C R E A T O R

i'm not a big fan of personality testing. since taking tests when I was at school, I  have failed to fit into one option, and when i did the test again, it would tell me a different answer depending on my mood! but here is a good test I just did by Marcus Buckingham. it is for women, and I got an anwer that fits perfectly! My lead role  (a role you return to time and again), is  creator. Take the test here and tell me what you think!

"For a Creator, there's nothing quite as thrilling as finding a pattern beneath life's craziness, a core concept that can explain why things play out the way they do, or better yet, predict how things are going to play out. You are a thoughtful person, someone who needs time alone to mull and muse and percolate."
-Marcus Buckingham

2#

 "When you start relatively late, your own personality has developed further, and it is not so easy for your ideas to be over-run."

 -Peter Lindbergh

i found this quote when i needed it the most. i am turning 25 this august, and i have been feeling frustrated because it is taking me along time to figure out what i want to do for a career, and as i am studying i sometimes feel impatient because i just want to be able to work. not knowing why i am doing what i am doing reminds me of what Karl Largerfeld says, about heading into the unknown. since living in New Zealand was not what I expected when I was 18, or working at places that I love like Carriageworks where never things I ever planned; but the most interesting things have happened in my life from the unknown. i love to know everything though, i love to think that i know what i want, but i still don't know at all!

1#

"There is no fixed aim. In life only the road to an unknown destination is worth following." 

-Karl Largerfeld

urban

i like to visit the cafe, Good One, underneath my flat during the week - when it's quiet. when I open the secret door along the street, I like to order my coffee and then sit inside the roller door and look out onto the street. it's such a pleasure to live upstairs and come down whenever I want. living above a cafe is a real treat. since my flat has been on the market, I have been wishing that no one will ever take it away. if I could, I would take this little street with me, to every city I ever live.

fishing

i love this haiku about fishing by Cheryl Sellers at the authors den. since i took this photo all I thought about was about was the danger of the ocean. the winds were strong, and the waves would take you in one bite. if i was down there I would be like the man in yellow, more clever than the others. the fisherman look so lonely out there on the edge, facing the Tasman Sea - but this haiku makes everything seem warmer.

sun rises fishing done
coastal docks leap out of fog
safe harbor I'm home
-Cheryl Sellers

at home

i love just being at home since it has got colder. lately i've been making yummy hot drinks out of organic co co. today i've got work to do but i just want to relax, have  bath, and think about dinner tonight: cauliflower & leek soup. yum. see recipe from Green Kitchen Stories...a fatastic web site for vegetarians who want to have little added sugar in their diets! I HEART LEEK..