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AI is not the boss of me

How do you know AI does not write my blogs? Yup, well as much as I hate to admit it, I have been absent from here since November! My last post was fabulous though, if you didn't get to watch my interview with Christy Herselman, you can watch it here.

Anyway, so I don't use AI to write. And I think I am getting more honest with myself as time goes by, the end of the year is a tough time. There is a "collective exhaustion" that seems to settle and yet the rest of the world doesn't stop, if anything it speeds up! So if nothing is slowing down or stopping for me, and I can no longer go at speed, then I have to make some choices about what I don't have capacity for and can say "no" to.

All that to say, I haven't written here for a long time and I have missed it! Welcome back, I am so glad you're here. I wonder how the year is going for you so far?

What's changing for you?

The first day of school is done, you did it! Just a reminder, the start of the year is quite a thing for kids. Even if they remain in the same school, there is still a lot of change. Change can be a real challenge, even when it's good change! Process (in adjusting to change) is messy, I wrote about this a couple of years ago. You can read it here.

The start of a new year can be a thing for adults too. Even if everything remains the same, there are still decisions to be made about what we are going to continue to give our time to, what we are going to start and what we are going to discontinue.

Anti-hurry

I have started reading a book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry." by John Mark Comer. OMG, it's good and confronting. Carl Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, is credited as saying Hurry is not of the devil, it is the devil.

How does that quote land for you? It's most definitely confronting for me! The book explores what constant hurrying does to our souls, our attention spans, creativity and relationships.

So, in 2026, what do you want to slow down for? What are you tired of rushing through? In your context, what does eliminating hurry look like for you?

Journalling is anti-hurry

The subtitle of Comer's book is: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world. As you may know, I am a journallor and love to run journalling workshops. Journalling as a practice is anti-hurry. Get in touch if you want me to run a journalling workshop at your office/church group/retreat. You can find out more about my journalling workshops here.