Here’s what I wrote at the start of the month in my Word of The Year notebook: August is my month. The month I was born and I’m drawn to making it a very special August. I sense that I am on the cusp of something good within. More clarity, more focus. Choosing to be flowing productively this month.
Flowing Productively In August
I move forward looking backward! Last month, I had chalked up a list of 10 practices/ rituals that I want to be faithful to. I’m taking them into August but creating better systems to make sure I follow through.
I’ve created habit-trackers and templates to make it easier to stay faithful to these practices – especially Scripture Reading and Reflection, Morning Pages, Gratitude Check-in and daily writing.
I also want to : listen to more music, read more blogs, write a lot more and do a few gratitude challenges to make this month more meaningful.
What’s A Fox Doing Here?
In my gratitude post at the start of August, I inserted a picture of a fox and promised to talk more about it later.
Over the past year, I’ve been fascinated by foxes. Part of this came from reading Susannah Conway’s newsletters in which she kept sharing pictures and stories of a family of foxes that had taken up residence in her garden! I started to fall in love with these creatures. When an artist friend offered some of her work for sale, I bought a small watercolour of a fox.

Foxes symbolize intelligence, independence and yet have a playful side to them. I want to be clever with my time, to use it intelligently but also not forget to play and enjoy myself. As I reflect on the month ahead, I am suddenly feel the need to have a little ‘mascot’ to cheer me on.
So in my Word of The Year notebook, I stuck this little fellow in the August page! Now I’m looking for more foxy stickers. 😉 It’s the little things that make this journey so much fun, right?

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
Marion Wright Edelman
So Did August See Me Flowing Productively?
Yes! I found myself being much more disciplined.
I’ve been writing my Morning Pages and doing my Scripture Reading and reflection every day. The end of day gratitude practice too is very regular now. I can see m
I am listening to a lot more music and expanding my Spotify playlist.
I’m also reading and commenting on a lot more blogs. Using Feedly again makes it easier to follow blogs. I’m still working on responding to comments immediately. My apologies to those of you who comment here.
I have completed one gratitude challenge, and starting another one tomorrow. Click on the image below to read about the Grateful Perpective challenge I completed.
Since the 15 of August, I’m writing every day – writing bravely to do a 100 day project. Click on the image to find out more.
There are a lot of areas I need to work on, but this month has been such a blessed one as I’ve seen my word truly transforming me.
How has your August journey with your ‘word’ been?


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You are making GREAT progress!
Thank you, Barb. I feel blessed, truly.

Corinne Rodrigues recently posted..Cutting A Path Into Tomorrow
Corinne, what an encouraging post! I love your little fox sticker, and what an easy way to add some fun to your daily journey! You inspire me to get back to using stickers and finding fun and beauty in the little things. Great post and sound like you are making great progress in your goals. Blessings to you! I’m a neighbor at Lisa’s #oneword2022 linkup for August.
I’m so glad August was a springboard towards your heart’s desires.

Lisa Blair recently posted..3 Targeted Steps for Intentional Death to Unlock Life
It truly was. Thanks, Lisa.

Corinne Rodrigues recently posted..What’s Your Favorite Quality About Yourself?
Inspiring, Corinne! I need to rediscover my own self-discipline.
So many hours wasted…
Stopped by for a 2nd time today. This time from One Word 2022!!
You’re always kind, Barb.

Corinne Rodrigues recently posted..Align With Your Principles | Grateful Perspective – Day 5
Hi Corinne – I can’t believe how prolific you’re being with your writing. I’ve heard so many bloggers who love Morning Pages – I tried but found they became too repetitive – I guess my life seems a bit like Ground Hog Day at times. My daughter tried them and found them really helpful with sorting out her thoughts and emotions.
I also love your little foxes – much cuter than the real deal (they tend to raid chicken coops here and aren’t very popular).

Leanne | http://www.crestingthehill.com.au recently posted..YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING TO HEART
Sounds like you are making great progress, Corinne! I love your focus on foxes too. In the last month or so I’ve actually seen several in my backyard–running on the ground and also jumping over the fence! So interesting that there are foxes right here in the suburbs. 🙂

Lois Flowers recently posted..Moving Toward a New Season
So good to read your progress, Corinne. August sort of slipped out of my hand with unexpected problems landing in my mind. I feel completely lost now. Slowly trying to regain my pace. Wish you a beautiful rest of the month, Corinne.

Vinitha recently posted..Weekly Gratitude – 33 #SoulfulSunday
Creating better systems…that’s a great goal for me, too, Corinne. Sometimes I come up with good practices, but they need further tweaking to make them really flow. Thanks!
Sounds like you are doing great.
I was going to ask you what gyaan means, but then I found you had a whole page explaining it, and I wanted to leave you a like (which I’ve wanted to do for several of your posts as well), but your like button does not work. I wonder if anyone else has that issue or it’s just my quirky old computer?
Congratulations on a very productive, flowing month Corinne! I LOVE the fox photos, I did not know those things about foxes!