Today I’m try my hand at the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). I’m feeling a bit under the weather and a short dip into YouTube uncovered a brilliant wee video which explains how to do a chakra clearing (which may help to refresh me!)
You can see what happens here 🙂
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
Okay, so today’s adventure might not seem like such a big deal to most people : it is to me though! Having relied on my ex-husband to sort out my technological life in the past, I knew that the time would eventually come when I’d have to face the modern world on my own, head on.
Now is that time 🙂 . In the past week, I’ve adventured into PC World, had conversations with technical guys (I’m still certain that I didn’t understand a word but I seem to have got some kit that does what I want it to do) and, today, I bought myself a mouse.
The acquisition of technical “bits and bobs” isn’t new. Success with getting them to work would be new though (and probably a complete surprise 🙂 ). The question of the day is : can I get my new mouse to work?
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
Yesterday the penny dropped that I hardly use my sense of smell at all – and that my tasting adventures are opening up a whole new world to me! Today I give whisky tasting a go. You can get the low-down on how to taste whisky here .
Again, there’s quite alot to this process, so the video is a little longer than usual. Please feel free to grab a wee dram and join in 🙂 .
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
Today I learn how to taste wine like a pro! I chose white wine today but I can already feel a red wine adventure beckoning. I realise that I’ve not really been tasting wine at all – up until today.
If you want to give this a go, I found this resource really helpful.
The video is a little longer than usual (there’s more to wine-tasting than meets the eye 😛 ) so you might just want to pour yourself a glass and join me!
I am just going outside and may be some time 🙂
JT
It’s the last day of my first month of adventure and I’m really going for it today! You’ll see that there are 3 videos in today’s post : the first is my adventure for today ; the second is a review of what I’ve learned from my adventures so far; and the third is a submission from my first “guest adventurer”, David Orchard!
Today’s Adventure ~ I’ve really enjoyed my language-learning adventures and I wanted to stretch myself today. So guess what I’m going to do? (Okay, you’ll never guess. Not in a million years. So I’ll tell you 😛 ) . Today I’m going to learn how to describe the parts of my head in Inuktitut. Inuktitut is the language spoken by the Inuit living in the eastern part of the Canadian Arctic. To make it even more exciting, I’m going to learn a specific dialect : Inuinnaqtun. This dialect is spoken in Qurluqtuq, Iqaluktuuttiaq and Ulukhaqtuq. I used a fabulous resource to help me with this adventure (and you can compare how I got on with the vocabulary resource there too 🙂 ).
What I’ve Learned From My Adventures So Far ~ I knew this project would be fun but I just didn’t realise how much I’d learn! I’m musing about my first month of adventures here :
January’s Guest Adventurer ~ David, who lives in France, really knows how to dive right into adventure 🙂 “For my job I am lucky to be able to travel to many different parts of the world and I have had many adventures along the way, notably in China and Colombia. But the idea of adventures on my doorstep intrigues me because often we miss the amazing things right in front of us. After reading “The Four Hour Body” by Tim Ferriss I knew I wanted to experiment with cold water. So this is the beginning something new. And my dog thinks it is great as well.” You can follow more of David’s adventures here
Watch his January “cold water swimming” adventure here :
I am just going outside and maybe some time.
JT
Today I’m keeping yesterday’s adventure theme going by attempting to learn to count to 10 in Japanese. I found a really helpful guide to pronunciation here.
I am just going outside and may be some time 🙂 .
JT
For today’s adventure I decided to see if I could learn to write my name in Japanese. It’s absolutely amazing what you can find on the internet these days : sure enough, there’s a 37-second tutorial on YouTube entitled “How to write Jane in Japanese“. How brilliant is that? (By the way, there are all sorts of names on the E-Japanese Channel if you’re curious how to spell your name in Japanese too!)
I watched the tutorial 3 times and then gave myself 1 minute to memorise the characters and their locations. You can compare how well I did with the YouTube tutorial but I think I got it right ~ more or less 🙂
Here’s me writing my name from memory :
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
In 47 years, I’ve never tried macrame and so today’s challenge is a decorative knot-tying adventure!
I have chosen to learn how to tie the Maedate Knot . This knot was inspired by the kuwagata, or twin-horned crest, of the samurai helmet.
I followed this brilliant (and very short) YouTube tutorial which also gives more fascinating information about the origins of this knot.
Watch me in action with a piece of old climbing rope here 🙂 ~
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
Today, I thought it would be a real treat for me to learn how to taste chocolate like a professional. As my coffee-tasting adventure was so interesting, I was really looking forward to what today’s adventure might bring.
If you’re interested in learning how to taste chocolate in this way, you can find a really comprehensive guide here.
How did I get on?
I am just going outside and may be some time 🙂 .
JT
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to report that not only have I submitted my tax return but I’ve also paid my tax bill! (That rap really worked 🙂 )
I feel so good, I could sing. So I’m going to do just that! Todays’ adventure sees me trying my hand at overtone singing (sometimes called harmonic singing or throat singing).
I followed a 5-minute You Tube tutorial for beginners. To optimise acoustics, I took myself into the bathroom. I had to keep the light off because it is attached to a very noisy fan – that’s why it’s so dark 🙂
I recorded my first attempt. You have to listen very carefully but you can actually hear the overtones (they are like a whistle above the “drone”of my voice). A little more practice (and a “tighter” aperture) might be required but the tutorial did seem to work!
I am just going outside and may be some time.
JT
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