My Mosaic

@Bow Aww poor lil poppets.

Oh true, good on you. I hope it ends up being a helpful appt with the dietician, and feels worth the effort. Same goes for psych appt!

Ooh what craft bits you working on? Hmm yeah can be tricky to keep the mind sufficiently occupied - do you ever go into a flow state whilst crafting?

At least I should have lots to talk to my dietitian about @Jynx but yeah she’s usually helpful in some way. Gotta remember to scan and email my EDplan to her before hand though.

I’ve been doing a paint by numbers the last week. Canvas full of cute cartoon cats. Nearly finished. I’ve got some polymer clay I want to do. And need to check my stock for market on Saturday.

what’s flow state?

hey @Bow !! sorry to hear that your cat needed surgery, i hope Jaffa recovers well 💙

i hear your seeing your dietician soon, sounds like you'll have a lot to catch up on - hopefully the visit goes well too!

would love to see how the paint by number turns out once your done! what are you planning to make with the polymer clay?

Hey @rav3n thanks. Hopefully a phone call early tomorrow with good news.

yep, I will show you my paint by numbers once it’s finished. I like it, it’s cute. Polymer clay, I’m not real sure what I’m gonna make, probably more flowers and stuff. And some teddy bears. 🧸

I’ve just taken my meds, really just want to go to sleep. So waiting for them to kick in.
how was your day?

@Bow ooh yes set an alarm to remind yourself!

Ooh feel free to share when it's all done! Kitties!!

Flow state is like... when you get so focused on an activity that everything else just falls away. You can read more here, but yeah athletes and musicians often talk about flow state, but we can get into it with anything. I think the trick is that it has to be sufficiently challenging that we can't just do it mindlessly, but we also need sufficient competence that we're not struggling with it.

yay can't wait to see the finished product! teddy bears sounds so cute as well!

oh yep, hope you get a good night's rest tonight 😊

had a slow start, didn't sleep too well. had my psych appointment, hadn't seen my psych in ages and i didn't realise how much i missed those session. spoke to my sister for a bit and then searched through some nail designs for inspiration. thinking of getting my nails professionally done either in oct or nov. thinking of getting this one, still deciding:

I think I understand flow state @Jynx as you said it needs to be sufficiently challenging and requiring a lot of our focus. Hmm thinking of things I do and whether it might happen with them….

Yep need good sleep tonight @rav3n woke this morning feeling really unrested and it’s felt like I’ve been dragging my feet all day. And then all this stress and worry about my cat all day, I’m exhausted.

The polymer clay bears, I pop them in a little mini frame and write ‘I love your beary much’.

oh those nails are pretty. I do my nails every weekend. Bit of self care. Sit at my desk, put a movie on my laptop and paint my nails. I tried the nail dip technique on the weekend, I like them, but need a little bit more practice too. And I have heaps of nail stickers too which can be fun. I need to stop buying nail polish though, I have over 50, mostly different shades of pink and purple.

Yeah it's super cool hey @Bow - I figured maybe at times during your art, it might happen. With the fiddly bits for example!

Oh wow @rav3n those are HAWT - love the metallic bits!!

@Bow i can totally see why you'd be exhausted, that's a LOT to deal with in one day!!

haha love that quote, so clever! are you planning to sell that or keep it for yourself?

love itttt! i've caught my sister doing that too, she'll be watching something on her laptop and experimenting with her nails. i think she uses gel polish, i'm not too sure of the difference between the different types of nail polishes. nail stickers!! i used to love buying them, wow i almost forgot they existed!! i thought 50 shades was a normal amount, i think my sister might have around the same haha or maybe i should start telling her to stop spending money on nail polishes for now 😅