It's a Classical Life

Source:  The Graphics Fairy   I know this article is a bit late, but I was too busy actually enjoying Easter to prepare it in time so I thought I'd post it today, ready for next year! Easter has so much significance all around the world, for many different cultures, so I thought it would be fun to look at some cultural and historical traditions that have shaped Easter and might explain the way we celebrate it today. It may also give you some budget-friendly ideas to create new Easter traditions in your own family.  Most Easter traditions come from the Northern Hemisphere and the observation of both Christ's death and resurrection, and the arrival of Spring. As we all know, celebrating Easter with eggs is an age-old tradition, and this was linked with the end of the cold, winter hibernation period for the chickens, and the commencement of the warmer, laying period of spring and summer. Many of these traditions come from religious observance, including the period ...

Happy New Year! I hope you are starting this year rested and ready for a new start. Perhaps you have made some resolutions . Perhaps not. Perhaps 2022 was a great year for you and you hope for more of the same. However you are feeling today, I'm so glad you're here. I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts about the coming year and how I hope to approach it.  First of all, I am so excited for 2023! I woke up on Sunday morning smiling, that's how excited I was. I am so glad to put 2022 behind me and am more than ready for all the good things that I believe 2023 will be bringing my way. As some of you may know, last year I resigned from a teaching career that had spanned more than 17 years. I was more than ready for a change. I'm still unsure what that means for me and my family but I know that for the first time in a long time I feel like I have some control over what I am going to do with my time and my life, and a sense of delightful anticipation accompanies me ...

Have you heard the saying, New Year, New You? I have to say, I really don't like it. First of all, I don't like the idea of one day of the year pressuring us to think negatively about ourselves and consider all the ways in which we would like to be different (usually this has to do with physical appearance). For me, self-improvement goes hand in hand with self-education and should be a lifelong process , not a one day goal. Secondly, having resolutions hanging over our heads takes away the joy and gladness of this time of year. We have made it through another year! We have so much to look forward to! Why spoil that with goals that perhaps don't inspire us but force us to feel bad about who we are? Whilst researching this article, I came across an interesting article comparing New Year's resolutions from 1947 to the most common ones made today. Here you can see how we have changed in the things we want for ourselves in the coming year. Resolutions From 1947 - Gallup Po...