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Life can be really drab and boring for me when I don't have something to focus on. I've always been a "learner." About 4 years ago, I came out of a depression slump in the course of about 4 hours one Saturday afternoon when I had what I call a reawakening of a dormant love for knitting. It went something like this. Read a blog post, saw the knitting pattern, made the phone call to a local yarn store, ran out the door, by that evening I came home with the newly bought yarn, needles and book and I've never been the same since.
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So back to goals. One of my goals this season has been to build a fire from scratch. It has always intimidated me, which seems a little silly to me today thinking about it. So on Sunday, when I had a house all to myself except a sleeping baby upstairs, I went outside to gather wood and branches for kindling. And so the building of the fire began. After about a 1/2 hour of tending, it was roaring and I was really pleased with myself. I felt confident with my newly found survival skill. Its the best feeling in the world when you set a goal and an intention and succeed.
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May this continue to be a simple lesson for myself on the importance of setting goals.