My life as an amateur. Part 20.

 It is not going that well. No need to worry, this moment will pass. As long as keep on making short sentences in English, no matter how many mistakes I make. Today I am going to seperate myself from two different editions of ‘Lust for Life, a novel based on the life of Vincent van Gogh’ by Irving Stone. I am making a list of the things abandoned by my person. Maybe it is a good idea to bring them to the amateur-workshop and drill some holes in them. Great. I am feeling better all of a sudden.

Before I forget, we were walking near ‘s Graveland and a buzzing creature flew close to my left ear. I always have to think about writing when such a thing happens, whatever the origin of the species is. Me, for instance. I am named after the mother of my father. Why I don’t know. Maybe I was their first grandchild and the sixth of my mother’s parents. Maybe it was important for them. What can you do when you are seventeen and already wearing a full teeth protese

Today is a sunday and all of a sudden, again, I was running during the Amsterdam Marathon with my dog. A six kilometer part of it. I made a to-do list when we got home, for myself. 1. Throw the bikes out. 2. Make ugly paintings, at least three. 3. Vacuum clean the whole apartment. 4. Walk the dog. 5. Do some shoppings for dinner and breakfast and every time in between. 6. Work on the film 3Start. 7. Writing My life as an amateur. Part 20. 8. Throw more books out. 9. Throw more clothes out. 10. Think during the day. 11. Make a selfie film. and 11. Do some mindfulness.

This morning I had a bright thought: ‘I am getting behind my own schedule’ is a misunderstanding of life.