With all this World Cup activity going on I've been super excited for the last fortnight or let's say glued to the tv, reading reviews of matches apart from putting my own footy shorts and that, kicking a ball about.
That's not all I am interested in though not by a long shot.
One thing in general people have been talking about in the last few years has been an explosion in the interest of colouring especially by adults for relaxation with more advanced books for them produced and better stocks of pencils and felt-tipped pens being held.
If as people have been saying it has helped them cope with stresses and anxiety then that's great.
For somebody like me colouring is more linked into the act of age regressing being very much that schoolboy of ten all over again in my head so I do it for the same reasons one did back then, for fun.
When it comes to most children's colour books which are more the sort I'm looking at you tend to find they are either more infants or more intricate girlish ones so one would be left with something 'too young' or requiring a bit more skill than I have with my disabilities and not really around my interests.
Seeing I was needing a newer one, this is what I got something with exciting things that appeal to me that is also bit more of a challenge do colour neatly.
I also think having a gendered one will be a good thing as I can enjoy being a boy colouring boyish things will help me develop a more positive image of the boy I am, embracing it.
This week on That Uniformed School Boy I thought I'd post something around some of things I do as a adult school boy during the course of a day.
There is little getting way from the fact I do get tired so to avoid running out of 'spoons' I do need to take naps during the day apart from having an early fixed bedtime to keep to recuperate as just trying to keep up with everyone else takes a lot out me.
One thing I try to do is to get out in the open air for some gentle exercise in the from of brisk walk through the countryside where I can relax, switch off and watch the birds and other animals I encounter as well as appreciate the trees.
That's a shadow self portrait, holding the camera while in my shorts and long grey socks as I seldom wear longs and most people here see me more as a adult-child 'boy' .
Although I have difficulty in using my hands, when I am able I love to colour having several colouring books using good quality German pencils in my own style, blending different colours together to create the ones I 'see' in my head.
I find it very relaxing which helps with my anxiety and traumas of the past as well as getting me in a very child-like headspace.
These are two ships I've had since my early teens and I like to get them down from the shelf where they're displayed top play in imaginary sea battles on the carpet bared knee, pushing them along on their wheels.
Imaginary play like this is something I love doing.
