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My Word of 2020
Have you ever had a word choose you? This year my word began to choose me as early as last September. It popped up, and I noticed it and then moved on. By November, it was appearing all over the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Amy Illingworth, challenge, grace, mindfulness, OLW, possibility, rejuvenate, shine, word of the year
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My Word of 2019
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s 2019 already. Just as I have for the last four years, I have selected a focus word for the year. This is different from setting new year’s resolutions. I choose to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, challenge, mindfulness, possibility, rejuvenate, shine
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6th Blog Birthday
I like to celebrate the birthday of my blog every year (see 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th birthday posts). I started this blog over 2,000 days ago. I take this annual birthday celebration time to reflect on my blogging … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, birthday, blogging, challenge, education, leadership, mindfulness, OLW, possibility, reading, rejuvenate, travel, Writing
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My Word of 2017
CHALLENGE This word came to me late in 2016, around the time of the presidential elections. Before I knew it would be my word, I was searching for a new direction. Mindfulness and rejuvenate treated me well in 2015 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, challenge, Conway, focus, mindfulness, questions, rejuvenate
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A Year of Rejuvenation
This is the second year I have chosen a focus word. 2015 was all about mindfulness. 2016 was about rejuvenation. In February I vowed to ask myself: Will this rejuvenate me? Will this bring more or less energy into my life? … Continue reading
Rejuvenate Update #3
Rejuvenate is my word of 2016. While I haven’t blogged much about it, it’s still been a focus in my life. Every time I solve one medical mystery in my life, another one appears. With each new discovery, I remind … Continue reading
Happy 4th Birthday Reflections!
Wow. I published my first blog post four years ago. 2012. I was in a different job, in a different district. I hadn’t begun my doctoral program yet. I was looking for ways to share my learning publicly for my … Continue reading
Key Words
Every once in awhile I like to put my blog’s URL into a word cloud generator and see what comes up. The bigger the word, the more prominently it was used in my posts. Last January learning and reflections were … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, blogging, focus, key, prominent, rejuvenate, word cloud
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Thinking in Numbers
I began this blog back in 2012. Since then I have written 230 posts. For Question Week, I wrote one blog post in questions. I have had two focus words: mindfulness and rejuvenate. My blog is filled with 26 posts about … Continue reading
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Tagged abecedary, coaching, mindfulness, numbers, questions, rejuvenate, twitter, Voxer
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Rejuvenate Update #2
Rejuvenate is my focus word for 2016. I try to spend time weekly building or maintaing a habit around my word and then reflecting on my progress. Since my update in February, I created my beautiful question to go along … Continue reading
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Tagged adult coloring, health, mindfulness, rejuvenate, sunset, vacation, yoga
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