💬 Sunday Reflections #30 (alternative Christmas)
Because not everyone’s looks like a shoot from Good Housekeeping
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Welcome to Sunday Reflections ☕
For new subscribers, welcome to our weekly gathering! This is our intimate and friendly space for community and accountability.
How it works
Each Sunday I pose a prompt or question which we discuss (and say hi) in the comments. Topics tend to cover self-empowerment and personal growth and these weekly check-ins allow us to share our wisdoms and get to know ourselves and the other members of the A Day Well Spent community better.
Feel free to have a browse through previous Sunday Reflections to get an idea of the stuff we talk about, which include monthly New Moon intention setting.
ICYMI
In the final Thursday post of the year, I shared the 30 affirmations I write out and recite to myself the most.
For me, an affirmation isn’t a destination. You don’t really ever arrive and I’m not sure you’re meant to. We are all a constant and magnificent work in progress.
These 30 are representative of the person I will always be working towards becoming:
And this time last week we were showing our appreciation for the small (silly or frivolous) things we have been grateful for this year — I have thoroughly enjoyed the responses to this!
Before we begin, thank you
This is the final post of the year, I’ll be taking a break next week so you’ll next hear from me in your inbox or via the app on Thursday 4th January.
I’d like to use this opportunity to say an enormous THANK YOU for joining me on this beautiful Substack journey over the past 7 months or so; it is my greatest pleasure to write for you here. Thank you for your wise and clever contributions in the comments that often leave me lolling.
Knowing you spend your precious time reading my words each week and that you value what I have to say means the world to me. A Day Well Spent would be nothing without you, the community, so thank you for helping shape it into what it is becoming.
May the last few days of your 2023 be filled with rest, peace and joy.
I can’t wait to see you all next year!
A round up of the archive
If you’d like to read or re-read my previous pieces over the next week, here are some of my favourites from the past 7 months, or you can browse the full archive:
Thought pieces
Confession: I don’t consume any news
Short hair: why it took me 30+ years to do it
Why I really, really don’t like shopping
Unpopular opinion: I’m just not that into Christmas
Solo travel: here’s why - and how - I do it
My ultimate anti-aging beauty secret for anyone, any age
How to not catch a cold
You’re not getting old, you just need to stretch
5 of my favourite brands doing good - I
5 of my favourite brands doing good - II
A guide to 48 hours in Cork, Ireland
Exploring secret Tuscany on foot
Practical how to guides
How to grow mushrooms at home
How I grew from zero to ‘bestseller’ in 5 weeks
Podcast
An interview with Buddhist and lucid dreaming teacher Charlie Morley
Some lovely words
Lucinda is (a quite amazing) someone I met in Argentina a couple of years ago and she recently joined our wonderful little A Day Well Spent community.
She wrote such a meaningful comment under one of my posts that I wanted to share it here:
Sunday is for awakening the mind, body and spirit 🧘
Now let’s begin.
Today’s topic: alternative Christmas
