A Random List for Today

 Hello and a lovely day to you all, I am starting with something a little different today because as I was having a tidy through my blog I cam across a post from  October 2015 that made me laugh as a few things have changed but some are still the same.  It just goes to show how nice it is to get things down and out of your head so you can later come back and look at them, ideas and opinions change, we grow, our lives move on but some things are constant and that is reassuring too.  I got the idea from a post on another blog but that blog is now private so the link is nolonger working, the ideas expressed are my own however it was just the list idea I shared.  So with this in mind I have included the original list below with my updated thoughts below each item, if you recall this format doing the rounds or want to join in with a list of your own please link me in and let me know so I can see your lists too.  (For those of you here for sewing I will share more of that over the next few days!)

This list is inspired by Annie feel free to join in, I have read a few of these myself and they are great little snippets into peoples lives.  (I have amended to the current day in blue.)

• (2015) I don't believe in people always telling it like it is, sometimes we need to be kind. If is not essential and nobody's life is in danger if you don't say that mean thing, then maybe don't say it. 

This still holds true and I am pleased to have written this long before the whole be Kind movement onto t-shirts, badges and mugs!  We do need to censor our speech to protect the feelings of others because there is just no need to say things that will hurt people.  I recall the person also who I had in mind when I wrote this as she was fond of saying 'I tell it like it is' after some nasty comment.  In recent years I have noticed quite a lot of people posting on social media 'Be Kind' wearing the clothing with the slogan and then proceeding to do and say very unkind things to those around them who they work with, are friends with etc. It is not just a catchy slogan! So with this in mind I will amend the first of my list to...

• I think you should choose your words with care and compassion for others, cruel truths don't always need to be told. Also make your actions match your words (and your t-shirts, ha ha)

• (2015)I love cheese which is odd as I cannot tolerate milk, cream or yoghurt but God decided to let  me get away with cheese. I am very grateful for that.  

Well this one has changed for sure, I have been vegan for quite a few years now so no actual cheese for me but due to growing demand I do get to eat the vegan alternatives so I suppose I still love the idea of it as long as it is plant based. 

• I love following a plant based diet and I am grateful for the variety of options available and the growing awareness around this choice.

• (2015) I am a Christian, currently between churches and a confirmed Catholic. Experience over the years has made me question the need to attend a specific place of worship but I read my bible and have a deep faith.  I am just not sure having a specific leader (usually a man) and a set of social activities centred around a church building makes anyone  a better Christian.

This one remains the same however I would nolonger consider myself between churches, I have my faith and do not need a building or leader to tell me so. If being part of that community helps you that is wonderful but telling people they have to go or they are not believers is just not helpful to anyone. I think people find their own way and music, nature, silence, actions all bring us closer than just one way. 

• (2015) Pets are good for you (unless you are allergic) I've not met one person who  hasn't smiled on seeing our new puppy and not just puppies our other two dogs bring such a lot to our lives.

Such joy in the moment, we all need a bit of that!

Absolutely still agree with this, these guys look a bit younger here they are now 13 and the pup who is not pictured here is now 6.

• (2015)I cannot read just one book at a time I don't know why maybe I have a little ADD. I always have some non- fiction plus a fiction title on the go and sometimes I will be dipping in and out of a book I'm re-reading. (weird I know)

Yes this is still the same I have two on the go at the moment, one non fiction and one fiction.

• (2015) I long to be a morning person but I'm really not.  I have battled with this for years and it is a recurring new years resolution. I manage a week or two then it is back to hitting the snooze button. Anyone who has overcome this after years of failure please let me know.

I am there!  I am always awake early in the morning so it must eventually stick or is it just a getting older thing? So I will amend this...

• I am a morning person yay!, awake early, in fact I don't have an alarm anymore I leave my phone downstairs and just wake up and look at the clock on my bedside (it is just a regular clock) I do wonder if the leaving of the phone downstairs has improved my sleep quality as they do say it disturbs you without you knowing it. 

• (2015) Music makes me smile it always has, rock is my favourite, it has to have guitars, electric, acoustic, you have to hear them. I am learning to play myself with the help of Justin 

Still true, always, music when I sew, when I cook, when I read.  I came on very well with the guitar (well I think so!) but have not picked it up for a month so back to it.

• (2015)I don't know what I want to be when I grow up ( oh yes that already, happened well anyway!) I was a sewing machinist for many years, teaching assistant for the past nine years but only got into that as I wanted to teach, then talked myself out of that. I often look at University courses in textiles and design and wonder about if I'm too old?? Or maybe moving abroad and starting a holiday let?? You see I really do not know.

Yes while this is still somewhat true, some things have changed with time as they always do.  I remained a teaching assistant until December last year then I resigned.  I am currently  creating online sewing content, who knows how long this will be me but I am enjoying life and not worrying anymore that I never thought of a label that I wanted 'to be' . 

• I believe we can be many things in life and that only makes it more interesting, I don't want to know what I will be when I grow up😊

• I am an eternal beginner at Spanish! I know quite a bit now but not if a native speaker starts to quickly speak to me! I try and try but without conversational practice here I stick. 

I am  an eternal beginner at Spanish.

• There are so many things I am interested in I never know where to begin, I make lists, read motivational books, ( much to the amusement of my children ) but getting stuck in is a sticking point. I'm working on it! He, he! 

Yes this remains true, I have many interests, lists, and I love a motivational book I don't think any of these are  bad so I am not looking to change this. 

Well that was something different and it does just show what can change over time and what remains the same.  Please let me know your thoughts below I would love to hear if you have made a list too.

Take care, back soon.