree branch and the way it sparkles in the sun, just beautifully. Oh but I forgot about tulips......
ReplyDeleteLove the way your mind works Kathy--there is beauty in every season isn't there and that is why we love the seasons so much.
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