I was going stir crazy and it was entirely self inflicted. With the poor summer I was spending too much time stuck in the house and I was finding displacement activities that were stopping me getting on with other more productive, and rewarding, activities. Worse still it was dragging down my mood, yet it was all avoidable,

I finally got cross with myself. I was determined to grab the nettle and get back to building a lifestyle that does not separate work and pleasure. I already had a way of working that was largely time and location independent but had not yet taken proper advantage. So angry with myself for drifting, I have to get to grips with working wherever I want to be.

Getting on with Lifestyle Changes

So today I have moved out of my home office to a series of coffices, coffee shops that I can use as an office. As a writer all I need is notebook, laptop and occasional access to the internet; I can fit that around my travels for the other strand of my new career as a photographer. It has been productive so far today, I have written a book review over breakfast at a local branch of my favourite chain of coffee shops. It will encourage me to take the idea on the road so that I can develop The Winding Way and achieve the lifestyle I really want.

Positive Attitudes and Rediscovering Excitement

My recovery from depression is going well but still requires me to actively adopt a positive attitude although it is beginning to be second nature.  I am also trying to become open to new opportunities based on curiosity and rediscovered enthusiasm.

Not Realising a New Adventure has Begun

It can be easy to miss the obvious. Whilst I was fretting about what new direction to take it was pointed out to me that I had already taken it.

As I said in Being in the Present I was restless and uncertain about what direction to take. As someone who has always been strongly future-oriented I have usually had a vision of where I was going. With the life changes I have been facing that vision has disappeared.