Photo by Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl
Taken at the Denver Aquarium on May 7, 2017
compassion, respect
our responsibility
to nature's creatures
Notes
Today's prompt word: Responsibility
https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-3-responsibility.html
Now that April, AKA Hell Month is over, one of my goals is to get back to sharing weekly Haigas. I finally have a cohesive idea about the project I want to create using the photos I took on my son's 27th birthday and Mother's Day 2017.
My son will be 33 in 7 days.
Time management is something I've always struggled with. Time management can be difficult for anyone, but I think it is a particularly difficult skill for people with ADHD.
I'm a prime example of what happens when you have a kid with ADHD who, rather than being taught skills for dealing with the way their brain works, is constantly scolded and admonished to "do better." What you end up with is an adult with ADHD who is filled with anxiety and self-loathing and who has a pattern of taking on too much, then crashing from exhaustion. Rinse and repeat.
I learned some hard lessons in April about taking on too many projects, an issue about which you'd think I'd know better by now, considering the fact that I'm almost 60 years old. I have problems with trying to do five times as much as other people to prove that I'm half as good.
The good news is, I had twenty-five poems and a novelette accepted for inclusion in two forthcoming anthologies from Dragon Soul Press. The poems will appear in Soul Ink and the novelette will be published in Pirate's Gold.
The bad part is there were literally times I thought I was dying because my anxiety was so pronounced. If I'd only been working on the two aforementioned projects, it wouldn't have been that bad. However, I was also working on two others. I ended up shelving one of these early on and I found out the deadline on the other one was June 1 rather than May 1. Plus I waited till the last minute to finish my taxes like an idiot and I had a selective laser trabeculoplasty procedure done on my left eye. Note to self, do not schedule elective procedures in April.
Despite being approximately as popular as trouser crabs, I do serve several necessary functions for my household, so while most people would likely cheer upon learning of my demise, it would be best for the person I care most about in the world if I remained active for a while longer. I have several serious health issues, so I have to take care of my fool self even if I'm not particularly fond of myself.
~Ornery Owl is Outstanding in Her Field~
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ReplyDeleteI love your images and can only agree (wholeheartedly) with the sentiments you expressed so pithily.
And please look after yourself. I am sorry that you took on too much - and had surgery to boot. I hope the surgery went well.
Thank you. The procedure isn't even classified as a surgery. The ophthalmologist aims a laser into the colored part of the eye to break up protein plaques. It isn't painful. The worst part is the big lens that has to be placed in the eye so the doctor can see where to aim the laser. Again, not painful but a bit uncomfortable.
DeleteCongratulations on having your poems accepted for two forthcoming anthologies! It's great to hear about your creative projects and goals. I am sorry that you had to handle too many things. Please take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I will try! I'm always prone to taking on too much.
DeleteLove the photos, both the fish and owl. It can be stressful taking on too many projects. Congrats on your poems being published. I hope your eye is recovering well. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great day and week ahead. PS, thanks for leaving me a comment.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Fortunately, there isn't much recovery time involved with this particular procedure. I just had to be mindful not to do things like rub my eye.
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