Firsts of 2016

Perplexus Rookie

It’s time once again to review my year and see what things I have experienced for the first time during the last twelve months. I’m a believer in lifelong learning. A look back helps me evaluate how I am doing in this lifelong quest. Here are a few of the things I experienced for the first time in 2016.

• I made Crème’ Brulee for the first time using this slow cooker recipe.

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  Brooks Ghost

  I owned my first pair of Brooks running shoes. I think I’m hooked!

• First visit to Detroit, Michigan. With that came my first road trip through the Midwest, first ice cream cone at Great America, and my first Michigan Left. (The latter was a hair-raising experience!)

• I published my first blog post from my iPhone.

•  I went on my first run Down Upper Targhee during Grand Teton Relay 2016 and sustained only one black toenail!

• I had my first paid cross country coaching gig. I’ve been volunteering for years. The pay was a nice perk!

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  Part of my team!

  Ran into a stranger while he was reading one of my books in the Costco food court!

• First Christmas Day without my youngest child. He was caught in a snowstorm and couldn’t make it home. We missed him!

• I also published with Power Point for the first time (sometimes I’m a slow learner), mowed a lawn with my grandson for the first time (he’s two), and solved a Perplexus puzzle for the first time!

I can’t wait to see what’s new in 2017!

Tell me about your year. What did you do or learn how to do for the first time?

Running Granny Green encourages women, especially grandmothers, to gain greater fitness by providing tips and inspiration to insure long years of joyful grand-parenting. The cookie recipes are a bonus!

Happy Running!

- Carol aka Running Granny Green

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Learning New Technology

 For years I've been counseled to pursue lifelong learning. Technology is making that happen everyday! This blog post was composed on my phone. That might not be a big deal to some, but it's new for this granny. 

Ironically, I'm reminded of the verse in 2 Timothy when Paul describes the apostasy and perils that will occur in the last days - men shal be "ever learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth." 

My conclusion? Learning is good (even technology) so long as the learner is seeking and focused on the truth. 

And there you have it - my first blog post from my iPhone!

Happy Running!

Lifelong Learning One Step at a Time!

You're not dead yet.  Keep learning!

I have been counseled over the years to continue in lifelong learning.  I supposed that this meant formal education and I have had some degree of guilt over my reluctance to pursue more formal training. However, I am finding that in my everyday pursuits learning is ever present.  Here are just of few of the things I have learned in recent months …

Health Care –

• Massage therapy is a valuable tool.

• How to use ice, compression, heat, and massage more effectively for muscle repair.

• Magnesium works!

• Heel lifts also work.

Technology –

• How to use an iPhone.

• How to activate an iPhone – repeatedly!

• How to use an email service.

• How to publish a 4-color book with photos.

• How to build, publish and edit a website! This one!

Relationships –

• How to pack a lunch for my husband on a daily basis. (Long story, but this is a new talent!)

• Facetime.

• How to win friends and influence runners with just one cookie. Oh, wait … I’ve known that one for years!

• Some people are introverts and my exuberance can and does wear them out from time to time.

These are only a few of the new things I have learned lately.  Some days it feels as if the learning will never happen, but when I continue to plug along, eventually the light bulb appears and things become clearer. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.”

Carry on!

 

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Running Granny Green encourages women, especially grandmothers, to gain greater fitness by providing tips and inspiration to insure long years of joyful grand-parenting. The cookie recipes are a bonus!

Happy Running!

Carol - aka Running Granny Green

Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.