Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Pablo Picasso In my office, among the books, plants, miscellaneous chargers, and paperwork, is a stack of blank canvases, a sketchbook, pencils, a set of brushes, and paint. At one point, years ago, I told myself thatContinue reading “Week Twenty-Seven: Draw Something”
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Week Twenty-Six: Write a Positive Review
Every time you spend money, you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want. – Anna Lappe Whenever I try something new that I really like – a city, a restaurant, a boutique shop, a new craft beer – I get an overwhelming urge to introduce it to everyone I know. WhenContinue reading “Week Twenty-Six: Write a Positive Review”
Week Twenty-Five: Go for a Walk
There was nowhere to go but everywhere. – Jack Kerouac I love walking. I love walking to a destination, I love walking for no reason, I love walking for the sake of walking, I love walking for exercise, I even love walking when I’m lost. I have spent the majority of my life as aContinue reading “Week Twenty-Five: Go for a Walk”
Week Twenty-Four: Write a Journal Entry
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. – Christina Baldwin I wrote my first ever diary entry in my first ever diary on October 22nd, 1999, two days after my ninth birthday. Like most kids, I formally introduced myself to this newly anthropomorphised book of blank pages: “Hi My name is Laura EliZabeth Fyfe”.Continue reading “Week Twenty-Four: Write a Journal Entry”
Week Twenty-Three: Sit on a Park Bench
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops. – Maya Angelou When I added this to my list way back at the beginningContinue reading “Week Twenty-Three: Sit on a Park Bench”
How to Be Happy 