A Quarterly Round-Up...Q1 2024

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Reflections #2 - Time Will pass anyway

Today Facebook reminded me of a 10 year old post. I was celebrating having enrolled for my BA in psychology and anthropology. Everyone thought I was mad. Today I am counting down the weeks to graduation day for my BA Honours in psychology. It was a reminder that the time will fly by anyway. Time’s passing is out of my control but what is in my control is how I use it. Sometimes our dreams and…

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Reflections #1 - Authority

Allowing others to dictate to me in areas where I am the expert weakens my authority. Photo by Keegan Houser on Pexels.com Last week, I had an experience where the outcome of a presentation was not received in the way I had expected it to be. I was pretty devastated, even though I am conscious of the fact that I never have total control of the outcome. In hindsight, there were a number of…

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ReBlog: The Valentine tree

The Valentine Tree

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"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."-Marie Curie

Bloganuary writing promptWhat’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?View all responses Wow! Another 31 days of Bloganuary done and dusted! Well, this time it was more or less 28 days for me as I missed a few. Well done to everyone who got through all 31 days. It is no easy feat. On to today’s topic. What am I most scared to do? Well, I don’t speak life…

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To Complain or Not to Complain...

Bloganuary writing promptWhat do you complain about the most?View all responses What a question! I know I shouldn’t complain because it’s such negative energy but I do and I do it for several reasons. Sometimes it is out irritation with someone. Sometimes it is because I am feeling sorry for myself. Sometimes it’s out of irritation with myself and sometimes I just need to vent. I must admit…

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“Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”

-Rocky Balboa Bloganuary writing promptWhat are your favorite sports to watch and play?View all responses Hello again. Being the mother of a teenage son, it’s impossible to get out of watching a sport. In my case, it’s soccer. My son has always loved soccer. I used to kick the ball around with him in the evenings when he was still a preschooler. We both used to love it. We would take turns…

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You Can't Win It If You Are Not in It!

Bloganuary writing promptWhat would you do if you won the lottery?View all responses Hello again. Well. This topic is not exactly the same as last year’s, but my answer would still be largely the same. You can read about what I will do with a billion dollars here.  Photo by Miguel u00c1. Padriu00f1u00e1n on Pexels.com A lot of the time, we live in a place of fear. Fear is usually a strong…

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"Books are a uniquely portable magic." – Stephen King

Bloganuary writing promptWhat books do you want to read?View all responses A topic about books! Whoo Hoo! I could write about books for days…lol I will keep it short though. My top 5 books that I would like to read this year are as follows: The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes. I read I Am Pilgrim when it launched, loved it, and had given up hope that this book would ever be published. It’s…

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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart" – Confucius

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 “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” — Cesare Pavese

Bloganuary writing promptList five things you do for fun.View all responses Hello hello! Welcome back! I had to check the dictionary to ensure that my definition of fun fits the description.  Fun is defined as “enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.” I do pretty average stuff for fun. 1. Read This is my favourite thing in the world to do. I love sci-fi, mysteries, spy novels and…

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I Wish I understood Meow

Bloganuary writing promptIf you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?View all responses Hi There. I have missed two bloganuary posts this weekend. 😱 I was on holiday, and I was so exhausted at the end of those two days. I will acknowledge it and, accept it and move on swiftly. Right, now that I have that out of my system, on to today’s topic. I think I would turn the topic…

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Connecting dots…

What’s your dream job? Well I definitely say that it is not working on a cruise ship. That’s where I am right now and it is quite clear that these guys work super hard for every penny they get. Ok so what is my dream job. It’s either a travel journalist or a global qualitative researcher. Travel journalist Well this would be for the obvious perk of being able to travel the world and be paid…

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Prejudice is a mist, which... often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way- Lord Shaftesbury

Bloganuary writing promptIf you could un-invent something, what would it be? View all responses We are more than halfway through January, which means Bloganuary, too! 😱. Where does the time go? Well done, everyone, for getting this far! Thank you to all who have participated in my journey by reading, commenting and/or liking my posts. You are helping to make this an awesome…

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"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving." — Paulo Coelho

Bloganuary writing promptCan you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?View all responses I have read this���prompt over and over and I keep asking myself if people have negative examples of where they have felt love? Anyway…I feel loved every day and I only realised this while contemplating a response to this prompt. I don’t think i have ever felt unloved. I have felt unappreciated…

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Less - an update

Bloganuary writing promptWhere can you reduce clutter in your life?View all responses I entered this year with the declaration that my word for the year is “LESS”. You can read more here. It’s 16 days in, and I am thrilled to say that I have definitely made progress on the physical clutter front in particular. I’m at least halfway through. Here are a few things I learnt since starting: To be…

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“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway

Bloganuary writing promptWhat is your favorite animal?View all responses Where shall I start??? I love animals. Especially the warm-blooded kind. Cold-blooded animals…I am impartial, too. So what’s my favourite animal. I think our feral cat family would scratch me if I didn’t say cats. Let me introduce you to them : Russell Russell Meet Russell. He is from the first litter of 5 that his mum…

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