#1620: Marking the solstice and reflecting on the shape and rhythm of the year

Walking up to The Big Oak to mark the moment of the equinoxes and solstices has become a regular part of my year. Yesterday, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to make it up the hill to for this year's summer solstice, but I was surprised and pleased to find was...

Join me under The Big Oak (surrounded by midges!) for a cup of tea and a ponder on how the shape and rhythm of my year has been evolving and how I'm looking forward to seeing what that means for me over the next twelve months

Does your year have a shape and rhythm to it? Does it suit you? If not are there any changes you could experiment with over the coming months?

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#1619: Saying hello on a peaceful morning

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 49/50

I'm saying hello from bed and talking a little about tuning into the things that help can help us to live at the pace that's right for us.

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#1618: It really is okay to just rest

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 45/50

Some thoughts about rest, in part sparked by Carl Larsson’s painting, Convalescence.

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#1617: Continuing to rest (with the help of some feathered role models!)

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 39/50

As you’ll hear, the hens George and Louise have been excellent resting role models this afternoon. I would have loved to have taken a photo of them to go with this podcast but wasn’t up to venturing outside. Instead I’m sharing a photo of the first few rows of the sock I’m knitting at the moment with Ounce (also an excellent rest role model!) curled up behind it. <3

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#1616: Taking small steps from a place of rest

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 33/50

I’m podcasting from bed today, rather appropriately talking about taking small steps from a place of rest :)

Today was my seventh day in bed and I think I’m going to be here a while longer.

I seem to have started chronicling these bed days over on Instagram, which is a bit of a surprise but I’m just going with it…

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#1615: Noticing small-step possibilities

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 29/50

This evening, after three days spent mostly in bed, I've been sitting at my newly cleared desk and feeling quite cheered to realise that some small steps have been happening despite how slow I've needed to be...

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#1614: Saying hello whilst kneading another loaf of bread

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 18/50

I seem to have fallen into a rhythm of making a loaf of bread every couple of days and am continuing to experiment with slow baking.

I'd mixed up the dry ingredients for this loaf earlier in the day and coming back to them to add the water and oil and to give the dough its first knead, I thought it would be a good opportunity to say hello.

I'm experimenting with a slightly different slow-baking method than last time.

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#1613: Keeping it simple

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 16/50

I was feeling a little daunted at the idea of making a podcast today, so decided to keep it simple by just taking you out to say hello to the hens and telling you about a small step I took yesterday...

I hope your week is starting well <3

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#1612: Doing what's possible

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Days 12/50 & 13/50

Yesterday, I recorded this podcast from bed whilst playing one-handed solitaire, because that was what was possible.

Today I'm posting the podcast.

Small steps...

When I began this 50 Days retreat and decided that I would focus on small steps within it, I had thought my small steps would be... well... bigger (and a bit more creative and colourful perhaps!).

However, I'm right up against my limits at the moment and being forced to look at what's possible (and focus on that) rather than what I was hoping would be possible.

I hope that you're able to focus on what's possible today (however small that me be) rather than wishing that you could be doing something else <3

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#1611: Bread making (and podcasting) in small steps

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Days 10/50 & 11/50

Following on from my accidental slow bread making, here is a podcast in four parts in which I intentionally aim to make a loaf of bread over twenty-four hours. 

It's an experiment in going slowly and in small steps which turns into a bit of a ponder about product vs process, deadlines and enjoying what we’re doing. 

Spoiler: I don't quite finish the loaf during the podcast, but I’ve postied a Podcast Extra video over on Patreon that includes the finished loaf (and some lambs!). Watch if for free here.

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During the podcast I mention a couple of quotes that found their way to me. Here they are: 

Posted on Instagram by Hobiaritst (Dan Price) 

Life is found only in the present moment. I think we should have a holiday to celebrate this fact. We have holidays for so many important occasions – Christmas, New Year's, Mother's Day, Father's Day even Earth Day – why not celebrate a day when we can live happily in the present moment all day long? I would like to declare today "Today's Day", a day dedicated to touching the Earth, touching the sky, touching the trees, and touching the peace that is available in the present moment.

– Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings

Posted by Alistair Appleton:

As soon as the mind contracts a future with our intentions unfolding into it, we are away from the current source of happiness. We believe ardently that thinking, planning, and policing our future will make us happy. Counter-intuitively it's the thing that is making us unhappy.

– Alistair Appleton, No More Future Anymore

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#1610: Saying hello to the hens after some morning pottering

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 8/50

This morning I've been having a gentle potter in bed, working on setting up a notebook for my Fifty Days retreat.

If you've followed any of my retreats in the past, you'll know that a notebook has been central to them. This time I thought that maybe I could do without having a dedicated notebook, but a few days in I've realised that I was missing having one.

Before heading out to see the hens,  I talk a little about how a notebook can create a container of time to retreat into, which is very helpful when it not possible to physically go elsewhere for a retreat.

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#1609: Very slow bread making and saying hello to the hens

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 5/50

Sometimes we're not aware of the small steps we take in our days. It's good to notice and realised the significance of them when we can.

Yesterday, I unexpectedly found a small step that lead to some very slow bread making...

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#1608: Saying hello from bed again

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 3/50

I'm podcasting from bed again today.

In this short episode of One Thing Today, I take a small step that involves repairing a corner of my website and talk a little about how it's felt to be back online and visiting social media after a long time away.

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#1607: Sneaking up on a small step (and the recording of this podcast)

Fifty Days of Small Steps: Day 1/50

It’s the first day of my latest Fifty Days of… retreat and I’m taking a good friend’s wise words to heart and sneaking up of a small creative step and the recording of this podcast (and doing them both in bed!)

I wonder if you’re planning on joining me for your own Fifty Days of… retreat. 

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#1606: The return of One Thing Today (and to working in small steps)

It’s been a long time since I’ve regularly recorded episodes of One Thing Today, but today I’m hoping to restart sending out regularly episodes again as I embark on a fifty day retreat which I’m calling Fifty Days of Small Steps.

In this episode, I’m talking about how I’ve found my way back to the podcast and working in small steps and how I’m hoping that my fifty day retreat will help me find a gentle rhythm with both.

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It’s lovely to be back recording One Thing Today. Thank you for listening.

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#1605: Saying hello before I begin to hibernate for the winter...

It’s been 138 days since I last recorded you an episode of One Thing Today and I really wanted to say hello to you before I begin my three-month long winter hibernation.

Join me on my rather blustery hillside for a slightly unusual episode of OTT in which I talk about my thoughts around the future of the podcast, how quiet my year has been and how much I’m looking forward to my hibernation this winter.

If you’d like to join me for my hibernation it would be lovely to have your company over on Patreon.

Throughout my hibernation I will be recording the third series of The Hibernation Podcast for patrons. The first two series of the podcast are available now, here.

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#1604: Marking the solstice (and talking about taking a break and creating a fifty-day retreat)

Join me for a walk up my hill to visit the Big Oak and mark the moment of the summer solstice.

As you'll have noticed I've been taking a break from podcasting. That wasn't something I had a made a decision about, it just seems to have been happening.

In this episode of One Thing Today I talk about how I think that podcasting break is going to be continuing for the time being and how I hope creating a fifty-day container of time to retreat into will help me get a clearer idea of both the future of the podcast and my wider creative life.

If you'd like to join me in my fifty-day retreat (or just follow along), you can do so over on Patreon.

If you’re not currently a patron but are interested in finding out more about the retreat, I’ve made the introductory video publicly available until the end of July. Watch it here. Become a patron at any level to join the retreat.

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#1603: Taking five minutes to celebrate ten years

Hello

Today marks ten years since I recorded the first episode of One Thing Today and I did want to pop in to say hello and record a little homage to that very first episode.

Join me together with my original timer and teapot for a five minute micropodcast.

Maybe today you can pick one small thing to do to move your creative life on a little. Or maybe today's a day for a rest :)

Thank you for being there <3

You can listen to the very first episode of One Thing Today here.

PS Episode #1602 has been recorded and I will post it in a few days, but I did want to publish this episode on the day of the anniversary even though it is out of order!

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#1601: Enjoying life when choices are limited

Today, you find me by my kitchen window watching Louise enjoying her first morning out of the coop since her operation and reflecting on how taking care of her has meant that my One Thing has been decided for me over recent days.

I hope however your energy is today that you can find something to appreciate and enjoy in your day <3

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#1600: New growth?

Not quite the 1600th episode of One Thing Today that I had planned for you, but maybe this gentle, scaled-back episode is an appropriate way to mark today’s milestone.

Join me for a walk halfway up my hillside to visit a crab apple tree…

Whether you’re a new listener or have been with me for a while (or even the very beginning!), thank you for your company.

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The Go Gently Letter

Most months Occasionally, I send out a short email newsletter called The Go Gently Letter.

In the letter I share a little about my ongoing journey exploring ways to live and create gently. I hope the letter will encourage and inspire you to find ways ways to live and create at the pace that's right for you.

 
 

Instagram: Learning to live gently

LISTEN: https://www.gogently.co/listen/1627 (or follow the link in my profile). The podcast that I mentioned I was recording with Ounce a few days ago has just gone live over on Go Gently. Join Ounce and me as we say hello to George and Louise bef
Ounce and I have been out making a podcast on an early morning walk. Ounce found us a cool spot to sit in for a while. If it&rsquo;s hot with you again today, I hope you can find a cool spot to sit in for a while too &lt;3 🐌🐈&zwj;⬛🎙☀️🌴 #GoG
Episode 1624 of my podcast One Thing Today was released yesterday. If you'd like to listen to me taking a gentle walk up the hill behind my house, you can find the episode here: https://gogently.co/listen/1624 (or follow the link in my profile). O
George-The-Hen says it&rsquo;s definitely a day to sit in the shade of a tree while your washing dries on the line. I hope you have a cool shady spot to sit in today if it&rsquo;s hot where are &lt;3 🐓☀️🌴🐌 #GoGently #MECFS