Have you got some plans or things you would like to achieve in 2016?
Are you starting the year with a blank page or a fresh canvas?
Be free and chase your
dreams.
Find your passions and
they will lead you to your purpose and onward to ultimate happiness.
What about a healthy mind,
body, heart and spirit for the journey?
From a person with tea,
coffee and chocolate addictions, bad habits, and who leads a far from a perfect
life, I offer you some of my “new year—new
you”, make-over, to-do or think-about list. It’s a ridiculously wordy title
for a list for a good reason—I probably won’t follow it.
But I am feeling the urges
to connect more with nature, get healthier and happier, and write more stories
in 2016.
Here goes my list of
aspirations and inspirations for the new year…
Mind
Don't
let others steal your thoughts or rob your attention from what’s important in
your life. Quieten the noise of other people’s thinking that affects you
negatively.
There’s
the fatigue of an over-active, too busy, over-thinking mind.
Take
some time out for silence and solitude. Meditate to put your mind at ease.
Body
Be
grounded in the body. It’s a good place to live. It’s full of sensory perceptions
from its experiences of the world and people around it, tune in.
Be
able to afford or buy healthy food.
Find
exercise that works with your body rather than damages it.
A
lot of us live among electromagnetic fields generated from electronic devices.
Stand-by lights from electronic gadgets can interfere with brain sleep
patterns. Turn off those lights in your bedroom before you pull up the blankets.
Heart
Release
the fears.
Keep
an open-heart with people.
Use
emotional intelligence as well as the powers of the mind.
Smile.
Live
life and LOVE.
Spirit
Avoid
the toxicity and negativity.
Beware
the energy vampires.
Walk, and dance to the rhythm
of your soul’s own drum. Take the high road.
Energize
with crystals, the ocean, the forest, connect with nature in the ways you need
to.
Each
of us has unique gifts, live your purpose. Remember, you in all your beautiful
imperfections and perfections matter to the people in your life.
Whatever your positive plans
for 2016, I wish you every success with them.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Coming Up on the Blogger
I have two romance books
to write about in the coming weeks. Then February will be a month of romance posts
on the Blogger and Google +. I can’t wait to share some Valentine-themed articles,
music, and art from people all over the world.
Google + Collections
During the holiday break,
I made some decisions about Collections based on what inspires, gets the
creative juices flowing, and ties in with book writing. I also considered the beautiful
art and picture posts I can’t resist from other G+ people.
When the Christmas pavlova
and cherries were finished, I wrote a couple of introductions and purchased
some stock photos to build the Collections. I also watched sections of the documentary,
“That Sugar Film” to think about…how much sugar I eat. No more pavlova until
next Christmas. Which leaves the chocolate addiction next on the hit list, but
I don’t think I have the “won’t”
power.
Victorian Age
In late December 2015, I started
collecting and posting about the Victorian Age, an era in which I love to write
romance stories.
Tango Dance
Towards the end of 2015, I was on fire with Tango dance
paintings, photographs and youtube videos. The flames haven’t died down and I’m
looking forward to more posts about the lover’s dance.
Vintage
Sometimes nostalgia and sentimentalism pulls me out of the techno age and backwards
in time. The Vintage Collection satisfies my interest in old things.
Hen Party Book
Is the Collection for
posts about the contemporary romance story I’m writing. In 2016, I hope to
self-publish some novellas about the girls’ night out that turns into a
disaster for the heroine—Kyra, the bride-to-be, and the hero—Mr. J.
History
I like to read interesting
articles from history so I made a collection to keep them together.
Armchair Travel, will be a new collection for 2016. ETA in a couple of month's time.
Have you ever come across
something fascinating in the news that almost nudged you out of your seat and onto
an airplane to go find out more about it? The Armchair Travel Collection will
be my solution for satisfying the curiosity and wanderlust about the big, wide
world when you can’t leave your life and jump on that airplane.
I’m both excited and
nervous about another year of writing on the Blogger. But as a writer, I need
to stretch the muscles and grow.
Hope you can join me
again.
Ashlyn.
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