SO WHAT TO DO NEXT?

It has been several months since last time I updated this blog. Well, it has been a long moment of introspection, just thinking about what new activities could possibly enrich my life. Cooking is fine, I have really enjoyed this part of my daily life, but I still felt that I needed to do something else because my brain was constantly figuring out what to do next.

So I thought in a limitless way about my passions (what I like and also what I don’t), about how I’d love to be, what message I want to communicate, how I see myself. Step by step as usually, wonderful people stopped by my way unexpectedly as angels who were showing me the path to follow, making suggestions, and this time I was ready to catch these messages. When the student is ready, the master appears.

One thing I know for sure, I want to continue teaching Spanish. I don’t feel it as a work, it’s more like a hobby for me. So the new activities I have added to my life are:

1. Learning a new language: Russian. Ok, why Russian? There are other languages less complicated to learn for a native Spanish speaker, such as Italian and Portuguese. I already studied French during four years, so I wasn’t interested at all in learning more from the Romance language family. I just wanted something different, out of common. Many recommended me to learn German, but I just didn’t feel that connection with the language. Mandarin Chinese, wow! Just thinking of the writing and tones when speaking discouraged me. Another option: Japanese, more or less the same reason why Mandarin wasn’t considered as a possible choice. My doors are open to learn (or just try) one of these languages in the future.

Cyrillic alphabet scared me at the beginning; however, I found it later not so difficult at all, but Russian cases have really given me hard moments, not to mention pronunciation sometimes. One not only learns the language but also about the country and its culture, and I have found them very interesting, with an amazing history, and many cultural differences very funny to know.

2. I have finally joined the gym!!! This is really a big effort for me, haha. Trying to go each day is a real challenge, especially because its location, inside a shopping mall, where I can easily fall for a cake or any of the delicious desserts someone can find. Not easy, but I keep trying…

3. Last but not least, learning how to loom knit. I wanted to try something traditional, something grandmas used to do (I still need to learn crochet), and this activity has really surprised me. It’s not as boring as I thought first, it really helps to keep mind busy. I just can’t think of anything else when knitting, my attention is completely there, it feels similar when meditating.

Loom knitting.

Knitting has taught me that time and perseverance will help me to get the result wanted or needed in this part of my life. Step by step, I knit a sweater now, with a color that I think it looks good on me and a size that may fit me. I chose yarn, color and size, but I still don’t know if the final result will be as expected. Is it going to look as nice as I thought? Do I have to knit more? Or to knit less? Do I need to change the color? Questions that cannot be answered yet. Patience is the word and lower expectations, it will be much better if I just enjoy knitting each row of the pattern called life.