tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post7766011693168688365..comments2023-10-30T09:03:39.358-07:00Comments on Che and Fidel: remedy, ambition and contradictionJodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754100790023579994noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-7013562170136161492010-05-24T05:15:05.305-07:002010-05-24T05:15:05.305-07:00Oh Jodi, I feel the same way! It's a constant ...Oh Jodi, I feel the same way! It's a constant conversation I have with myself - should I move to the country? Or stay in the city? I want to live a simpler life, but I always find an excuse to stay put in my comfy one bedroom apartment in the city. Perhaps we just need to go! I think human beings are very adaptable, perhaps it's just fear of the unknown that holds us back. Oh boy! Now I'm feeling inspired to pack up and move bush again! : )rabbit and the duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894142791159862551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-20484943215114100462010-05-17T16:48:04.871-07:002010-05-17T16:48:04.871-07:00Ah I've been thinking about this since I read ...Ah I've been thinking about this since I read it the other day Jodi. I think motherhood merely reconfirmed my *beliefs*...but perhaps that doesn't make me the lucky one. I feel the world we live in combined with the ego makes me question myself still or even feel *simple* for desiring a simple life...you know? <br><br>So glad you are on the mend.Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14323586212535272755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-35791415041228574062010-05-14T07:13:25.126-07:002010-05-14T07:13:25.126-07:00Oh yes! I must comment and say I feel the same way...Oh yes! I must comment and say I feel the same way. But really, how can one not be a contradiction in this crazy world we live in? There is always so much coming at us that causes us to question who we really are. But as long as one stays rooted in their foundation, then I think it's okay. Beautifully written.HotHouse Orchidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09407239073988390154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-85344842200971026682010-05-14T02:16:08.344-07:002010-05-14T02:16:08.344-07:00Beautiful post- you certainly do have a way with w...Beautiful post- you certainly do have a way with words. I hope I can get back to a sense of ambition one day too, Right now mine is all over the place up and down... but that's OK, because my whole life is up and down. I am a bit of a contradiction too, you can't be a perfect earth mother living in this world and day and age. You just make little changes each step of the way. I would love to retreat to a little cottage... one day. xo m.ecoMILFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878259391140205192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-54661784360851064102010-05-13T00:51:31.247-07:002010-05-13T00:51:31.247-07:00I like your thoughts here. I know my mother sees m...I like your thoughts here. I know my mother sees maintaining a professional career while having a couple of kids as a paramount importance. I, on the other hand can't help but think women like us have moved on since then. Life isn't all just about work and family at least not for those who think more deeply. We are all complex entities with different needs and desires and there's something fabulously human and wonderful about that. Of course we can't be defined by one single thing whether that be the city/house we live in, the clothes we like or the children, partner and job we choose. We are all changing all of the time (and yoga is a great tool for helping ground us!). Thank goodness, there is such choice and freedom for us nowadays if complexity and challenge also! And thank you for writing the article. It inspired me. I think our only real aim in life should be to best we can be. How great for your loved ones to have you in their lives. To dream dreams is easy. Only the brave follow them!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05107642294504266862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-4073892940266774682010-05-12T16:32:35.976-07:002010-05-12T16:32:35.976-07:00Jodi, Did you also read the women's edition of...Jodi, Did you also read the women's edition of Good Weekend, in the Sydney Morning Herald. I still have it, and the article you refer to. Both have had me pondering. We MUST natter over it with a chai in hand soon. We keep saying it, but it never happens.katiecrackernutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731006032499344619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-29734705072367263442010-05-12T06:08:55.947-07:002010-05-12T06:08:55.947-07:00I feel like I could have written this post. Around...I feel like I could have written this post. Around the same time I entered motherhood, I also started an online business, selling my art. It was very successful from the get-go but I struggled with balancing mothering and ambition. I always felt guilty about wanting to do one when I was doing the other.<br> Fast forward a few years and I'm STILL in the same place emotionally (with two sons now) but I have a better handle on how to make it work. I took a year long hiatus from the art world and I am now gathering myself up again to make an entrance in a few months time, this time with full-time child care a few times a week. I know that for me it' the only way I can balance my two loves.<br>I wish you the best on your journey. Your honest blog posts helped me "fill my well" when it was near dry in those many dark months without creativity.Stephanie DosReishttp://profile.typepad.com/6p00d8341cf90153efnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-63467772856685137092010-05-12T05:10:48.078-07:002010-05-12T05:10:48.078-07:00I agree with some of what the two ladies have alre...I agree with some of what the two ladies have already said on here. I am ambitious, but in a very different way since having had Luna. I'm an ambitious mother, partner, thinker, and humanitarian. Before, I was ambitious about pursuing my MFA in fiction, now I'm not ... I understand the priorities in my life, and, just as I've reshuffled those, I've reshuffled my ambitions. Great and thoughtful post!Juliana Crespohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18119672978982663010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-46690767579441396142010-05-12T03:23:49.631-07:002010-05-12T03:23:49.631-07:00I feel the same way about myself. I'll go mon...I feel the same way about myself. I'll go months without buying an item of clothing for myself, but when I do, it's usually something more expensive. I feel like such a contradiction, since we definitely life more simple and sustainably otherwise. <br><br>I actually consider myself more ambitious since the birth of my son! I've always had things I dreamed about doing, but never the courage to actually make them happen. He makes me feel as though I could do anything. I love that feeling.Megan-Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734738491996431136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-43488046820313398562010-05-12T03:11:52.695-07:002010-05-12T03:11:52.695-07:00I love that motherhood has given me an air of poss...I love that motherhood has given me an air of possibility. I don't think my ambition has dimmed, merely altered. I am every so glad of that.Two Tuesdayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423612331589340436noreply@blogger.com