Sos Samhraidh / Summer break

Níl sé éasca a bheith féinfhostaithe ach rud gur maith liom faoi ná gur féidir liom cinneadh a dhéanamh an bhfuil mé le rudaí áirithe a dhéanamh agus cathain an ndéanfaidh mé iad. Sin an fáth nár chuala sibh uaim ó thús an samhraidh! Bhí mí Meitheamh an-deacair dom. Mar a mhínigh mé sa bhlag deireanach bhí mé tinn de bharr an mhéid oibre a bhí mé ag déanamh. Thosaigh rudaí difriúla ag críochnú ag amanna difriúla le linn mí Meitheamh ach ag an am céanna bhí níos mó brú orm maidir le lóistín. Bhí orm bogadh tí agus mar atá a fhios ag madraí na sráide tá ganntanas tithe in Éirinn faoi láthair.
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Self-employment isn’t easy but what I do like about it is that I get to decide what I’m going to do and when I’m going to do it and that is the reason that ye haven’t heard from me since the beginning of June. I had a tough June. I mentioned in my last blog that I had been sick because of the amount of work I was doing, June saw a lot of that come to an end but as work stress decreased housing stress increased. My landlord evicted me so I had to find somewhere else to live which is always a stressful thing, despite all of the times I try to convince myself it’s not!

Bhí a fhios agam go mbeadh sé ceart go leor ar deireadh mar bíonn i gcónaí ach ní chabhraíonn sé sin nuair atá tú ag dul trí rud éigin. Fuair mé arasán álainn sa Spidéal ar deireadh agus bhog mé tí sa cúpla lá deireanach a bhí agam sa seanteach. Mar a dúirt mé bhí sé go breá ar deireadh ach bhí an bóthar go dtí an pointe sin an-deacair!

I knew it would all be fine, because it always is but that didn’t help me as I went through it! I got a little place in An Spidéal in the end and I’m delighted with it! I found it just before I had to leave the old place which is how renting works in the south. You find it and you have to take it whereas in Belfast I was used to having time between finding it and then taking it.

Le linn an samhraidh tá daoine ag fíriú dom céard a cheapaim faoin a bheith i mo chónaí sa Spidéal ach le bheith ionraic níl a fhios agam! Bhog mé isteach agus cúpla lá i ndiaidh bhí mé imithe go Sligeach i gcomhair bainise mo dheirfiúr. I ndiaidh sin, bhí mé imithe agus ar ais agus imithe arís ag múineadh le hOideas Gael. Bhí sé iontach a bheith i nGleann Cholm Cille arís, ceantar álainn agus mé ag múineadh daoine ar an láthair, rud nach raibh déanta agam ó thús na paindéime!

People have been asking me throughout the summer how I like living in An Spidéal but I couldn’t tell them because I don’t feel like I have been living here! I moved in and then I was away for my sister’s wedding and a week later I was away again for work. I was up and down to Donegal three times in the end working with Oideas Gael and it was lovely! Teaching in person classes was really nice after so long online and being in the beautiful Gleanncholmcille was fantastic as well!

Bhí samhradh álainn agam ach anois tá mé ag iarraidh srian a chur orm féin agus roinnt oibre a dhéanamh nach ndearna mé le míonna, an blag seo san áireamh! Ach anois agus mé ar ais tá mé réidh leis an gcéad chúrsa eile aireachais a thosú le daoine fásta. Fanfaidh mé ar líne agus mar sin is cuma cén áit atá tú bheadh míle fáilte romhat ar an gcúrsa! Cúrsa cleachtais aireachais do dhaoine fásta a bheidh ann agus tá na sonraí ar fad ar fáil anseo.

I had a lovely summer but now I’m trying to focus myself and get all the work I didn’t do over the summer done, including this blog! I have also launched my next Adult Mindfulness Practice Course. I’ll be staying online for it so you would be very welcome to join us from wherever you are. I have found the benefits of the online classes means that people learn to practice meditation and mindfulness from their own homes. Meditation then becomes something you do at home and not just something you do elsewhere. The classes will be on Thursday evenings from 8-9pm and all of the information is available here.

Ba bhreá liom cloisteáil uaibhse agus faoi do shamhradh féin! Cuirigí scéal chugam más maith libh anseo  nó tríd an ríomhphost ag  solasrelaxation@gmail.com.

I would love to hear about your summer. What did you get up to? Did you do what you set out to do? Send me a message or an email to solasrelaxation@gmail.com if you fancy sharing!