Comments on: Sea Breezes, Books and Minerals http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/coaching_moments/sea-breezes-books-and-minerals/ soul food and support for coaches, writers and homemakers Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: janice http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/coaching_moments/sea-breezes-books-and-minerals/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 janice Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:36:02 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=1468#comment-1850 I've been out of it for a week. How have things changed? Are you managing those changes OK? You have an online community of friends who follow your coments and care about what you've been going through, so why don't you cyber cook for everyone, from the vegetarians to the adventurous? As you love dipping into books to find extracts for your blog, you could go through the cookery books and start an <i>If you were here this weekend, I'd cook you all some......</i> section on your blog. There are many folk like you who live alone but love cooking; they might appreciate recipes for one, based on your favourites from your books, or benefit from someone advising them on which are the best meals to cook, divide into portions and freeze. Like you, I keep more non-fiction books than novels these days. things have got easier for me since I started keeping more 'quotebooks' where I jot down quotes as I read. I’ve been out of it for a week. How have things changed? Are you managing those changes OK?

You have an online community of friends who follow your coments and care about what you’ve been going through, so why don’t you cyber cook for everyone, from the vegetarians to the adventurous? As you love dipping into books to find extracts for your blog, you could go through the cookery books and start an If you were here this weekend, I’d cook you all some…… section on your blog.

There are many folk like you who live alone but love cooking; they might appreciate recipes for one, based on your favourites from your books, or benefit from someone advising them on which are the best meals to cook, divide into portions and freeze.

Like you, I keep more non-fiction books than novels these days. things have got easier for me since I started keeping more ‘quotebooks’ where I jot down quotes as I read.

]]> By: janice http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/coaching_moments/sea-breezes-books-and-minerals/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 janice Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:11:17 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=1468#comment-1849 Thank you, Sara. My inner voice has become a bit 'unignorable' - it's been screaming till I pay attention :( Everything <i>is </i>connected. I've been desperate to log on these last few days, but instead have been steadily helping my husband lay the new floor (I advise on patterns, cutting etc), I've organised my daughter's birthday celebrations and I've been gently nibbling away at clearing out. A wee bit a day still helps. We sold a few books and games on Amazon which, in addition to making us feel good about recycling, completely covered the cost of our meal out on my daughter's birthday. It all adds up. Please let us know how you get on with those drawers. I usually read and reply to all comments here promptly, but for some reason I haven't been receiving any Wordpress alerts about comments. But I <i>will </i>read them in my admin page when I log on. Good luck! Remember to use the five bag/box system I mentioned in my comments a couple of posts ago: empty and clean the place you want to clear first, then use one bag or box for the trash, one for the recycling, one for charity/goodwill, one for Ebay/Amazon/yard sales, one for KEEP&FILE&STORE. Thank you, Sara. My inner voice has become a bit ‘unignorable’ – it’s been screaming till I pay attention :( Everything is connected. I’ve been desperate to log on these last few days, but instead have been steadily helping my husband lay the new floor (I advise on patterns, cutting etc), I’ve organised my daughter’s birthday celebrations and I’ve been gently nibbling away at clearing out. A wee bit a day still helps. We sold a few books and games on Amazon which, in addition to making us feel good about recycling, completely covered the cost of our meal out on my daughter’s birthday. It all adds up.

Please let us know how you get on with those drawers. I usually read and reply to all comments here promptly, but for some reason I haven’t been receiving any Wordpress alerts about comments. But I will read them in my admin page when I log on. Good luck! Remember to use the five bag/box system I mentioned in my comments a couple of posts ago: empty and clean the place you want to clear first, then use one bag or box for the trash, one for the recycling, one for charity/goodwill, one for Ebay/Amazon/yard sales, one for KEEP&FILE&STORE.

]]> By: janice http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/coaching_moments/sea-breezes-books-and-minerals/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 janice Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:58:36 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=1468#comment-1848 Thank you! I agree that it gives us a boost to get some idea what it would feel like to have clear space, even if our unwanted belongings are simply stored somewhere else. It's a huge achievement to get that far. But the last phase, when we finally let go, is SOooooo freeing! I wish you fortitude for your trip to the storage facility! If you let us know when you plan to do it, we'll all wish you well and send you cyber cups of coffee or tea! Thank you! I agree that it gives us a boost to get some idea what it would feel like to have clear space, even if our unwanted belongings are simply stored somewhere else. It’s a huge achievement to get that far. But the last phase, when we finally let go, is SOooooo freeing! I wish you fortitude for your trip to the storage facility! If you let us know when you plan to do it, we’ll all wish you well and send you cyber cups of coffee or tea!

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