photo credit: Razvan Mirel via Unsplash I don’t really have a process on how to come up with my guiding word for the new year; it is usually less ‘active thinking’ but rather an opening of the mind to see what word floats in naturally at the end of each...
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When I thought about the things I purchased in 2021 that bring me joy, I instantly came up with like 5 things (and then a couple more to make it ten.) I am not a frivolous shopper by any means. When I buy something, I (usually) have put a substantial...
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photo credit: @maplepharaoh via Unsplash I guess I am doing this now, taking a look back at the things that I wanted to do in the last year, which I put on the blog for posterity. I guess it is fun to go back and revisit the things I thought about at the...
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I saw this end-of-year survey on Stephany‘s blog, and then my friend Lisa posted her own version, and I enjoyed it so much and found this recap so intriguing that I am jumping on the bandwagon. 1) What did you do in 2021 that you’ve never done before? Ran my fastest...
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Happy New Year, friends. I hope you all arrived safely in 2022. And no, it’s not “2020 too”, damnit, and no repeat of 2021 either, although I do understand the sentiment that just because the clock struck midnight and we switched to a new even-numbered year, nothing has really changed....
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Wow, where did this year go? Besides 2021 being much more disappointing (in many regards) as expected, it also disappeared in a blink of an eye, right? I know I say that so often that I can’t believe how fast the time goes, but this time it is really, really...
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Well, to be quite honest, I thought this Christmas was going to be different. I had high hopes that we would be able to travel to Europe, maybe. And yeah, yeah, we *could* have, technically… but we are still not ready to travel, not with Omicron and all. So we...
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It’s a few days after the holidays and I can share this year’s Secret Santa Mug Swap with you, can you believe it? I am so thrilled that everybody received their package on time this year, and that you’ve all shared your swaps on social media or your blog already....
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