One Thing Today

Walking up to The Big Oak to mark the moment of the equinoxes and solstices has become a regular part of my year. Yesterday, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to make it up the hill to for this year's summer solstice, but I was surprised and pleased to find was...

Join me under The Big Oak (surrounded by midges!) for a cup of tea and a ponder on how the shape and rhythm of my year has been evolving and how I'm looking forward to seeing what that means for me over the next twelve months

Does your year have a shape and rhythm to it? Does it suit you? If not are there any changes you could experiment with over the coming months?

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I'm saying hello from bed and talking a little about tuning into the things that help can help us to live at the pace that's right for us.

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Some thoughts about rest, in part sparked by Carl Larsson’s painting, Convalescence.

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As you’ll hear, the hens George and Louise have been excellent resting role models this afternoon. I would have loved to have taken a photo of them to go with this podcast but wasn’t up to venturing outside. Instead I’m sharing a photo of the first few rows of the sock I’m knitting at the moment with Ounce (also an excellent rest role model!) curled up behind it. <3

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I’m podcasting from bed today, rather appropriately talking about taking small steps from a place of rest :)

Today was my seventh day in bed and I think I’m going to be here a while longer.

I seem to have started chronicling these bed days over on Instagram, which is a bit of a surprise but I’m just going with it…

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This evening, after three days spent mostly in bed, I've been sitting at my newly cleared desk and feeling quite cheered to realise that some small steps have been happening despite how slow I've needed to be...

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I seem to have fallen into a rhythm of making a loaf of bread every couple of days and am continuing to experiment with slow baking.

I'd mixed up the dry ingredients for this loaf earlier in the day and coming back to them to add the water and oil and to give the dough its first knead, I thought it would be a good opportunity to say hello.

I'm experimenting with a slightly different slow-baking method than last time.

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I was feeling a little daunted at the idea of making a podcast today, so decided to keep it simple by just taking you out to say hello to the hens and telling you about a small step I took yesterday...

I hope your week is starting well <3

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Yesterday, I recorded this podcast from bed whilst playing one-handed solitaire, because that was what was possible.

Today I'm posting the podcast.

Small steps...

When I began this 50 Days retreat and decided that I would focus on small steps within it, I had thought my small steps would be... well... bigger (and a bit more creative and colourful perhaps!).

However, I'm right up against my limits at the moment and being forced to look at what's possible (and focus on that) rather than what I was hoping would be possible.

I hope that you're able to focus on what's possible today (however small that me be) rather than wishing that you could be doing something else <3

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Following on from my accidental slow bread making, here is a podcast in four parts in which I intentionally aim to make a loaf of bread over twenty-four hours. 

It's an experiment in going slowly and in small steps which turns into a bit of a ponder about product vs process, deadlines and enjoying what we’re doing. 

Spoiler: I don't quite finish the loaf during the podcast, but I’ve postied a Podcast Extra video over on Patreon that includes the finished loaf (and some lambs!). Watch if for free here.

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During the podcast I mention a couple of quotes that found their way to me. Here they are: 

Posted on Instagram by Hobiaritst (Dan Price) 

Life is found only in the present moment. I think we should have a holiday to celebrate this fact. We have holidays for so many important occasions – Christmas, New Year's, Mother's Day, Father's Day even Earth Day – why not celebrate a day when we can live happily in the present moment all day long? I would like to declare today "Today's Day", a day dedicated to touching the Earth, touching the sky, touching the trees, and touching the peace that is available in the present moment.

– Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings

Posted by Alistair Appleton:

As soon as the mind contracts a future with our intentions unfolding into it, we are away from the current source of happiness. We believe ardently that thinking, planning, and policing our future will make us happy. Counter-intuitively it's the thing that is making us unhappy.

– Alistair Appleton, No More Future Anymore

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