Botany After my first introduction to botany lesson at the weekend, I recapped what I learned. Monocotyledons Dicotyledons alliums, e.g. garliccereals, e.g. rice, quinoa, cornbutcher’s broom pretty much everything else I saw a photo of the widest tree in the UK, a yew in Stafforshire at Shugborough Hall. And I saw that holly bark has […]
Author: LiLi Kathleen Bright
The week that started 27th January
Rest I’ve been thinking about rest because I listened to an episode of Feel Better Live More about it. Another thing, I have this objective about an excellent life balance, and my focus for this quarter is on learning more and measuring that by habits I’ve changed or integrated and measuring my wellbeing. I didn’t […]
The week that started 20th January
Healthier habits My mum came to visit me at work and heard Disco 2000 by Pulp playing, which she enjoyed. So we danced to it when I got home. 😊 Practising doing stuff I enjoy Walked around St James’ Park with my mum during my lunch break. Lovely. Never imagined that this would be my […]
The week that started 13th January
Healthier habits Move more: Walking I finished reading Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s The 4 Pillar Plan. It, along with Feel Better in 5, helped me move more. Which is the main health intervention I want and need. As a result, I’ve started dancing for 5 minutes when I get home from work, and now my mum […]
The week that started 6th January
My definition of happiness: Happiness is knowing what to do to combat low mood, and doing it. LiLi K Bright, 30 Dec 2019 Definitely influenced by my – relatively brief, thankfully – history with depression and anxiety, since before December 2016 (maybe since late 2015 / early 2016). Which I got help with from August […]
The week that started 30th December
My word for 2020 is spaciousness. 2019’s word was connection. And I did make new connections, and nurture existing ones. Closing the year thinking about being intentional and the necessity of saying no to connections to make space for the ones I value. I watched an excellent video that taught me that to concentrate I […]
The week that started 23rd December
Reflecting on 2019 Preparing for next year by reflecting, using The Year Ahead (free). I found doing that so informative. I did loads of stuff this year, more than I’d remembered. So it was good to give that space. More to come in next week’s notes. I got back into journalling as well, which feels […]
The week that started 16th December
Slowly musing on the year that’s ending, and gradually starting to think about the year to come. All I’ve considered for next year is my tree learning plan. And some vague thoughts about collaborating to survive in the hellscape of late capitalism. 2019 life changing events Nature Connectors by Wild in the City in April […]
The week that started 9th December
I got sick this week. Might have been norovirus. So glad I increased my intake of fruits and beans in the run-up to that, because I’m sure that’s what helped me to recover so quickly. Speaking of health… Been thinking about depression again recently. And I want more people to talk about it more. So, […]
The week that started 2nd December
Learning about the natural world I’ve been listening to the Overheard at the National Geographic podcast, which led me to check out their website. I read Why do ocean animals eat plastic? and watched a video on how we can keep plastics out of the oceans. In addition to trees, I’m interested in soil and […]