99 Days of Something – #1
Last year I managed a 100 day series of blog posts starting with this one below. 100 Days of Wonder was inspired by having booked tickets to a 100 Years of Wonder Disney on Ice and being 100 days out from our Disney trip. I also had Covid so wasn’t up to doing much and spent a lot of time in my head, watching TV and scrolling through photos. You can read the whole – rather random series by going back through the posts if you wish. I did that yesterday because I wondered about doing something similar again. Yesterday was our 100 days out from our next Disney trip day. This time Disney Paris. I realised I missed the discipline of taking time to reflect and write every day… and then I didn’t actually write anything yesterday.
So, here I am wondering whether it is worth trying again to string a series of blog posts together in a similar way. 99 Days of the discipline of writing, even just a little bit, every day might help keep me focused and might actually help me make progress with some writing projects. What do you need to write well? I have never been one for sitting at a desk. I always had a desk, I rarely sat at one. I am more of a notebook on the sofa, typing away in a coffee shop or lounging somewhere random kind of a girl for writing. But I do spend a lot of time at my desk at home so today I put up some things to make me smile. On the left I framed the packaging from the 3 Disney Coffee bean varieties we bought on our last trip. On the right are 3 postcards I bought in Philadelphia in May. So yeah, my writing and creativity is usually fuelled by Disney, Coffee and the inspirational words of others. Let’s see how this works for the next 99 days.
100 Days of Wonder – #96
It was time to go back to work today. I wasn’t hugely looking forward to it. I don’t like working with a slightly foggy depression brain. It makes me worry I’ll miss something. But I have had fun finalising some teaching materials and activities that I am looking forward to trying out with my students from the end of January. But of course it is hard to focus with the Disney trip looming. I have tried to keep reminding myself today that the attention to detail I love about Disney is the level I want to be working towards. If it is worth doing, then it is worth doing right. So just like when working on our LEGO, I have been trying to work through my to do list methodically and with purpose, mindful of each task and activity and giving it the attention it deserves. I am trying not to start the work year rushing from one thing to the next and juggling multiple tasks at the same time because that just sucks the joy out of it all. And remarkable I have got quite a lot done today but have felt relaxed and like I have been taking it pretty easy. It’s been a good workday. So here’s to doing things right and to celebrate that here’s a picture of me post Dopey Challenge 2016 finding joy and wonder outside the Disney Springs LEGO store.
100 Days of Wonder – #73
Here’s me in September 2017 on a sun lounger at the Contemporary Resort. It was 31degrees C and I was a very happy Jess. This wasn’t my original plan for today’s photo but it feels like I need to remind myself that rest and escapism and hopefully some warm sun is coming.
We’ve just got back from a lovely few days in Hamburg but I wouldn’t call them restful and our return journey was made more stressful by motorway closures which meant a detour into the unknown and significant delay getting home.
I was looking for a photo that would make me smiles, give you all a break from Christmas stuff and provide a promise of warm and calm. I can almost feel the sun on my skin looking at the photo and finding it and writing this post have made me pause long enough to remember that I don’t have to log onto work email tonight to get ready for the work day tomorrow- that’s tomorrow’s job. Tonight is just about enjoying my evening off, reflecting on the last few days, getting more excited about how close the Disney trip now is and getting to bed early.
Happy Tuesday Evening.
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