Most Wednesdays (or thereabouts) I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Sometimes I mix up the order, just to keep you on your toes.
Care to join me?
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Reading
I have a copy of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me sitting nearby, waiting for me to join the book club at The High Calling in January. And this week I picked up a used copy of Tina Fey’s Bossypants and acquired Wrecked, by Jeff Goins.
Hope to get some reading done over break, and plan to dive into those three.
Writing
I’ve accepted a new role: the Get Organised Guinea Pig. It’s a humbling, yet appropriate, title.
The Get Organised team—helping businesses and individuals increase productivity—publish short articles on their blog written by professional organizers and guest contributors.
Once a month I’ll serve as a quirky guest contributor, describing one of my many organizational frustrations along with a solution I decide to implement. As I experiment, I’ll offer an honest evaluation about what works and what doesn’t.
You can read my report on our family’s switch from a paper to electronic calendar. Afterward, browse many other suggestions provided by the experienced Get Organised professionals who publish regularly. They may inspire you to organize a shelf, declutter a drawer, or download software to manage your to-do list.
Learning
(See “Playing” below.)
Playing
One of my daughters and I made a candle.
From a clementine.
(Click on one of the photos to see larger images in a slide show format.)
Reacting
I thought maybe James Taylor could, in his inimitable voice, bring us a sweet reminder of what we can do through actions and words. We can make it rain—love, love, love is sunshine. I don’t know if things are gonna be just fine if we do this, but it can’t hurt.
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Images by Ann Kroeker.
Mom says
Yes, as I have discovered, books and South Carolina can be very healing!
(Also word games with grandkids.)
annkroeker says
We need to find these things in the midst of straining days.
laura says
I love that Clementine candle! I bet it smelled lovely. Can’t wait to jump into reading with you in Booked. And how exciting about Get Organized!
Raining down love on you from here, my friend.