And just like that…

I’m back to work AND I’m back on track with the Thursday Book Club post 💃.

In consideration of today’s post, I was thinking about the various themes of blog years since 2020.

Something More. Connecting to the pulse of a Shared Humanity is a collection of 2020 blog posts. What makes the book unique is the year that was 2020. When I planned the blog year, I chose a theme for each month that reflected the first feeling I had related to the time of year. For example, February was themed love. I intended to create online courses for each month related to the theme. The online course idea was too much. I made one for January and February which later became the book The Story I Tell. How to make the Age of Disruption work for you.

abetterway. Using inner resources to create your own algorithm is a collection of 2021 blog posts. The months were each given an executive skill to focus on as a self-care strategy. This blog year was also created during the time of COVID and school disruption.

As I recall, the 2022 blog year was a bit lagging. The theme idea was to use the videos I had created the previous year on Instagram that I named Sunday Story. It never landed as it was too much work. I was putting together abetterway, and also sharing content on my FB page that was linked to my checkIN tool and part three of storyitell. The year lags on any sort of consistent flow, but there is a lot of content shared along with a summer road trip.

I reread the following this morning from a January 8, 2022 blog post titled preface. :

One of the reasons I started posting content was because I began to notice myself arguing, pushing, ‘fighting’ for social and emotional wellbeing and its necessary place (focus/priority) in the school setting. You may have a similar experience of something that you see so clearly as a contribution to the whole, the greater good. As far as you can tell, your interest in the desired outcome is pure, one of inclusivity and greater good thinking. But yet, you are operating as if you have to fight. You have an agenda for goodness that you are pushing. So even in the broader context of contribution to the greater good, the patterns of ‘pushing’ against an enemy and the ‘fight’ still create opposition. The energy is doing its thing, it’s impartial. When you live as if there is an enemy to beat, guess what? There’s an enemy beat. Goodness exists. When I was able to grow in my awareness of how ridiculous it was to ‘fight for’ the goodness, I backed off and started to write. This allowed me an outlet to share my thoughts and point of view. If what I was supporting was aligned with truth, it would grow. And the momentum of truth, goodness, inclusive thinking would expand and attract more of the same. It would grow its own algorithm connected to the momentum of that which is possible, rather than that which continues to feel like looking up from the bottom of a mountain with desired outcomes somewhere beyond it – elusive. The goodness. The good stuff. It’s available. It’s everywhere. You find what you look for. You prove your story over and over again. You attract the evidence that matches your belief.

In 2023, I chose a card from an animal spirit guide book for each month. The intent was to have fun with it. There were 8 week segments that included more content from checkIN and storyitell, as well as another summer road trip.

2024 is the year of the Book Club. January – May I was consistent with Thursday posts from somethingmore, and Sunday posts from abetterway. June and July got out of sync, but the posts are in order. And now we’re back on track for Thursday and Sunday in August.

It’s good.😉

And here is the excerpt: