My second practice session

Ah, trip to Suffolk.  How lovely.  Back in the Blue Dog today. And its a proper scorcher.  Hotter than summer was by far.

I did my second training yesterday.  Not so straightforward as the issue was more that my friend needs to prioritise what she needs to get done more than get everything done on her list.  She has a lot on her plate, juggling 3 children as a single mum, a part time job  (that needs full time hours to do it in) and hampered in it all by a lack of funds.  All slightly catch 22 - the things could get done quicker (less relying on help from people) with more money, which would give more time, but at the same time, more money not possible as she needs more time to invest in order to progress her ideas to make more money.  Essentially everything needed a bit more discussion to get to the root of 'what would this look like if it were ticked off the list'  I mean, how exactly do you know when you have enough money? and what is the first small step to get there, well that's a big question isn't it.  And where out of all the demands can you find time to be creative, which is necessary for your soul.  Yup big stuff

However there were some key points that will hopefully be actioned this very week.  She needs to up her income, and she decided that and extra £500 a month would really be good.  And today she is doing a car boot sale, and on Thursday she is going to spend some time matching a creative project with funding.  Something that she does all the time for other people.  How hard it must be to be paid as an administrator, and you are an artist, and you hire other artists and pay them good money to do projects you have helped them get funding for.

And with 3 children, who expect their mother to drop anything to sort out what ever it is that they need sorting, and not quite enough room in the house for all of them (one of her crucial projects is to literally build another bedroom onto the side of the house) another of her problems is ring fencing time to focus - on anything reallly.  Though she has already managed to carve out Mum's Chi Gung time.  Which I think is pretty awesome (note to self: Moyra's Yoga Time).  And we discussed that if she give each of her children some dedicated focus time with them, she might be better able to get time for herself to focus.  Also discussed was getting up earlier to get the Chi Gung time in before school.  And the thorny issue fo getting 3 children who are now 9, 12 and 14 to help more around the house, without that in itself becoming a bigger project that takes up all her time.

She really liked the inbox to zero.  And she got the idea of contexting your actions.  Hopefully she will be able to be a little more streamlined and less cluttered in her life and her head because of this.  I am checking in next week to see how she is getting on.

I did struggle to get through all the stuff she brought with her, so I hope that she manages to complete her task and get a clear path ahead.  I think this needs more support.