About me

This is the blog of my quest in life to find some balance, calm and focus . In contrast to the authors of some blogs (or so they’d have us believe), I am not extraordinary. I don’t live a life of stylish parties, cool friends, enviable opportunities and even more enviable looks.

This is me: I struggle to balance my life with my work. There’s always things needing doing around the house that never quite get done, and rooms I wouldn’t want anyone to enter (sometimes quite important rooms). I’m sometimes fired up by enthusiasm, and I’m sometimes laid low by doubt. I love to laugh: I find a lot of things funny that other people don’t even notice. (This is not always a good thing!). I’m creative, I’m artistic, I’m passionate. I’m kind and understanding. I’m grumpy and impatient. I’m excessively energetic and focused; I’m lazy. I care about my health and my figure; I throw sense out of the window and order pizza and beer. I love the little things in life. I worry excessively about the economy.

In other words, I’m a totally ordinary 40-something woman trying to bring some balance into her life. I might be behind on that curve (it feels that way at times) or I might just be too honest with myself.

Either way, I know that this is my one chance at life and the only person who can really know what I want and to work to get it is me.

So here I am. Welcome to my blog.