I'm back!

I am back and determined to stay!
Many changes happened in the last six months, we are a bigger family now, three generations living under the same roof. 
We moved to a bigger house in an amazing place, a farm by the sea. This has been a dream of mine for a long time, to live by the sea. 
My days are full of beautiful moments, the walks on the beach, the stand up paddle with Marco and the girls, the breathtaking sunsets, I feel relaxed, balanced, grateful and inspired. I feel so inspired that I started to look at things and trying to come up with ways of improve them! My head is always spinning with ideas, most of them will never be nothing more than that but it keeps my mind sharp and creative.
This blog is now a journal, a place where I write the highlights of my day.

See you later
                                                          Maria

Tangled

I decided to change my blog's name. Tangled. That's me. I was walking on the string of life and I was caught in a knot! It's not a bad thing, but I will need some time to untangle myself and move on.

My mind moves too fast, it doesn't give me enough time to think each thing through! So I go from one idea  to another, from one project to the next and it feels that I am going around in circles when I could be moving forward.

While I try to untangle myself I am doing some crochet. I found out that I don't like to follow patterns, I prefer to create my own. I also realised that my mind likes to come up with  silly things! Normally when you think of crochet or knitting you think of blankets and jumpers, I think of owls, chicks and deer heads.

 

 I made some cushions, as well, (silly ones that I love very much)

 

 

But the one that I am really proud of is my deer head, it's my own design and it was a big challenge, after all, I only started to learn crochet a month ago.

 

I need to come up with some sort of frame, and yes it's silly but looking at it makes me happy, it brought me many moments of frustration but in the end I got it right. This head is my trophy, is a reminder of what I can accomplish.

 

Have a Happy day!

Brilliant or lazy?

I saw a poster the other day that said something like "The job of a teacher is not to cut the wings but to direct the flight", lovely thought isn't it?
As children we see the world as a place where anything can happen, the possibilities are endless, we are creative, intuitive and brave. Then we grow up, and  the majority of us lose our "wings",  why?
We are told to study, have good grades and find a job, so we do. We graduate, we get a job, we buy a car and then a house, we start a family, maybe we get a dog and so on. This is life, ultimately it is what we are meant to do. We are social beings, having family and friends is part of what we are, it is one of our basic needs but it is not a reason to stop chasing our dreams. We don't have to turn into boring adults to make a living.
Some people never lose their wings, those are the ones that think differently from the rest of us. They are the ones that, like a child, question everything. They are the ones brave enough to make their lives a succession of experiments. They are not afraid of failure, they are called crazy more often than not but they don't care, because  every step gets them closer to their goals. Did I mention that they have families too? They do.
What makes these few people so different from the rest of us? I don't think it has anything to do with school nor the way we have our society build. I think we become lazy! It is so much easier to have a job that even though it makes us miserable it provides us with a regular income. And let's be honest, most people measure happiness by the amount of stuff they own.
So if you don't like your job you're the only one to blame!

TickTockFock

Today as I was checking my secret life on IG, I came across with #ticktuckfuk, the post by @deemoi was about her coping mechanism, her way of facing obstacles, screaming and shouting and get on with life. TickTuckFuk stayed with me for the rest of the day, it made me think about life, my life.

My generation was taught that you choose a profession, you go to college to learn it, you get a job and make a career. You never ever quit your job. So you study hard, you work hard and you buy a house and a car, you get married and have kids (and a couple of dogs). Then you buy a bigger house and a better car (and more kids and more dogs). I'm not saying that this is wrong, we need doctors, nurses, engineers, architects, (and maybe one or two lawyers and an economist), but should we really be doing the same thing day after day, after day until we die? Life is constantly changing around us, and so are we. We just need to accept it.

We are wonderful beings  built with the capacity to adapt to different environments. It's in our genes. Our bodies need to move and our minds need challenges to be healthy. So what do we fear? Failure? Well, failure doesn't exist! We invented the concept as an excuse for our refusal of changing, to keep us in a comfortable and safe environment.

And what about true happiness? Happiness is not about things you can buy, it's about moments spent with your loved ones. If you spend your life working long hours how can you build those moments, what memories will you have at the end of your journey?

For me, my most precious possession is my family, they are my  strength and as long as I have them I will always find a way to care and provide for them. 

I am now eight years different than I was when I came to Ireland, the clock is ticking, TickTockFock  it's time to move.