The big reveal.

Okay, so I have been a little distracted and kind of completely not doing anything aardvarky for the last wee while.

But with good reason.

I have been quietly beavering away at an entirely different kind of project, namely making my life more like what I would like it to be like.

I have quit my job. Quit, quit, quit. Done, finished, resigned, left the building. And I have applied for PhD candidature on a project that I am absolutely super excited about. I think this is possibly my most creative act of the year so far. Certainly it is the act that has required the most giant leap of faith and reassessment of the shape of my universe.

And all this rearranging of things has made me realise that for me, art art is only one aspect of creativity. Because, you know, life is art, right? So spending time re-shaping your life to be more fulfilling and interesting and engaging and generally more like the kind of gal at the party whom you go home really wishing you had a chance to talk to, that's an art too. 

Also, I have been making gardens. At my house, in the backyard and down the side. Making gardens is good. And now I am like some kooky garden pervert and drive around just staring at other people's gardens and checking out their foliage.

So this year*, I am very optimistically going to attempt to -
1. revive the aardvark
2. write a PhD (ok, some of it)
3. do work that I enjoy
4. walk the dog every day
5. feed my child something vaguely nutritious every once in a while
6. keep the new gardens alive
7. paint the house
8. not get caught in another job that doesn't suit me
9. spend Sundays with my husband
10. start a new business with my friend Bec.

 * Yes, I am aware the the traditional time for new years planning has passed and we are now in March and it is way too late to pull a bunch of bogus resolutions out of my arse. But that's just how I roll.