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how zero-waste living changed my view on joy

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zero-waste camping?

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Zero-waste? “Yeah, just wait ’til you have kids.”

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Day 20 of the #30daysofvisibility challenge, and I’d be lying if I said this was my favourite tool to use when working on my blog, lessons, workshops, and various writing projects. But I am a writer, and I like pretty journals! Journaling helps me with a lot, and I have written in them since I was a young girl. Thought it would be prettier to look at than my laptop. But I do everything on my laptop. I’d be lost without my laptop 😆 #journal #writing #writersofinstagram #toolsofthetrade #laptop #prettythings #canthelpit
Day 19 of the #30daysofvisibility challenge asks us to recall something that made us smile this week. Well, how do I pick just one?! Our camping trip made me smile, and how much fun our little one had. It made me smile that we chose to go camping rather than organize a party. It made me smile that our little girl finds joy in collecting sticks and throwing rocks in the water. On the drive home it made me smile when she hid behind one book so that we wouldn’t see her chewing on the other one 😂 It made me smile that my sister came back from vacation! How could I ever choose just one 😅 Even the fog rising from the lake made me smile. You’d think my face was hurting by Sunday, but it ain’t! What made you smile? #smileuntilithurts #sunday #camping #birthday #lake #bc #kootenays #vacation #staycation #summer #twoyearsold #joy #littlejoys
Today’s #30daysofvisibility post is about taking things for granted. I had a tough time with this because my night ritual involves “meditating” on daily gratitude. I feel if I am consciously grateful for something - it is not something I take for granted. Something I am currently struggling with, and actively working on, is to become reconnected with my inner self. This connection was damaged long ago, and it has been a challenge to get it back. What I mean is that I believe I take my health for granted, my physical and mental state. We are conditioned to live in our heads and forget the rest. We think of the next task, the next event, the next purchase, and we keep ourselves busy with these tasks, events, and purchases. We are so busy that most of us don’t even check in with ourselves anymore. Stress takes over, we develop anxiety, and other challenges. I am a healthy person. I can hike, write, garden, stretch, and move how I mostly want to move. I am able to bear children. I am able to think, act, speak, laugh, and feel. Yet I am, at times, completely disconnected to within. Do I even feel my feet hit the earth? Do I listen to my heart beat? Do I know the sound of my own voice? How often do I ignore it? A few years ago I had a bad accident. One year after the accident I realized I could have died if the impact had even been one inch higher. I wept in the middle of the night. That feeling was so significant, which is why I am working on reconnecting. Something that seems so simple can often be so hard. Because it means to slow down, to filter out, to pay attention, to listen to our deepest selves. To simplify, prioritize, and reorganize. That’s a lot for a Saturday morning. Have a lovely day ☀️
It’s #fridayintroductions time here on the #30daysofvisibility challenge and today we are going to play a game called #twotruthsandalie ! Thanks, @josettelb , I love games! I will say two true things about myself, and one lie. In the comments, say which one you think is the lie, and I’ll reveal before I go to sleep tonight 😆 You should play too! Please, please, please? Here we go: 📚I am a classroom teacher. 🎭I was a Drama nerd in high school, which inspired me to teach middle school Drama in my first year out of Uni. 🐈I have owned at least 43 cats since living in Canada. Ok go! And no helping if you know me freakishly well 🤫 #play #friday #morning #butfirstcoffee #babyissleeping #yay #gettoknowme #playalong #community #kootenays #ecowarrior

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