It’s playtime: Developing a growth mindset meets generative over productive. In other words, process over product and embracing courage. Creative rest and energy are my watchwords. In other words, it’s time to play! Things I learned the week ending 7th Feb Well, this whole entry is about stuff I’m learning this week… Maybe to summarise […]
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The week that started 7th September 2020
Learning to look after myself better So, I participated in training for Building Resilience and Finding Balance, by work’s internal learning & development team and Brooklyn Minds, respectively. Some of the things I learned/re-learned: I already have resilience. Becoming (more) resilient is about boosting existing skills, as well as building new ones. Hobbies that are […]
The week that started 13th April 2020
Learning things So, this week I started a free course called The Science of Well-being. It’s by psychology professor Laurie Santos of Yale and it’s on Coursera (love Coursera). Grateful to my colleague for letting me know about it, because it’s brilliant. Whizzed through week 1, and now practising using my character strengths. Regardless of […]
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 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 […]
The week that started 18th November
For my birthday I got 12 hours of great sleep, a vegan cheese board from La Fauxmagerie, a fancy schmancy Victoria sponge, a spider plant and books: ‘Field Guide to the Shrubs and Trees of Britain’ by Reader’s Digest and ‘Rapture’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Spent the weekend chilling at my home from home, eating […]
The week that started 23rd September
I’m practising being inspired, which means taking Artist Dates and hooking tiny actions to existing habits I have. Like, listening to music whilst I do my Morning Pages and exploring on the page ways of writing in flow. And I’m steadily preparing for my job with a focus on wellness. I start tomorrow! How to […]
Writing: self-directed study
Creating my own curriculum I’d like to do a Masters degree in Creative Writing. It’s not the right time. I definitely want to practise studying before I leap into the fray *and* there are a bunch of resources I want to check out. So, it just made sense to me to create my own curriculum […]
The week that started 26th August
This has been a week of endings. But I’m not sad. Because I see it as a week of renewed beginnings. Like, because I’ve finished The Artist’s Way, again, I get to start it. Again. Endings are a cause for celebration. I’ve successfully completed four weeks of study. I’ve learned about learning. Now I’ll learn […]