Mc² = E Learning Reflections

This time last year I remember posting about  how I wanted 2022 to be different.  Well, it didn't disappoint.  I learned a lot, I changed a lot and I grew stronger.  Some people who were on this journey with me, changed direction and carried on their own way.  Others have stayed with me and accompanied my along the way and others still have joined me my adventure.  Other times, I changed direction because I took the time to recognise that I didn't want to go to the same places as other people.  And while, from time to time I miss their company, their destination simply wasn't the same as mine and I hold no ill feeling about that.    A friend of mine reminded me that "to everything there is a season" and seasons change - it's natural.   ( " The seasons are changing. " by  Bernard Spragg  is marked with  CC0 1.0 .). Have you ever though  of yourself as seasonal?  I hadn't but I'm starting to realise that some ...

Back in March when lockdown first hit Scotland, like everyone I know, life changed forever.  The ability to seperate my personal and professional life became impossible through working from home, my phone never stopped pinging with messages and emails and ... well ... overwhelmed was an understatement.  I had to find a way of releasing the pressure.  So for an hour every day I started to go out walking. ( "Corona walks 5/..."   by  koen_jacobs  is licensed under  CC BY-ND 2.0 ) At first, it was a chore.  Every bone and muscle in my legs and lower back were killing me.  But over time that got easier.  Why did I keep going though?  Why keep walking when it was so painful?  Truth is I didn't know why I was doing it.  I just knew I needed to do something.   I was going on instinct more than anything else.  Eventually it became a habit, no matter what, come lunch time each day I closed my laptop and w...