My phone’s latest update, 17.2.1, couldn’t be installed because too much memory was being used for other things.
Sound familiar?
Diving into what was causing the overuse of memory, I was able to delete duplicated sends of videos I had forgotten about. In just a couple minutes, I was able to free up enough space for the update.
Shades of Marie Kondo. We must jettison the old before we can take on any more things – and maybe we don’t need more.
Going through my Blessings Jar’s contents from 2023, I came across a note which said what a blessing it was for me to release things I no longer used or needed, and to put what I kept in its proper place. I had used the word ‘liberating.’
Starting this new year of 2024, I turn my thinking to what this latest version of me will look like. What tweaks am I called to make on myself?
Do I need to delete things, activities, or people that occupy too much space so I can add others who would better reflect who I am?
What’s one thing I am good at that I should be doing more? What would doing more look like?
There’s a quote I read recently which has left a lasting impression on me. I wish I could remember the source, but it goes something like this:
“What is it like for others to be on the receiving end of me?”
That quote reframes other wisdom through the ages – do unto others, etc. – but its message really stuck for me, and serves as a starting point for tweaking the latest version of me.
By extension, what is it like for our own bodies/minds/spirits to be on the receiving end of us? That has been the message of foodtalk4you all along: We are what we think, eat, breathe, and do.
So, I encourage us all to take a moment to think about the latest version of ourselves.
Speaking of tweaking – I had not done much holiday baking because of other time commitments; but I did have a marvelous time recently baking five batches of cookies! It was so much fun, giving myself permission to dedicate several hours to baking.
That’s me, rebalancing.
I used the Almond Paste Macaroon recipe I shared with you in December; but I did the logical tweaking it needed to be its best self. Below, I share with you Almond Macaroons 3.0. They were a success and well-received by all.
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In health –
Deidre