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The In-Between Things Blog-versary, Day 1

This week is The In-Between Things blog-versary!  It’s been a year!  I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing, but I also feel like it has been a very edifying experience and am looking forward to discovering what year two has in store.

A few numbers to make things seem important:

  • 1 person
  • 4 categories
  • 52 weeks
  • 145 posts

In celebration, I decided that this week we would take a look back at the past year by highlighting five favorite posts for each category.

I was sure that it would be simple to skim through and pick my faves.  Not so fast my friend!  Wow, there is a lot there.  I also noticed formatting issues and little typos on pretty much every post (thank you for tolerating my imperfections).  Other than the corrections, there weren’t really any posts that stood out to me.  On the plus side, I guess that means that the writing is at least of a consistent quality (for better or worse). On the minus side, it made it challenging to pick out a few posts in each category to highlight, so I’ve tried to go with just a range of topics.  I’ve re-opened the comments on these posts, please let me know what you think of them.  And if your favorite posts weren’t highlighted, please leave a comment here about which one(s) you feel were overlooked.

Health & Wellness Monday (38 posts)

Health and Wellness topics were assigned to Mondays because I have a big hang-up about starting the week off right.  Getting that Monday morning work-out in is, to me, the key.  One thing that I noticed is that the posts that caught my attention were mostly about mindset, not exercise.  Hopefully those are the posts that are more interesting for you as well.

With that in mind, here are my top five Health and Wellness posts from the past year:

Pinnacle Peak
This was a great adventure with a special person, but the real reason that this post made the cut is the in-between things tree growing sideways out of a rock in the middle of the dessert.  You go tree! I mean really, if that tree can grow and thrive there, what excuses do any of us have to not be our most amazing selves?
2019 Suggestions
Kind-of like how I forgot about my 2018 suggestions until December, I also had forgotten about my 2019 suggestions.  I’ll tell you what, time management is still a huge nut for me to crack.  For example, I severely underestimated how long it would take me to get this week’s posts organized. I guess the good news is that I’ve gotten better at starting sooner.  How are your plans for 2019 coming along?
Trailblazing Women
I felt so empowered and energized after I left this event.  Women being frank about the challenges that they face in the world, particularly as professionals, is important.
An Intro to Chakras – Svadhisthana
These chakra posts were tough.  The whole point of this blog is to not go too indepth, just touch on interesting concepts and move on.  Chakras don’t really lend themselves to that treatment.  Re-reading the series, I’m struck by how much I crammed into the posts, even after I edited the pants off them.  When I was doing the writing, I remember feeling most engaged by the manipura and anahata posts, and I thought for sure that I would pick one of those to share here.  But when I went back, svadhisthana really spoke to me.  Something about the idea of the daily creativity cycle of death and rebirth.
Vitamin D Therapy
What can I say guys, I really love a good dose of sunshine.

I was listening to a podcast on my walk the other day and it opened with this quote:

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself…

– Carl Jung

It struck me that this is what I was feeling when I decided to start this blog.  I was looking for an outlet to communicate. And even though writing is a solitary endeavor, I do feel more connected by having this outlet to explore different things and share my thoughts. 

Thank you for reading.