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The beginning of today was busy. I was up early to bake off breads for two gîte breakfasts. As soon as I got back I did a combined bakery visit and dog walk. I was out walking for about an hour. I then went back to the gîte to do the breakfast washing up andContinue reading “Starting and finishing”

Habits can be both positive and negative. It seems that both types of habits can be developed quickly and they can be lost just as quickly. For flourishing developing good habits can be really important. This morning the first thing I did was walk the dogs. I had been in the habit of doing thatContinue reading “Developing habits”

I think that’s the simplest way to describe my day. It has been busy. And in some respects I was probably trying to fit in too much. Although it didn’t seem like it when I started. This morning I had agreed to take a couple who have recently bought a house locally, to the bankContinue reading “Ooh my!”

Earlier in the week I watched a bit of Rick Stein’s Secret France. He was journeying around France seeking out restaurants and recipes that the locals eat. It was fascinating to hear how many times he mentioned two things, fish and Brittany. His whole journey went nowhere near Brittany, which is known as the breadbasketContinue reading “Market fresh”

This morning I forced myself to go to Carhaix. It doesn’t take that long but the journey is boring and I knew I was going to have to go and have a difficult conversation in French. So I wasn’t looking forward to it. I went to the Orange shop to find out why I amContinue reading “New collars, knitting and nattering”

Today has been mostly about mindfulness or flourishing. During today’s session we spent a certain amount of time considering how we can focus on looking inwards. Sometimes it is easy to forget that we need to focus on ourselves if we want to truly flourish. We often spend much of our lives giving out. IfContinue reading “Mindful flourishing”

At the end of last week I was suddenly struck by the drive to make a bucket bag style handbag. I have had some ribbon yarn for at least a year. I can’t remember what I thought I was going to do with it. However, I thought it would be the perfect yarn for myContinue reading “A handbag, grass snakes and donkeys”

Today has been a mixture of things that I had expected to do, things that were a nuisance and not doing what I would usually do. My husband was due a pension payment yesterday but it didn’t arrive. The email response was to check with the bank. Well guess what we’d already done that. AContinue reading “And radishes for tea!”

I’m not sure that I would describe today as perfect. I’m not certain that I am happy with the notion of perfect. I meet people in my life, some of whom I know really well, who are constantly striving for perfection. Such an approach can lead to disappointment as life never really matches up. IContinue reading “A perfect day…”

So having explained each element of flourishing over the last five days I shall be going back to a more usual blog post today, though I am going to try to demonstrate how it links to flourishing. My day has been more normal too. In the last couple of weeks Sur La Route book andContinue reading “A more normal day…”