Greetings and Happy October Word Update Day to all my fellow “Worder’s”!
How was October? By now I hope you have settled into a “zone” with your word, but despite being very comfortable with the direction of your year… I hope you still are finding something new and exciting to learn! If you are sharing the October Update, you will find the link up at the bottom of this post! Welcome and thank you for participating!
Enjoy these last moments, here, now, as much as you can.
― In Limbo
Yes, yes, and yes! I confess, I am very much enjoying Yutori Days… weeks… months! And to spend my favorite month of the year with a very Yutori focus… well it does not get better than this!
It is truly amazing how one’s perspective changes with simple act of slowing down. This month, particularly, a changed perspective has saved my sanity more than once! (It has been A. Month! has it not?)
I have also put Yutori to good use when doing tasks I particularly don’t care for and while I don’t like washing floors or vacuuming or doing the dishes any more than I did before… there is something almost meditative about the activities. I allow my mind to wander where it wants to go and I am surprised by the creative paths it journeys down! (My most recent Yutori Thinking Spells have included how my next year of stitching will evolve!) I did not have Yutori = more creativity on my radar when I began this journey!
The other thing that has surprised me this year is how my “slowed down” reading has been this year! Even without paging through the book notes portion of my journal, I remember far more about the books I have read this year than previous years! I simply take a moment or two after finishing a book to jot down some thoughts about the book. An extra moment or two to linger with a book is a very good thing. I will absolutely be carrying this with me… it is a practice that is serving me well!
Finally, last Saturday was Frankie’s Gotcha Day! I confess, the blur of those first puppy days and all the interrupted sleep of last November and December feels like a distant memory that happened in another life. But, this month especially, Frankie and I have found a bit of a Yutori pace for our days together. Or perhaps it is that Frankie has settled in with my routine but it makes me feel very good to say that I am very much Frankie’s Person. Yutori Days with a pet are the best thing ever!
Who’s the best boy ever?
And there you have my October update!
If you wrote a post to share this month, please leave your link below! I am most eager to read it and I thank you so much for participating!
What a lovely happy post for sure. Happy Gotcha Day too.
What a sweet, sweet picture of Frankie!! That face!! Isn’t it funny how chores can be a real pain, but if you instead look at them as a time that can be meditative, they aren’t so bad! I think your word and this year have been good for you Kat.
I can’t believe it’s already been a year since Frankie came home! Time does fly.
Slowing down is such a good thing in these chaotic days. Not everything has to be done in a hurry, and in fact I think we get more out of the things we do slowly on purpose.
Frankie is the cutest!!! Boy oh boy does time fly by!! I love reading your updates and reflections.
I smiled from beginning to end of this post…and WAY BIG at the end(!!). That face…ohmigosh. Just sitting with Yutori, vicariously, I found myself taking one of the best breaths I’ve had in a while. Love how this word shined light down your making path. Riches certainly abound when we allow for quiet and space…when we stop filling it with ‘obligatory noise.’
Yay and Yes.
What a great picture of Frankie!
Your Yutori approach to things sounds wonderful! I’m not sure I can ever enjoy mopping the kitchen floor, but I may at least try to look at it as a meditative thing. I’m glad you and Frankie found each other and I love his picture !
Slowing down always helps me to find calm. Frankie is darling. That face melts my heart. I think there is great value in making daily activities a bit of a meditation. It isn’t always easy – I mean who likes scrubbing bathrooms, but still I do better trying to make routine more meditative. Good reminder here Kat.
It’s hard to believe a time when you DIDN’T have Frankie, Kat . . . I’m so glad you have him in your life. XO I just love his expressive little face. So sweet! Please give him some extra “scritches” for me.