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Capacity for Rest
This journey has been a complex mix of taking on more and less at the same time. A significant part of increasing my capacity is learning more about rest and doing less. I had a lot of downtime but still didn’t feel rested and it did little for building me up to tackle what I need to do in my days. I have had to redefine what I see as resting and what my availability looks like. It is a journey of taking more ownership of who I am and how I work best. My rest times often look like zoning out in front of the TV, Netflix or You…
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Capacity for Rest
This journey has been a complex mix of taking on more and less at the same time. A significant part of increasing my capacity is learning more about rest and doing less. I had a lot of downtime but still didn’t feel rested and it did little for building me up to tackle what I need to do in my days. I have had to redefine what I see as resting and what my availability looks like. It is a journey of taking more ownership of who I am and how I work best. My rest times often look like zoning out in front of the TV, Netflix or You…
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Feeding my soul this week
The past couple of weeks have been full. Today I am packing and cleaning in preparation for our 10 day camping trip that starts tomorrow. I have been itching to write so wanted to snatch a quick few minutes to share a couple of photos of what has been feeding my soul this week in the midst of busyness. I am really looking forward to good quality family time away from some of the distractions of everyday life. I am also really excited about the launch of Write 31 Days next week. I have all the posts for while we are away ready to go and have so much bubbling…
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Feeding my soul this week
The past couple of weeks have been full. Today I am packing and cleaning in preparation for our 10 day camping trip that starts tomorrow. I have been itching to write so wanted to snatch a quick few minutes to share a couple of photos of what has been feeding my soul this week in the midst of busyness. I am really looking forward to good quality family time away from some of the distractions of everyday life. I am also really excited about the launch of Write 31 Days next week. I have all the posts for while we are away ready to go and have so much bubbling…
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Day 30: Suddenly overwhelmed
Today had been tracking along with a few unexpected mishaps but nothing hugely wrong. As the time to cook dinner approached, I suddenly felt overwhelmed with everything I hadn’t finished that I needed to have done by the next morning, my poor time management today and emotions from a difficult work call I had made earlier. I found myself frustrated at the sudden dips in the roller coaster of emotions. I had lost the peace and rest that I had been experiencing with God. How easily it had been shaken loose with only mild testing! I had two options at this point- continue to dwell in these emotions and sense…
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Day 30: Suddenly overwhelmed
Today had been tracking along with a few unexpected mishaps but nothing hugely wrong. As the time to cook dinner approached, I suddenly felt overwhelmed with everything I hadn’t finished that I needed to have done by the next morning, my poor time management today and emotions from a difficult work call I had made earlier. I found myself frustrated at the sudden dips in the roller coaster of emotions. I had lost the peace and rest that I had been experiencing with God. How easily it had been shaken loose with only mild testing! I had two options at this point- continue to dwell in these emotions and sense…
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Day 23: Rewarding Rest
In this season of my life, I have been finding that my rest is often not restoring or refreshing. This lead me to choose rewarding rest as an intentional focus for this year. I have had to rethink what I viewed as rest and try to change ingrained habits. I will say that this is definitely going to be an ongoing process as it has not been the most successful of my goals! My previous view of rest was mostly sitting and doing as little as possible, usually in front of the TV or another screen. This was partly due to the sheer exhaustion I live with most days from…
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Day 23: Rewarding Rest
In this season of my life, I have been finding that my rest is often not restoring or refreshing. This lead me to choose rewarding rest as an intentional focus for this year. I have had to rethink what I viewed as rest and try to change ingrained habits. I will say that this is definitely going to be an ongoing process as it has not been the most successful of my goals! My previous view of rest was mostly sitting and doing as little as possible, usually in front of the TV or another screen. This was partly due to the sheer exhaustion I live with most days from…
Encouragement for women in leadership
