Tag: self care
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Joie 3 – Celebration
One thing that I can always count on to bring me joy is the notion of celebration. I mean, who doesn’t enjoy a holiday, right? Special foods, special clothes, special ceremonies . . . holidays are the flash of gold brocade in a basket of muslin days. (I’m paraphrasing someone there, but so help me, I’m…
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Joie 2 – Idle Time
For this “Joie” post, I want to focus on something we don’t have nearly enough of – idle time. This is VERY different from planned down time – vacations are wonderful things (and the average American doesn’t use anywhere near all their paid vacation time, which I’m pretty sure is a sign of a deeply…
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Joie 1 – Movies & Roasting!
For this, my very first “Joie” post for this “year of joy,” I want to focus on two things – the joy I get from movies/television and my plan to broaden my “food base.” First off – movies and TV. Like many people, I found a lot of comfort during the “plague year” of 2020…