National Blog Posting Month

So it looks like I’ve created my account just in time for National Novel Writing Month  (NaNoWriMo) and National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo).

I don’t feel up to writing 50,000 words but I do want to start trying to challenge my mind a bit more than I have the last 6 months so I will be participating in the BlogHer November NaBloPoMo. This means daily posts for the whole of this month.

Given this is a new blog, I’ll use at least some of the days providing some of my history and my hopes for this blog and if I’m struggling for ideas I will use the BlogHer or The Daily Post prompts to assist me.

So starting tomorrow my goal is for daily posts for the month of November.

Are you participating in NaBloPoMo?

Do you have any questions/topics you’d like me to answer/address?

Let me know by posting in the comment section below.

Related articles

• NaNoWriMo, PiBoIdMo and NaBloPoMo (misshelenwrites.wordpress.com)
• NaBloPoMo November 2013 Prompts (blogher.com)

Hello! Is it me you’re looking for?

Photo (c) Megan S

For those of you who don’t know me, let me introduce myself. I’m Megan, welcome to my blog!

I’m passionate about the environment and engaging the community in positive actions, as well as spending time with my family and friends. I love cooking, yoga and walking when I have the energy.

I’ve recently been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome / chronic pain (which several doctors have suggested may be Fibromyalgia) and pelvic congestion syndrome due to varicose veins on my uterus. As a result of these conditions I’m constantly in pain and have very little energy. This has resulted in me being unable to work for the last 6 months (in a job I love doing combining community engagement and sustainability) and being practically housebound most of the time due to symptoms.

Unfortunately none of the conditions I’ve been diagnosed with have any straightforward cures, so I’m now on a journey of discovering who I am with these conditions. This will mean experimenting to discover ways of reducing the symptoms and engage in activities I love without making them worse. I am hoping that along this journey I will not only find ways to engage in the activities I already know I love but find other ways to express myself creatively that may lead to a fulfilling life living with these condition.

This blog will be a way for my family and friends who I don’t get to see (and who are interested) to follow my progress.

I also hope this will help others who are going through a similar experience to find some new techniques or activities that may help them on their journey.

And so, I invite you to join me on this journey and I hope we can all discover something that will help make our lives more meaningful.

Fighting them…

This is something I wrote the other day after one of my meditations

Fighting Them…

Her body aches.

As she lies there she feels the weight of them upon her body and can feel her energy draining away. She is weak and shaky, but she knows she has to fight them.

Calling upon the calming and soothing energy of the breath and the radiating heat of the sun, she lies there and relaxes.

Slowly she fights these creatures that are trying to dominate and control her. With each breath she feels her muscles relax. The sun beating down on her drives them away.

And then she hears it, over the sound of her breath moving in and out, the sound of the birds as they help the sun. The songs they sing draw the creatures away from her further. She focuses on the sounds and while her mind is focused she realises this is it!

The way to fight these creatures is through focus, warmth and brightness.

She rises with a lighter step, her body warmed and soothed from her rest. Although those creatures are still there gnawing away at her body, she knows now she has the tools and strength to fight this.

The birds are her friends and whenever she is feeling overwhelmed and thinking things are hopeless, all she needs to do is BREATH and LISTEN and the birds will help guide her through.

(c) Megan S, October 2013

In future posts I’ll provide descriptions of these creatures that are attacking me and the tools and support I have found to help me try fight them and manage my conditions.