September222009
9/?/09 - Pony’s Buffet.
How do you manage your time? Do you wake up each morning, already clear on how the day should unfold? Do you right away divide up your hours, and allot each piece its due?
After Kelly threw out the questions, Pony and I thought for a while, then I answered for myself. I told Kelly that I don’t plan out everything from the beginning, as there are too many variables along the way. But I have clear goals and I focus on them. I try to waste no time.
At this she smiled, No time wasted!
It was a Monday night. Although as usual the BitBit Cafe had its day off, Pony brought the restaurant back alive for her dinner party. The buffet she had prepared, a glorious sight spread across multiple tables.
***
A few days ago, dad drove me around Sansia to give me a more complete picture of the area. He wanted to show me how the streets I now recognized, connected with one another. Up until this point, my understanding of each place had been piecemeal. It was exciting, to finally put the bits together, in context.
As we passed by an unfamiliar street, Dad pointed out the window.
Do you recognize this? We come here in the mornings to buy ingredients.
That’s the market street?
I stared at it. Empty of people and stalls, the street seemed particularly short.
In the mornings of our visits, when the whole street crowded, I often had the impression that this stretch went on forever. Since most of our items could be purchased near the entrance, I had never actually reached the other end. Now, I was shocked to find it so near. Right before my eyes.
Dad laughed,
With so much life, the place does seem to expand.
***
Time, too;
with so much life, it seems to expand as much.
- I just submitted the first drafts for two books due to publish in December - works of collaboration with my family. One is a collection of essays, another a children’s book.
- Workshop is sailing into its second month. New projects are under way, ideas continue to branch.
- My weekly apprenticeship at the Bitbit Cafe has been humbling and in that, inspiring.
- What part of the day I have left, I have been keeping up with my physical training, my reading and my studies: Spanish, writing, food, anatomy.
- I have also been spending a great deal of time with my family - time that I’ve missed. Together in the next few months, we are preparing to launch several new projects.
So much has happened; so much more to come.
I count two months since I’ve moved back, yet it feels like it’s been more.
***
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
— Brutus from Julius Caesar
***
Hesitation, away.
