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Noticings

I made a hat – Friday noticings

Because Fridays are for making enormous declarations about life lessons you’ve permanently learned pizza and telly noticing. I don’t make the rules… On-topic noticings ~ Survival panic cannot be reasoned with I was with a Person I Care About this week when they went into survival panic. Some kind of wisdom helped me see that [...]

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Low-key knitted-in-the-round Friday Noticings

Because Fridays are for learning noticing. On-topic noticing Letters to my Future Self keep on working You know that letter I sent to myself about going for a walk and closing the door quietly? Well, I received it again (mentally) today. Still works! Yoga – love it! I’ve been concerned for a while how unconnected [...]

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You just gotta ride it – Friday Noticings

Because Friday is for learning noticing. On-topic noticings I blogged quite a lot about my on-topic thoughts this week. Especially about how worry comes from predictions, the role of permission and how important nourishment is. ~ Focusing on circumstances keeps me sane Part of the genius of Jen Louden’s Satisfaction Finder is how she gets [...]

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Big News – Friday noticing

Because ordinarily Friday is for noticing, but, this week, it is for announcing. In-other-news Announcement: We’re moving Things changed this week (not horribly) in a way that made us question where we are living. So we made a big ol’ list of pros and cons. As you do. Staying in Singapore or moving back to [...]

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Sustainable is HARRRD – Friday Noticings

Because Fridays are for noticing. On-topic noticings ~ Sustainability doesn’t come naturally I’m playing with notions of sustainability at the moment. Here’s a list I made yesterday: NOT: Newsletters Launches Price goes up Powering through Tense YES: Quiet Sustainable Involuted (that’s a word from my meditation school – means consciousness turned inward) My way Less [...]

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A private love letter

Dear A Peaceful Resolution Wow, you make me more conscious just by being you. Spending this week with you, I am calmer, more connected to Connection, happier, more relaxed, excited and present to the world around me. Just thought you should know. I love you. Andrew ps I’m so glad we worked things out. I [...]

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The ‘Question/answer format? Totally overuse it.’ Version – YoO Friday 5/52

This is the Friday review of week 5 of my Year of Opening (because it’s good to itemize my life notice things). In which I try to get the ‘Question? Answer.’ format out of my system, but end up just loving it more. Opening/ calm/conscious/ conflict/ crisis-y type noticings My first reaction is to get [...]

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Opening Alarm totally works – YoO Friday 4/52

Crap. Missed last Friday, and now it’s 10.35pm and all I have is notes on my phone. This is the Friday review of week 4 of my Year of Opening (because it’s good to make big declarations about lessons learned notice things). Opening/Calm/Conscious/Conflict/Crisis-y type noticings My Opening Alarm helps. Like a lot. Every hour on [...]

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Calm is overrated – YoO Friday 2/52

So, huh, the second week of my Year of Opening was really quite challenging. Here’s my Friday roundup because scaring the bejeesus out of myself with uncertainty noticing can be reassuring useful. Opening/calm/conscious/conflict/crisis-y type Noticings Drama probably means I’ve hit a Thing and don’t realise it The crisis part of the spiritual-crisis from this week [...]

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Opening is often about closing – YoO Friday 1/52

I’ve been putting up a Friday list for a while, detailing what I’m noticing about what I’m learning as I work on being more calm and conscious, and as I implement some of my own advice (!). Seems to be really useful to check in once a week, and so I’m carrying on with this, [...]

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