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2023 Begins

Happy New Year! How is your year going so far? I hope it has got off to a good start. I have had a great first week to the year. I'm feeling energised and inspired. 

For me, a new year means a new diary so it's the perfect opportunity to begin the Diarist merit badge for Rebel Badge Club. I regularly keep a diary already but I don't always write in it on a daily basis and sometimes I give up completely part way through the year. So for at least six months I will write in my diary every day.

It appears I have now started the Builder badge too. For Christmas, my husband bought me a Hedwig Lego set. I had my eye on the large collector's edition of Hedwig but at £259.99 it was a bit on the expensive side so the smaller version was a more sensible choice. I started building small Hedwig on New Year's Day and completed it a few days ago. I loved doing the Lego set. I found it a very enjoyable and satisfying task. If it wasn't for the Rebel Badge Club, I would never have thought to play with Lego as an adult. But seeing other Rebels Lego masterpieces inspired me to give it a go.


I think he is rather cute and his wings move up and down too when you turn the handles. I'm looking forward to doing more Lego sets, hopefully in the near future.

I've been listening to audiobooks every day since starting the Good Habits badge in November. I'm also doing the Reader badge alongside this. At present, I am listening to Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh. This is my seventh book since starting the Reader badge. So far I have listened to biographies and non-fiction books but have yet to read a fiction book. I want to read an actual book rather than just listen to audiobooks so I have the paperback version of Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin next on my reading list. The name of the book is what first caught my attention and also the cover artwork. The bird on the front reminds me of my Lego Hedwig coincidently too. The synopsis of the book sounds interesting and it also has good reviews. 

Whilst I have been doing well with my self care habit (reading / listening to audiobooks) and life admin habit (keeping a spending log) my health and fitness habit (regularly do yoga / walk in nature) and household habit (keeping on top of the washing and ironing) have waned slightly in the last few weeks. Overall though, each good habit has improved in comparison to before I started the Good Habits badge so I'm giving myself brownie points (or Rebel points!) for that. 

To date I have completed two Rebel merit badges and am currently working on five others. Working on multiple badges at once requires some organisation so at the weekend I turned my art desk into a badgemin (badge admin) desk / creative space. At the moment I'm not planning on starting any other badges until I've started completing some of the ones I'm already doing. I have decided to display my completed badges on the wall above my badgemin desk. I've also put some of my own artwork on the wall. What do you think?






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