Introduction

General

For a couple of years I have toyed with the idea of compiling a blog. I really needed to research the how, what and where.

After going to a session recently where these concepts were explained simply and clearly I have decided to start.

I have chosen the following labels to categorise and structure my thoughts and group the work I have already compiled. The order of the labels / categories is as they progressed as I typed. Hopefully I interpreted the instructions accurately in that you, the Reader, can click on a label and go to the respective post / page without difficulty. I am thinking of submitting posts each week on probably a Wednesday. I will post one or two enteries each week - have to proof read and compile a few yet!

The first category is, of course, a general overview of my aims and causative factors for recording the diverse threads of my life. In this area, I am recording events and possible future occasions of activity.

The reader is directed to ancestry.com.au for the public tree: 'Daniel the seedling' and the blog page Branches of the Tree for stories and information of the people that populate my life.

Within this area of 'General Overview' I will add a post of my amended resume content to detail my professional activity throughout the last decades. My Life    Money/Occupation

I have used a number of concepts identified during the last few years to develop possible future activities and will discuss them in a future post in this category.

The second category is titled 'Inspiration'. This area is where I record those sayings, poems and inspiration / motivational messages that guide and support my days. I have collected and developed these truisms over many years and have derived much pleasure and direction. I am sharing them for support only. I am planning to post my discussion on the philosophy of 'F I S H' also - I have personally found this philosophy beneficial in many interactions I have had in my personal and professional life.

'Branches of the Tree' is the third category. It is here that I talk about the research and information I have collected over at least four decades - starting as a teen. In the late 1970s, I was talking with my Nanna and thought about the many stories told around the lunchtime table when numerous members of the family were present. Though tape recorders were available, the action of actually having one present and powered on was not a consistent practice - still isn't. The reader is directed to the post on the local Association website of the Central Queensland Family History Association. cqfamilyhistory.org.au Also attention is referred back to the paragraph above on the first category. I am compiling information about eight families: Richards, Chippendale, Craig, Truss, Thompson, Jones, Slater and Campbell. It is hoped I can gather and sort information on all aspects of these peoples' lives in a way that my son can use and pass onward with appreciation and fascination. A number of family members have accessed information on various branches of the family tree and these requests have given impetus to the gather and sort processes.

Consecutively during the past four decades I led a professional life immersed in health learning and practice. The fourth category is focussed on my application of this arena. The reader is directed to the website: achha.org.au; it is this portal that represents a view to the Association in which I was seriously immersed. Future posts will detail a number of the Association projects in which I was involved. More posts will also discuss my thoughts on suggestions I propose to support a person's health optimisation, development and maintenance.

In the late 1990s I undertook training in the area of Reflexology; this study has dovetailed, I feel, nicely with the clinical work I did as a Nurse. This fifth category discusses the number of complimentary therapies I have formally and informally studied for benefit of myself and others. The Reader will be directed in future posts to various websites for more detailed information on various complimentary therapies.

In the second half of 2018 I had several major life changes that required me to review certain aspects.  This sixth category describes the review applications I took to my future and wishes for that future. Plan for the Future

For personal enjoyment and support, I investigated and dabbled in the area of esoteric thinking, the seventh category in this blog. I feel these areas of thinking provide a useful guidance and explanation when life is being just that bit more challenging than usual.

Until the late 1980s, I was unknowing of a methodical way of thinking to assist in analysing and problem solving - then I found about quality (statistical) tools. This eighth category discusses my initiation and application of these tools. Quality Tools

Up to the 1960s, women who married then ceased paid work to be stay-at-home Mums. Then in the 1960s these Mums could return to the workforce to help with the financial burden of family life. As I married in the early 1980s I had the expectation of doing the same. It is from this expectation that avenues for increasing revenue to the household over the contributions of the husband and wife came to being. This nineth category describes the various ways I tried to action this increase. Money

I have a family disposition to collecting things (hoarding). This tenth category describes the books, audiovisual discs and photographs I have collected over time. A future project is to develop the practice of minimisation of stuff which includes a plan to distribute away from my abode - note the word: 'future'. Collections

The eleventh category identifies the types of puzzles I use to keep the brain active and hopefully logical in practice. Brain Teasers

Food and beverage has been a source of appreciation and curiosity, as well as health and nutrition, since I can remember. This twelfth category describes some of the dishes that I like to provide for myself and others. Recipes

I was born and have lived in the Capricorn region of Central Queensland for over 50 years. Though the heat of Summer is extremely wearing and the couple days of cold in the winter are burdens, the region has much to offer for entertainment and life style. In the thirteenth category, See N Do, I provide references for the Reader to investigate and plan their own adventures around the area.

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Please provide a comment on any post with friendly constructive suggestion so I can structure the information in a useful way.

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Understand that these are MY thoughts and suggestions as initiated and developed during my adult life.

I hope you, the Reader, will travel the threads of my life tapestry with pleasure and appreciation as it unfolds with this and future posts in this blog.

Deb