If only the whole world would wake up and realise that we are not useless, we can create value, each and every one of us! Don't give up and just exist...live! We could all do so much if we just believed in our own worth and stopped striving to acheive the unrealistic and materialistic goals that the media and the govornment want us to aim for!
I have been inspired by a few bloggers today. It seems so many of us feel the same way about living life, not just existing in time.
I personally feel the need to be a contributor and not just a consumer so that I create value with my time and feel as though I have acheived something, even if it is something simple.
I decided to remove our tv package a few years back so that we have to spend our spare time doing something productive rather than watching mind numbing tv programmes over and over again on repeat. (Although I have to admit to downloading GoT, I can't live with out my dragons!)
At first, I felt completely lost! after all, 7pm was emerdale and 7.30 was corrie etc, how could I live without my perfect tv timetable to guide me through my days!
But then I remembered years ago, I enjoyed crocheting and decided to see if I could still do it. So I went out, bought some crochet hooks and wool, and began to create. I didn't know what I was making at the time, I was just practicing my skills. I soon realised my practice piece had become the size of a small blanket!
Once I became faster, I started to make more and more blankets for family and friends and I had throws everywhere in my house! 😂 Soon, the news spead of my crocheting and I had friends of friends and wider family members asking me to make baby blankets and king size throws! It was amazing! I felt as though I was actually really good at something and I was creating things that people would use in a practical way!
The sense of acheivement was empowering.
I have since started to look at my life as a challenge. What can I create for myself rather than buying or consuming from elsewhere? Food for example. I only have a tiny garden, but I have managed to produce a sack of potatoes, a couple of bags worth of carrots, heaps of tomatoes, a few tasty strawberries, 3 courgettes and some chillis!
Granted, its not enough to feed us for any great length of time, but I felt amazing for having provided my family with food, grown by my own hands.
As autumn approaches and the early evenings become darker, I think I will head back to my crocheting skills as people always need warm blankets. But I would also like to try my hand at something new. If you have any similar experiences or suggestions, please share in the comments, I would love to read about them! 😀
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