This is my monthly wrap up of things that made me smile during the month of May. Earlier in the year I made a commitment to myself to make a concerted effort to think about the great and positive things in my life, and in particular, those things that make me smile. These days, most […]
Commitment During Isolation
Looking back I like to think that commitment shows up most days in my life Usually when I say I’m going to do something, I go ahead and do it. In 2019 my Word of the Year (#WOTY) was Commitment. I can remember back to the end of 2018, when I decided that Commitment was […]
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Special Days
As I write this it is Mother’s Day here in Australia, and as we all know this day is an extra special day for families. For most families that is. For me Mothers Day is a bit of a struggle. I don’t get to see my family on Mother’s Day, and even if I did, […]
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Positive G.E.M.S
Covid-19 Overwhelm On Monday, during the long drive home from work, I was catching up with the day’s corona virus news on the radio. At the same time I was thinking about the dreadful day I’d had at work that day, and the previous weekend, being caught up with toilet paper dramas, panic shopping as […]
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Sliding Slowly into Simplicity
I am really pleased to be a guest on Leanne’s fabulous midlife blog, Cresting The Hill. My guest post is part of her Midlife Symphony Series I have been really enjoying this series where guest bloggers discuss the way a Midlife Symphony is showing up in their lives. When I first started blogging, I never […]
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Core Value: Calm
Early in January, I posted that My 2020 Word Of The Year is Values and listed my core values, that define who I am, and how I intend to live my life. This is the second in a series that will examine each of those core values. Each day I like to check in with […]
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A Different Kind of Love
Valentine’s Day I hate to sound like a spoil sport, but I have no interest at all in Valentine’s Day. There are many reasons for this, that I won’t go in to here as that’s not the reason for this post. I do understand that some do love and look forward to Valentine’s Day, and […]
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Birthday Memories
Almost My Birthday January is my birthday month, and recently I’ve found myself thinking about the birthdays that I’ve had, in what is very quickly becoming a long life. I’ve never been one to get excited about my birthday, although as a child, each year after starting school, I was given a birthday party with […]
