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Being Creative

Being Creative

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Creative Sunday

I love being creative; I love the creative process and just seeing what develops.

Creativity is fun for me.

My new song, Princess Heart, has been out for a week now, and it is such a dream for me.

I am so grateful for everyone who has helped along the way and for everyone who has listened to the song.

I love the day before release, when you look at Spotify and your song isn’t there, and then, on the day of release, it is.

I love to sing, and I am always singing; I think if I am not singing, then there is something not quite okay.

Lately I have been loving junk journalling. There is so much to discover.

I love that it is called junk journalling; it doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to be whatever you want it to be.

I have decided to fill up some of my notebooks. I don’t know about you, but I have quite a collection of notebooks that I had started in and then not finished.

I really can’t stop buying them when I see one that I haven’t got, well….. I really like the ones with blank pages. Oh, and yes, I did buy a new one in the school holidays; it was perfect for junk journalling.

So, in the school holidays I decided to work through one of my notebooks to finish, and I am loving the process. I have been using stickers, paper, washi tape, card, coloured paper and decorated paper.  A lot of the supplies I am using I already have. I really haven’t had to buy anything for it, only double-sided glue tape.

I find it is such a nice thing to do after work instead of scrolling on my phone.

I am creating and discovering things.

Have you tried junk journalling?

I would love to see what you have created.

Will share more soon.

School Holidays

School Holidays

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I am in my second week of school holidays, and I am grateful for the holidays.

If you have been following me you will know that I work as a primary school Chaplain, a job I love.

I also find myself making list to achieve things to do on my holidays, and that does include sorting my house. I think my list really needs longer then 2 weeks to achieve but I love a good list.

I find it is time to go at a slower pace and to lean more into my creativity.

Last Monday I had a session online with my music mentor Merelyn who is in Melbourne.

We worked through 3 of the songs that I want to record and I am really happy with how they are going.

I have continued with my gym journey, showing up and training toward my next comp in 2027. Monday I had a training session with my coach and I learn something new all the time. I love going to the gym and seeing what I can achieve.

Monday morning, I picked up my niece, and I have her here until this afternoon. I love spending time with her playing one of our card games, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. Last night we watched Bridge to Terabithia. I love that movie.

Tomorrow sees the release of my song Princess Heart, which I am really excited.  This is a dream of mine, and I am so grateful for everyone who was a part of this journey.

Holidays are the time to watch some movies and TV shows that I have been wanting to watch.

I still have 3 more days until I return back to work and I am just going to enjoy the time.

What is something that you are grateful for today?

Will share more soon.

June Goals

June Goals

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We are now halfway through the year and it is officially winter here in Perth, Western Australia.

I have two Frangipani trees out the front of my house and I love watching the changes in them. In winter I notice the leaves start falling to the ground, the flowers are gone and it is time to shake off the old and watch what happens next. They are changing and what looks like pruning they are actually preparing themselves for the next season.

It is a bit like us, seasons come and go and changes happen.

Today I am thinking about goals for the next few months, I love to have goals.

I have a girls’ group at my schools which I run, last week we looked at goal setting and what we are working towards for this term.

My thought today is we have six months till the end of the term and what will your six months look like?

What changes do you want to see happen?

What areas in your life do you want to grow and achieve new things?

I love using SMART for my goals-

 Specific

 Measurable

 Achievable

 Realistic and

 Time-bound.

Some of my goals for June are-

 Setting up my private practice in counselling

 Releasing my song Princess Heart

 Updating my website – The Heart Project

 Continuing my gym workouts 5 days a week to work towards competition in 2027

 Looking at speaking opportunities

Go to an open mic.

What is a goal that you are working on or towards in June?

I would love to hear from you.

Let’s encourage one another.

June is going to be a place where growth will happen.

June is a space to create something exciting.

I will share more soon.