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Fresh FIGs: Gratitude Collective Week #1

Okay lovely members of the Finding Joy in Gratitude (F.I.G.) Collective. It’s time to talk FIGs! (If you’re wondering about the hullabaloo, here’s some context.)

FIG COLLECTORS AROUND THE INTERWEBS

Julie, Engie, and Jenny started collecting…

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  • FIG Collective, Gratitude, Habits, Joy
  • Feb, 08, 2025
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Happy Things Friday: 7 February

I have felt extra sluggish and unmotivated this week. The weather (freezing cold, windy, a miserable mix of rain and snow), the news (generally horrendous), my questionable sleep habits (staying up too late reading…

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  • Life
  • Feb, 07, 2025
  • 38 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 3

Smoked a cigarette.

Gone scuba diving.

Ordered anything at Starbucks (I have used their free bathrooms and I once bought a bag of Starbucks coffee at the grocery store, but I’m not counting that).

Eaten haggis.

Read…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 06, 2025
  • 42 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: December – January

They’re baaaacccckkk. Time for the first Demerits and Gold Stars post of 2025.

First up, demerits. And this time I’m trying something different. After I list a demerit, I’m going to think through how I…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Feb, 05, 2025
  • 37 Comments

Ask Me (Almost) Anything: Part 3

I’ve answered quite a few Ask Me (Almost) Anything questions on the blog. Here is Part 1 in the series, Part 2, a catch-all post for random questions, including my answer to: Would you…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Blogging, Faith, Personality Insights
  • Feb, 04, 2025
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Favourite Things: January 2025

The holiday season is over, the glitter has settled, and I am back with a roundup of my favourite things from the month of January – a number of which were Christmas gifts!

SLEEPER EARRINGS

Where…

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  • Favourite Things
  • Feb, 03, 2025
  • 34 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 31 January

And just like that, we’re saying goodbye to the first month of the year. It feels…bizarre?

It also feels exciting because tomorrow is Day #1 for The F.I.G. Collective. Get your pens ready!!!!

In all my…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Thrifting
  • Jan, 31, 2025
  • 39 Comments
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