I currently have four blogs to my name (see the sidebar, if you want to see the others), but some get more attention than others: one is very active (almost daily), one is sort of active (roughly weekly), one is barely active (monthly-ish) and the last, These Girls' Greens, is no longer being updated. I would like to update the salad regularly and several times I've intended to go back to it, but I've reached my max.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
The maximum number of blogs
There's obviously no rule that a person can't have ten, twenty or even more blogs. However, there is definitely a maximum number that I can manage. When I had one blog, it fairly easy to maintain it almost daily. Occasionally there would be topics I wanted to write about that didn't fit the stated aim of the blog, so I start another. Then I began making salads with a friend for lunch and people were ogling them so I started the third blog to record and share our recipes. That was pretty manageable.
I currently have four blogs to my name (see the sidebar, if you want to see the others), but some get more attention than others: one is very active (almost daily), one is sort of active (roughly weekly), one is barely active (monthly-ish) and the last, These Girls' Greens, is no longer being updated. I would like to update the salad regularly and several times I've intended to go back to it, but I've reached my max.
I currently have four blogs to my name (see the sidebar, if you want to see the others), but some get more attention than others: one is very active (almost daily), one is sort of active (roughly weekly), one is barely active (monthly-ish) and the last, These Girls' Greens, is no longer being updated. I would like to update the salad regularly and several times I've intended to go back to it, but I've reached my max.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Brain workouts
I have been watching a really interesting series called Redesign My Brain and it's got me thinking about how I could give my brain more of a workout. I've read very mixed reviews about the app-based programs you see advertised on TV. Luckily, though, at work yesterday I found two books that look really interesting and have many lateral-thinking, creativity-inducing activities.
The first is called How to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith. This is a book I wish I had written. It's filled with interesting and often simple ideas, which will help you see the world in a different way. Many of the ideas would be great to do with kids from four and up.
Second is Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield. Its 250 exercises are engaging and quick (or long if you want them to be). Many of them could be turned into writing exercises, ice-breakers or time-fillers for the classroom.
I did one of the 'Caffeine' exercises at work in a lull between helping students. It was a word association. Here is mine:
To give it a go yourself, get a copy of the book. It's worth it!
The first is called How to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith. This is a book I wish I had written. It's filled with interesting and often simple ideas, which will help you see the world in a different way. Many of the ideas would be great to do with kids from four and up.
Second is Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield. Its 250 exercises are engaging and quick (or long if you want them to be). Many of them could be turned into writing exercises, ice-breakers or time-fillers for the classroom.
I did one of the 'Caffeine' exercises at work in a lull between helping students. It was a word association. Here is mine:
To give it a go yourself, get a copy of the book. It's worth it!
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