Renewal
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Renewal: First Quarter Thoughts
Since I picked my word, I’ve had lots of thoughts about renewal, but most are floating around willy-nilly in my head. I think I need to wrangle them into written form to really pin them down, which I WILL do. In the meantime, I thought I’d jot down a few thoughts on how it’s been going and what I’ve been thinking about, but first, I want to give a bit more detail about the reason why renewal is a good fit for this year. We all know the pandemic disrupted people’s lives—here in Melbourne, we had six lockdowns totalling 262 days over the course of 2020 and 2021. 151 of…
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Hiking @ Ferny
I’ve mentioned before that my husband has moved to a 4-day work week and I work casual hours from home, so some weeks we can do some fun things during the week. Last Friday I wanted to hike, and G had been wanting to take me up to Ferny to show me the running trail so I don’t get lost when I go up with the crew to run. The weather was lovely for hiking—about 22C and fluffy clouds dotted in a blue sky. A lot of the trail is in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. The Dandenong ranges are on the outskirts of Melbourne, about 30km from us and…
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Renewal … some initial thoughts
RENEWAL: the instance of resuming something after an interruption the replacement or repair of something I announced my word late last year but didn’t go into a lot of detail about what it might look like in practical terms. I’m pretty excited about it and think it will be a good word to guide me in all areas of my life. As I go through the year I’ll be collecting thoughts and inspiration from my reading, listening and watching and trying to settle into the right amount of the right activities. I want a full life with the right kind of fullness … to be “the right kind of busy”…
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A Word for 2024 – Renewal
I’ve picked words to define my year before and followed through with varying degrees of success. Looking back at my old blog reminded me of what I had picked in previous years—Habit (2015), Intention (2014), Act (2010) and Breathe (2007). I had no intention of picking a word for 2024 until one day at the end of November while listening to the Rebuilders podcast they began talking about renewal. This year has been a good one, we have had some exciting travels, and we’ve settled into our new home, neighbourhood and church, but we’ve also had some stressful family dynamics (largely resolved now) and I have had some niggling health…
