February 7th, 2008: It’s My Blog and I’ll Feng Shui….
…if I want to…
That may possibly be the worst blog title I’ve come up with in a long time. Maybe ever.
My dears, today we’re taking a slightly off-the-writing-career path field trip (without a sack lunch or permission form) In celebration of the pending Chinese New Year (and the fact that I have been absolutely obsessed with reading feng shui books these last few weeks), today’s resources are about the joy of feng-shui’ing your home, office and life.
I don’t want to overwhelm you so we’ll start small. A little definition then you can read more for yourself: Feng Shui is, simply, a way of arranging and rearranging the areas in your home, office, and life to bring you more happiness, bigger successes, better health and, of course, money. (Knew I’d get you with that).
Feng Shui, literally, means “wind-water”, and, if you know anything about the Chinese, elements (wind, water, fire & the like) are very elemental to their cultural beliefs. Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) believes that placing certain items of certain compositions (metal, water, etc) in certain places (even if symbolically), you will energize the flow of positive energy (chi) in your life, then reap the benefits.
I have a little story that illustrates this but I’ll save it for later. It’s very cool, and the reason I think a little feng shui can do us all good.
Now, before you get gung-ho, you have to do a little studying. Check out this link at about.com (I know, their ads drive me crazy too but these articles are pretty good) and try just one change. Since we’re writers, one good place to start is the main place in your home where you do most of your writing. Just an idea….
Feng Shui and the Chinese New Year at about.com.
Tell me what you think!
Happy Feng Shui’ing,
Beth
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)