HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!

having a rest day today my @Historylover

how about you xx

Rest days are good for us @Shaz51, but I hope that you are well with it.

I'm immersed in my new studies, and only tear myself away when my concentration burns out and I need to take a break. I'm just about to take a break before rain arrives. I'm trying to remember my daily walks as I've been a bit slack lately. We need fresh inspiration sometimes.

Thinking of you, my friend. I hope all is well with you. xx

You take care too @MDT. It's so easy to fall into a slump, isn't it? For one reason or another. I was wondering what I was doing there - online course - in the first week - asking myself what I was trying to prove. Why bother? But then I really got into it and answered my own question by the exhiliaration I was getting from it when I stopped asking the question.

I've never encountered a 2000 word assignment before. 800 was a bit of a challenge because I haven't done formal education for ages, and never to that extent that I can recall. I'm not daunted, though. Challenged in a good way.

I guess your university year will soon conclude - the end is in sight? Then a break?

Did I read somewhere that you're not a native Australian? New Zealander, perhaps?

Hope you're doing alright, @MDT. Sending best wishes.

Happy birthday @Historylover and @@_xlilifix

🦄🎉🌸💐🎁☕☀️🌄🌻

@-xlilithx- ^^^

Hi @Historylover

It was my pleasure - it’s so lovely to hear from you

Receiving a Birthday wish from your niece sounds like a wonderful surprise and I’m so pleased that she was able to celebrate your special day!

That’s great that you’ve developed a passion for studying! Completing a thirteen week course sounds like a wonderful place to start and I feel really excited in terms of where this could take you

I also love to study! I’ve recently completed a few online courses and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to complete one more before the end of the year!

As I read this part of your story, I could really relate to some of the benefits that you described - especially the sense of purpose and direction

In my experience, I’ve also found that studying provides me with a sense of hope that perhaps I can create a different future for myself

Take kind and gentle care of yourself,

ShiningStar

Yes, study is wonderfully satisfying to me @ShiningStar. I just wish I had found it so in my youth, but it has sustained me through many years of my adulthood when I was more receptive to it. The current course is fully engaging for mind and time, and is certainly not the simple course I thought I had entered! I am so glad to be immersed in it again.

Still in lockdown here - but it's something of a mixed bag. Early rain, sunny between occasional overcast clouds. It will level out soon, I think.

Happy birthday @FindingStrength

@MDT, @Anastasia , @Faith-and-Hope , @ShiningStar , @Historylover , @NatureLover , @Determined , @Scoo , @Elac , @outlander , @Snowie , @eth , @Zoe7 , @Eve7 , @Adge , @Ant7 , @TAB , @BlueBay , @Schitzo , @frog , @BPDSurvivor , @Sans911 , @Appleblossom , @Jacques , @StuF , @Oaktree

A Very Happy Birthday to You @FindingStrength

All the Very Best to You.

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