As Valentine’s Day approaches, I am reminded of my daughter’s first Valentine. She was in first grade and got a huge stuffed heart from a boy. It was sweet. Sadly they didn’t last and the reason is something we can all learn from.

It’s amazing how wise children can be. I mean if we could just keep the perspective as we get older. She had mentioned before how she liked this boy, and he found out she liked him. He liked her back, which was when the problems arose. You see he changed. He treated her differently – may be acting a little weird around her. Sure first graders may not know how to show affection. The point my daughter made was that she liked him for the way he was and just because he found out she liked him was no reason to act differently. Their relationship changed but the only thing that truly changed was their knowledge of how they felt about each other.

But maybe we all do that. We try to impress those crushes who like us back when in fact they have feelings for us because of who we are. We do not need to be more or anything else. So this Valentine’s Day as you set out to impress that special someone just know they already like you for who you are. Don’t change a thing.

There’s nothing that motivates me more to do something than to be told that I can’t. I have taken jobs for that reason. It’s very satisfying to do something that someone thought you incapable of. But it’s only so satisfying especially as you get older and care less about what people think.

So, here I sit thinking about the future and not knowing what I want from it as I don’t have spite in my life driving my decisions. I find without spite that I’m very unmotivated to do anything. I have several projects that I would like to finish and some I would like to start.

But we are living in trying times. Things are better than in 2020 but it still isn’t that same. I quit my job to pursue a different career path and have yet to make progress. I still can’t decide on a direction.

My first step is to rank the skills I have in order of which ones I like to practice. Then look at what skills I would really like to have. I should concentrate on what I like to do and then find the opportunity.

One thing I really enjoy is research. It doesn’t matter the subject. I just like the discovery process. I want to increase my research skills and drawing skills this year. Drawing is hard as it takes so much effort on my part to sit down and concentrate. That’s a skill to work on to – focusing.

A problem I have is that I just feel tired from thinking. I just need to do, but what? So for the month of February, I will just do as I feel when I feel like it. I will keep a time log of how much I draw, crochet, program, etc. How do I spend my time when I’m not thinking about it? Hopefully this will be insightful into what I want to do and when I want to do it.

Welcome to my blog! Here you will find what I deem to be useful information. My name is Lynn and I have many loves in my life: computers, drawing, cartooning, crocheting, etc. And I love to talk about all of them.

Years ago I had a blog and I really enjoyed writing for it. Now I’m looking to get back into it. So, as I find useful tidbits I will write about them here. It will definitely be a blog that is not just about one subject. So hopefully you can find find something of interest!