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Happy (and Hard) Things Friday: 9 May

  • Happy Things Friday, Hard Things
  • May 9, 2025
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This week was not my favourite. Nothing objectively terrible happened, but it felt like walking around with pebbles in my shoes. (For people I care about, it was more like giant boulders.) If you’ll allow me to complain lament for a few minutes…I promise there are Happy Things ahead; I did read Laura’s post yesterday!…

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Gratitude in Practice: Laura Vanderkam!!

If you’d told me five years ago that I’d have a blog, I probably would have believed you. After all, I’ve always loved writing and seem to have an endless supply of things to…

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  • Blogging, Friendship, Gratitude, Guest Post
  • May, 08, 2025
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club: The Final Roundup (April 2025)

The second I typed that title I started humming The Final Countdown. Anyone else? Just me?

Moving on.

Just like that, we’ve wrapped up our daily(ish) walks in April! A huge thank you to everyone who…

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  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise
  • May, 07, 2025
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On My Shelf: Books I Read in April 2025

My reading activity picked up again in April, and there were some winners in the mix!

I only rated one book 5/5 stars — what can I say, I’m a tough audience — but there…

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  • Reading
  • May, 06, 2025
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Demerits and Gold Stars: February — April

Apologies for the unusual double post today. But…

Gah. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve thought about writing about my Demerits and Gold Stars over the past few months. I’ve even gone…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • May, 05, 2025
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Move Over, Hygge — Make Room for…Hurkle Durkle?

You know I love any excuse to talk about language — spelling, pronunciation, idioms. If it’s quirky and has a good backstory, I’m in. So you can imagine my delight when I stumbled across…

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  • Habits, Home, Language, Personality Insights
  • May, 05, 2025
  • 34 Comments

Not Just a Pretty Book – How I Actually Use My Sprouted Planner

I’ve been asked to share more behind-the-scenes peeks into how I plan. So…here are some spreads from my 2025 Weekly Sprouted Planner!

Exercise Tracking

I’ve been using Sprouted planners for almost 4 years (a huge thanks…

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  • Organization, Planning, Time Management
  • May, 03, 2025
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