Turning 15 Years Old
Another year full of challenges, but my daughter survived.
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Starting my Sunday off with a new favourite blend of coffee from 49th Parallel
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A personal reflection on finding unexpected love and joy after embracing solitude, and the liberating effects of letting go of social media and embracing real connections.
2024 - Year of Discipline
Today is Bell Let's Talk Day, a day focused on mental health awareness. For the past few years, I have been using it to talk about a theme for the next year.
Turning 14 Years Old
Another challenging year, but coming out stronger than in the past.
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Feeling completely drained by people today. The combination of them having doubts and nitpicking things, or demanding answers right away really gets to me. I can’t remember the last time when I needed to know something right away without letting that person think/research it.
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Having the fire alarm go off at 5:30am, and then having Kylie not go back to bed is not how I planned my Monday starting off.
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Why is it that Kylie struggles to wake up for school, but on the weekend she gets out of bed even earlier?
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Woke up feeling lousy due to allergies. As the day progressed, people kept finding ways to make me feel even worse about things, which now has me ready to throw in the towel. It’s difficult to let go of things and remember: tomorrow is another day; it will get better.
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Installed this app on my phone to track screen time, which has me feeling both anxious and curious about the results. Also includes some exercises to cut down on phone usage. See how this goes. Moment [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moment-screen-time-tracker/id771541926?mt=8]
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My mom’s new white car is getting bombarded by the birds constantly, but they’re leaving alone the other vehicles. My daughter’s theory is the birds are watching us use our white toilets, so they’re imitating us.
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I feel like I am wearing eye black with how heavy the bags are under my eyes this past week. Looking forward to a quieter weekend.
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Kylie has discovered my blog after doing a Google search for herself. She’s quietly reading some of the birthday posts I’ve written about her. I thought I’d be able to keep them hidden until she was a teenager, but she’s too smart for me.
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Having one of those up-and-down days where I need to remind myself that I’m still here, nothing has changed physically for me. Need to keep pressing forward.
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Me: That shirt is a little too small on you. Kylie: I know what to do with it. Me: What? Kylie: Crop top it.
Charles Johnson on Writing
The Way of the Writer is a book I will read through regularly.
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Today may just be the highlight of 2018 for my daughter. Why? First day of knitting club at her school. She’s been talking about it for weeks.
Finding My Margin
Margin is the opposite of overload. If we are overloaded we have no margin. A month ago, I was feeling good about the direction I was heading with my life. Little did I know that within a week of me hitting the publish button on Looking Forward to 2018 my work life would change dramatically. My workload tripled overnight. Not necessarily a bad change, but it was quite dramatic. Over the past four weeks, I’ve been quite busy with work and trying to squeeze in things when I can. With the limited
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For your Sunday morning listening, I suggest the latest Fits + Starts episode discussing the value of time and making space for the activities you enjoy.
