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‘n Nuwe jaar, met nuwe doelwitte, en verantwoordelikhede. Jy dink jy is ‘n nuwe jy na al die rus, maar kort voor lank voel al jou take weer te veel en uit hand uit. Emosionele gesondheid is reeds hierdie jaar een van jou voornemens maar die  buite beheer gevoel wat al klaar aan jou deur klop beteken niks goed vir jou beplande goeie emosionele gesondheid nie.

Navorsing het bewys dat wanneer ons ons doelwitte neerskryf , die kanse aansienlik beter is dat ons dit sal bereik. Maar die teenoorgestelde is ook waar, soms het ons nodig om onsself te herinner aan wat nie belangrik is nie. Moet ek regtig nou daardie telefoonoproep maak, inkopies doen of e-pos antwoord of is dit dalk beter dat ek dit môre doen sodat ek vandag kan aandag gee aan beplanning vir my volgende groot projek? Om ons lewens te organiseer is belangrik maar so-ook om bewus te wees van ons emosionele toestand en wat ons in die oomblik van ‘nou’ nodig het.

Kol-joernaal hou, algemeen bekend as ‘bullet journaling’ is reeds ‘n bekende konsep.  Dit is volgens Ryder Carrol, die vader van kol joernaal hou, ‘n wonderlike eenvoudige manier om tred te hou van die verlede, hede en om te beplan vir die toekoms. Maar kol joernaal hou het buiten om te help met lewensorganisering, ook ‘n ander positiewe effek. Dit hou ons emosioneel gesond.  Emosionele gesondheid word dikwels afgeskeep wanneer ons besig raak en nie weet waarom ons so geiriteerd voel nie. Dit is dan dat kol-joernaal hou kan help in die vorm van die aanteken van gewoontes en gevoelens (goeies en slegtes), sodat ons kan sien wat ons anders wil doen.

Daarom, vir die volgende paar maande wil ons jou leer hoe om tred te hou van jou emosionele gesondheid,  alles in jou LiLiBeth joernaal.

MAAR, jy moet eers ‘n LiLiBeth joernaal hê! Bestel jou joernaal nou by LiLiBeth@thymeevents.co.za @ R350 per joernaal posgeld uitgesluit, en ontvang ook ‘n gratis inspirasieblad daarmeesaam.

Die joernaal is nie gekoppel aan ‘n jaartal nie, spesiaal sodat jy in enige maand daarmee kan begin. Joernale is beskikbaar in Engels en Afrikaans.

Just the other day someone described the word reflection as: “it’s almost like bumping into yourself” and being heard by a wiser calmer self.

This year I regularly bumped into myself. My reflective moments were not necessarily enjoyable, but it was good. I looked straight into my eyes and showed me with much perspective and wisdom, what the essence was of every situation, interaction and happening I faced. I sighed with myself in defeat, and sang with myself in victory.

Me and my daughter’s LiLiBeth journey this year was much the same. With the creating of every quote and every sketch, we bumped into ourselves. Why do I say this? Why does she draw that? Our LiLiBeth growth process was challenging, but good and we’ve learned that beauty is everywhere and in everyone around us. We’ve also learned that just doing life every day builds a memory book to be read whenever we feel like it.

And now, while paging through our 2019 LiLi and LiLiBeh Instagram feed, I am thankful for me and my daughter’s hand-in-hand journey. We stand in awe of our ‘bumping-into-ourselves-moments’. Thank YOU for every bullet journal order, every like and every message on our social media platforms.

Have a special festive season and enjoy it when you unexpectedly bump into your wiser calmer self.  From this year’s LiLiBeth book of memories then: May you feel joy like sunshine, may you wear your crown, may you drink tea made from lavender and honey and love, may you dance and dream, may you have the patience to wait, may you feel the music in your heart, may you see the stars and may you dust off forgotten dreams. May you be OK. May you see life through rose tinted glasses, may you have time for reflection, may you smell Jasmin and Thyme, may you have abundant courage. May you have time to sit in your garden, may you always say thank you rather than sorry. May you gracefully walk your set path, and may you know that faith, hope, joy and love will be part of your new year.

Love

LiLiBeth

The Li of Liesl and Li of Lische together make LiLiBeth, both names derived from Elizabeth – thus the name LiLiBeth. Elizabeth meaning oath of God.

©LiLiBeth is a creative product by Liesl and Lische Cronje

[Bullet journaling is meant to help you track the past, organise the present and plan for the future – Ryder Carrol]

Bullet journaling is an awesome system that assists you in keeping record of everything important to you. It can be your task manager, sketchbook, journal, idea basket, and much more! A bullet journal is none other than an organisational system in a notebook that keeps track of anything you would like to write down, in a logical way. It also helps you keeping track of your set out goals.

Bullet journaling has some interesting ‘side effects’. It signals to your brain that your goals are important, making you more likely to follow through. Mentally and emotionally speaking, it is a very powerful paper-planning method because it’s also a way of keeping a life and emotional record. It’s a reflection space of thoughts and happy moments on paper as well as important moments to remember. It is a memory space.

Bullet journaling is also a great defense system against anxiety, it does not involve thousands of sticky notes on every surface of your living space, it is your life in one book.

Who can use a bullet journal? Anyone! You don’t need to be an artist to use a bullet journal, you just need to be you.

HOW YOUR LILIBETH JOURNAL WORKS:

Your LiliBeth journal is a book aimed at inspiration, reflection and organising your life. Beyond bullets and blank pages (a sufficient amount for every month) this journal also contains twelve stories and sketches based on personal life experiences and mother and daughter moments from Liesl and Lische Cronje. At the end of each short story a question is provided to prompt your reflection, writing or drawing.

SOME SUGGESTIONS:

Keep the first two pages open to compile an index and indicate page numbers as your entries progress.

• Draw up a key that distinguishes between tasks, meetings, events and things to remember.
• Provide a few double pages, for example for the following: 
• Calendar of the month
• Weekly calendars
• Weekly goals
• Daily calendars
• Daily goals
• Sleep calendar (tracker)
• Mood tracker
• Calendar for tracking water drinking
• Films to see
• Books to read
• Must-do and want-to-do lists
• Sketching and pasting
• Reflection  
• General notes

Ultimately, this book is yours and yours alone. Make it look the way you want it to, and use it as you wish. May this book be as special to you as it is to us.

Love and hope

Liesl & Lische Cronje

Follow us on Instagram at @Lili_cronje for Afrikaans & @LiliBeth_cronje for English. Place orders with LiLiBeth@thymeevents.co.za or 083 356 3477.

My meisiekind karring aan my om my hare ‘interessant’ te kleur. Sy dink ek sal mooi lyk met ligblou of turkoois. Ek dink die halwe grys in my hare wat nou oraloor plek uitsteek sal eers moet oorneem totdat my hare heel wit is, miskien sal ek dit dan kleur.

Dit laat my onthou toe ek tien geword het. Ek het ‘n tapisserie lap gekry as verjaarsdag present by my ouers. Die geverfde gesig van ‘n jong meisie met bloedrooi hare, pienk lippe en ‘n helder groen bloes was uitgemeet en ingekleur oor die lap, blokkie-gaatjie, blokkie-gaatjie. Ek moes stukkies wol een vir een deur die gekleurde gaatjies van die lap ryg met ‘n stomp borduurnaald, dan knoop aan die agterkant, terugryg en uiteindelik afknip aan die voorkant. Totdat al die stukkies wol saam ‘n sagte tosselagtige afbeelding van die meisie se gesig kon vorm. Ek was ongeduldig om uit te kom by die rooi hare wat onseremonieel in ‘n los bolla op haar kop met ‘n dun pienk lint
vasgebind was. Die tapisserie het lank gevat om klaar te maak.

Hierdie jaar het ook lank gevat om klaar te maak. Maar dit was nie ‘n slegte lank nie. Dit was ‘n intensionele tydsame jaar, waarin ek alles wat ek aanpak met aandag kon bekyk. Is wat ek doen nodig? Is hoe ek dit doen sinvol? Is dit lekker? Wat se invloed het dit op ander? Laat dit my rus terwyl ek werk? Voed dit my siel? Hoe inspireer dit ander? Inspireer dit my? Hoe help dit ander? Help dit my? Ek het meer dinge gedoen, maar ook meer tyd gehad om te besef dat ek bereid is om met minder klaar te kom, as dit waaraan ek tyd spandeer vir my ‘n mooier tapisserie gee.

Ek het nou tyd om twee koppies koffie te drink voor werk en om eers by die venster uit te kyk na die son en die geel vinke se handewerk. Om navorsingsartikels met aandag deur te lees en verbaas te wees dat al my idees alreeds wetenskaplik bewys is. Om in die middel van die week saam met my meisiekind wyn te proe. Om te skryf, te lees, te sing en tee te drink in die tuin saam met kat. Ek het tyd om ander se stories te hoor, oor my eie te dink en dankbaar te wees vir ‘n jaar wat lank vat.

Ek wonder nou net wat van my tapisserie geword het? En oor my hare. Ek dink ek moet dit in die nuwe jaar bloedrooi kleur, en met ‘n pienk lint vasdraai in ‘n hoë bolla.

Oor jou: Hoe lyk die stukkies wol in jou tapisserie? Wat wil jy anders borduur? Geniet
jou nuwe jaar, tydsaam.

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I always thought snow was white. But then a friend who has been to Antarctica told me that the snow there is mostly blue and pink, just like candyfloss, with blue sky on the horizon and above it pink. That must be beautiful, I thought.

The colour of the snow started me thinking about the lens through which I view life. A while ago there was no noticeable colour, everything was almost transparent, like nothing. Strange that I also didn’t feel anything, except when there was a touch of grey. Then I was heartsore about everything that was difficult and my body was weary. Slow. Sometimes life looked blue, a melancholy blue, and the snow was colourless.

Until I decided to buy pink glasses. On sale for just R20! They had a rosepink frame and soft-pink lenses and sat lightly on my nose. When I looked through them, everything was rosecoloured and I could feel love and care and tolerance. I could see plans that would work and new ideas and I felt happiness and hope once again. Even the snow on the peaks looked pink and the sky blue and purple and orange against it.

Wearing my pink glasses I can see the colour of the life lenses of the people around me. The waiter from up in Africa wears light-green glasses. He says his name is Talent and he has the talent to take care of us. He refills our empty glasses with water and shakes out our white napkins. He cares and his body says he is patient. I see the yellow glasses of the friend who carries sunshine inside her. She is always laughing and sings along with life’s song, even though she is sometimes tired and heartsore. I see the peaceful blue of my husband’s glasses, a man who is never rushed and always thinks things through. He keeps a healthy balance between sitting still and being active. And I see the transparent grey lenses of those around me who need a new start, but are too afraid to choose it.

And there are also those who wear pink glasses. Like the woman at the flower market who bought a protea for me because I didn’t have enough cash in my purse. And the man with the wide smile at the supermarket who is sure I will give him R10 so he can buy bread, and the packer at the vegetable shop who started work early this morning and who wants to know how my day is going.

I came to the conclusion that the colour of life depends on the colour of the glasses that we put on and I am grateful that I now have rosetinted glasses through which to look. Because through the pink I can see that grey and white and yellow and blue and green and even black all have a touch of pink in them. And that snow really does have colour. The colour that I want to see.

About you:
What colour are your life lenses?