Tag: journaling
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MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment
MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment Light builds resilience. Light builds energy. Light builds hope. But what is a “Light Quotient” and why do we need to increase it? Sasha from The Pagan Homemaker describes a light quotient as simple ways to make you feel lighter, which increases resilience,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling
MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling This year, 2026, I have begun visual journaling using a combination of a loosely-based phenology wheel with watercolour paintings and notes. A phenology wheel is traditionally used to track natural events and cycles, such as flower plantings, bird migrations, weather patterns, daily temperatures, hours of sunlight,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with power dressing
Making My Peace … with power dressing Power clothes and power dressing have not been a feature of my style, but I’ve been thinking lately that there might be benefits in donning clothes that make me feel confident, and yes, even a little powerful. Admittedly, even the concept of what constitutes ‘power dressing’…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with a memoir of madness
Making My Peace … with a memoir of madness It was an impulse purchase, bought in a hurry, without even looking at what I grabbed. I was early, on my way to meet a girlfriend for lunch, and I raced into a second-hand English-language bookstore. All I knew was that it was small,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with seasonal sadness
Making My Peace … with seasonal sadness Like the last scene of a riveting adventure movie on a cold night, you know that it will end, that you’ll don your coat over the pretty dress that you really wanted everyone to see, and contemplate the way home. Cheaper by bus, quicker by taxi,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the end of summer vacation
Making My Peace … with the end of summer vacation It is September as I write: the long, summer August vacation in France is over. For me, I did not take a month-long vacation as the French do; instead, I took two, short, 4-day trips – remaining in France, no more than two…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with listening to sad songs
Making My Peace … with listening to sad songs Elton John, the English musician, sang about sad songs. Remember his 1984 Sad Songs (Say So Much)? He wrote, “If someone else is suffering enough, oh, to write it down, when every single word makes sense, then it’s easier to have those songs around.”…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with managing the chaos of creativity
Making My Peace … with managing the chaos of creativity The creative process never runs smooth. Ideas run wild, then they dry out. Motivation moves like a runaway train, then comes to a screeching halt. Routines work until the rhythm is disrupted. Certain potential successes turn out to be slow-moving sloths. Oh, the chaos…