Mind matters

No posts? Oh no! Horrible! It’s a nightmare! Or is it…? No… or? Could be? Is it possible that I’ve just been to lazy to write any new posts? Yes, that is the truth… but is it all of it? No. It could be thought. Or?

I don’t think I’ve written extensively about what is going on in my life for a while now. About 9 weeks ago I started to attend a course run by of the Swedish Unemployment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen). It’s part of the swedish system for trying to activate people who’ve been unemployed more than a year, and it’s mandatory. This course is about being coached in writing my CV, personal letters, communication and some other skills.

First I thought it would be like a kindergarten, except for adults. Adultgarten? What’s the german word for adult? Ah, erwachsen. Yes, I thought it would be erwachsengarten. Probably not a word that really exists, I hope there won’t be any german attacks to my site for making up words… But I was proven wrong! It was actually a very good course with excellent coaches and I learned a lot.

After 6 weeks, when I finally had started getting somewhere with my coach in planning what I wanted to do with my future, she dropped a bomb and said she was going to start a similar course in Motala (a small town that lies about 45 km from here). I was devastaded, and felt abandoned! Then she raised the Holy Curtain of Hope and said she wanted me to follow her to Motala and do some practical training as a coach together with her.

At first I was hesitant. I would have to give up my sweet life of getting up at 08.30 and being able to go home for lunch, since the place where the course was (Studiefrämjandet) is only a 3 min bicycle ride from where I live. Finally I decided to go with it, to see how I would react to coaching and commuting.

Now I’ve been with this new course in Motala for 2.5 weeks, and I do enjoy it! I have to get up at 6.45 am, and I’m usually back home at 5.15 pm, and the ride to Motala takes about 1 hour by bus. I like commuting, with these hours anyway. I use the time to sleep, to read, to plan future events and to daydream. It’s perfect

Today I got to plan all the activities for the whole day. I instructed in Qigong, Yoga, Meditation, Relaxation- and Breathing techniques. It was much fun! And I felt so energized afterwards. To teach these things to others is something I can see myself doing even in the future.

Not so sure about the coaching thing, atleast not in this environment where people feel they’re forced to participate in the course. Not an ideal situation when trying to coach someone. It’s more coaxing than coaching. I feel a little hesitant about coaching people, but I’m not sure if it’s because I don’t generally like coaching, or if it’s because of this particular situation, or if it’s me feeling insecure when I think about my lack of experience in coaching.

Oh, well, time will tell. So these days I commute to Motala 4 days of the week. Fridays I spend on the course that runs here in Linköping. Both of these things have taken a lot of energy, so I have not had so much time to spend updating the blog and such. I’ll try to do better though

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