After yet another crazy-busy week, I'm back again with my weekly update...
We'll kick off with The Diva's weekly Zentangle challenge. This week Laura asked us to keep the people of flood-hit Calgary in mind when creating a Zentangle or ZIA. Not just Calgary has been hit, but as K.N. Malathi and Dilip Patel have already shared, the region of Uttarakhand in India has been devastated by the 'Himalayan Tsunami' that hit on 17th June.
Today's newspaper shared the following figures:
822 people confirmed dead
4649 people missing
3978 villages affected by flash floods
600 villages still completely cut-off
1636 roads damaged
More than 500 roads totally washed away
Power and water supplies hit - many still not back to normal
On top of all this, more heavy rain during the last few days has further hampered the ongoing rescue attempt.
My thoughts and prayers are with all the people affected across the world. So keeping all those in mind, I created this ZIA.
Over on Chantelle's blog, Fat Mum Slim, the photo-a-day challenge continued with these prompts:
24. Negative space
25. Sharp
26. Empty {the biscuit tub}
27. Into the sun
28. Red {yummy plums}
29. In my bag {a pink, flowery umbrella to keep me dry during the monsoon}
30. Handwriting {a joint entry for ICAD and FMS}
As tomorrow brings a new month, here are the new FMS Photo-a-day prompts:
In Tammy's Index Card a Day (IACD) challenge, I had great fun creating these entries:
This week I was also lucky to be able to attend a 2 day workshop on stress-free living. Sunil Pareikh of Rise
Development Academy was a fantastic speaker and facilitator.
He took us through a series of sessions which helped us to pinpoint stressors in our work and personal lives, then demonstrated a set of tools and techniques to help us deal with stress - Tapping {also know as Emotional Freedom Technique}, Meditation, Visualisation, Power of the Mind, Positivity, The Law of Attraction, and Mirror Work. Along with other mindful activities such as Yoga and of course, Zentangle, I was aware of many of these techniques and concepts.
Several years ago I'd taken the first steps on my journey to a positive life when I bought The Success Principles by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer. Since then I've read several books on the topic, including 'You Were Born Rich' by Bob Proctor, and 'Goals!' by Brian Tracy.
What was fantastic about the workshop was it brought many of these techniques to life for me, in a way that just reading about them was unable to do. I was especially surprised by the deep effect that the guided meditation sessions had on me, and intend to make meditation a daily habit now!
An app/website that will help me turn it into a daily habit - Lift - also wormed it's way into my consciousness this week. Pick the things you want to turn into habits and check-in every time you do them. Lift sends emails to reward and motivate you and keep you going.
Happy creating and positive thoughts!
Claire
We'll kick off with The Diva's weekly Zentangle challenge. This week Laura asked us to keep the people of flood-hit Calgary in mind when creating a Zentangle or ZIA. Not just Calgary has been hit, but as K.N. Malathi and Dilip Patel have already shared, the region of Uttarakhand in India has been devastated by the 'Himalayan Tsunami' that hit on 17th June.
Today's newspaper shared the following figures:
822 people confirmed dead
4649 people missing
3978 villages affected by flash floods
600 villages still completely cut-off
1636 roads damaged
More than 500 roads totally washed away
Power and water supplies hit - many still not back to normal
On top of all this, more heavy rain during the last few days has further hampered the ongoing rescue attempt.
My thoughts and prayers are with all the people affected across the world. So keeping all those in mind, I created this ZIA.
Over on Chantelle's blog, Fat Mum Slim, the photo-a-day challenge continued with these prompts:
24. Negative space
25. Sharp
26. Empty {the biscuit tub}
27. Into the sun
28. Red {yummy plums}
29. In my bag {a pink, flowery umbrella to keep me dry during the monsoon}
30. Handwriting {a joint entry for ICAD and FMS}
As tomorrow brings a new month, here are the new FMS Photo-a-day prompts:
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In Tammy's Index Card a Day (IACD) challenge, I had great fun creating these entries:
This week I was also lucky to be able to attend a 2 day workshop on stress-free living. Sunil Pareikh of Rise
Development Academy was a fantastic speaker and facilitator.
He took us through a series of sessions which helped us to pinpoint stressors in our work and personal lives, then demonstrated a set of tools and techniques to help us deal with stress - Tapping {also know as Emotional Freedom Technique}, Meditation, Visualisation, Power of the Mind, Positivity, The Law of Attraction, and Mirror Work. Along with other mindful activities such as Yoga and of course, Zentangle, I was aware of many of these techniques and concepts.
Several years ago I'd taken the first steps on my journey to a positive life when I bought The Success Principles by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer. Since then I've read several books on the topic, including 'You Were Born Rich' by Bob Proctor, and 'Goals!' by Brian Tracy.
What was fantastic about the workshop was it brought many of these techniques to life for me, in a way that just reading about them was unable to do. I was especially surprised by the deep effect that the guided meditation sessions had on me, and intend to make meditation a daily habit now!
An app/website that will help me turn it into a daily habit - Lift - also wormed it's way into my consciousness this week. Pick the things you want to turn into habits and check-in every time you do them. Lift sends emails to reward and motivate you and keep you going.
Happy creating and positive thoughts!
Claire
I came to see your ICADs and fell in love with your photos along the way.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked by the statistics of the recent floods and Tsunami. That is so, so sad.
Love those ICADs, though. They are bright and so positive.
You have a lot of creative endeavors underway! Thanks for calling my attention to the flood statistics...I've been so wrapped up in our own daily thunderstorms that I haven't been taking notice of the deadly toll of the rain in other parts of the world. Shame on me!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with all you did. Your zia is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteWow. I came to see your Index cards and fell in love with all the post. Fabulous words, fabulous photos, and I loved your index cards as well. The flood statistics feel staggering and almost overwhelming. Thank you for sharing. I really appreciated this whole post. xx
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