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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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Blogging Trends in 2019
The end of the calendar year is a great time for reflection, as is July for us educators as it represents another transition between two years. I began this blog in July, so I often reflect on my blog’s “birthday”. … Continue reading
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Tagged #CoachADV, Amy Illingworth, blogging, education, reflection, shine
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Shining Out of My Comfort Zone
A few months ago, a friend from my doctoral program reached out to me and asked if I would consider being the keynote speaker for her university’s commencement ceremony. This is a small, private university but still I hesitated. I … Continue reading
Shining Through 2019
Each year I pick a focus word and see how it shows up in my life and how it guides me forward. This year my word is SHINE and I wrote my first update back in February. Now that we … Continue reading
A Vacation from Social Media
There are lots of books, articles, and blogs popping up about people taking a digital detox – stepping away from so much screen time. I just returned from a 4-day trip to Grenada, in the Caribbean, for a quick girls’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, connections, digital detox, shine, social media, sunset
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Shine 2019 Update #1
My focus word for the year is SHINE. I like to pause and reflect on my word, how it has shown itself to me, and what I’ve done to cultivate the idea within my life. Before I had even announced … Continue reading
Blog Word Cloud 2019
What matters to you? How is that visible to others? How do you communicate your most important values and beliefs? In the past, I have generated a word cloud from my blog’s URL to see what words I use most … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, beliefs, core values, leading, learning, possibility, reflection, shine, word cloud
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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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