Yay, it's freedom week!

Three things make this freedom week:

1) my one friend has resigned from work and she finishes on Wednesday - so excited for her :)

2) it's Freedom Day on Thursday. For the non-South Africans, here's a write-up from Wikipedia

Freedom Day is a South African public holiday (its national day), celebrated on 27 April. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994. The elections were the first non-racial national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, including foreign citizens permanently resident in South Africa,^[1] were allowed to vote. Previously, under the apartheid regime, non-whites had only limited rights to vote.

3) we're going on a little break this week too - woohoo - our first holiday since moving into this house and high time, if you ask me!

Of course, freedom is my number 1 value so I'm very passionate about the concept of freedom. Turns out it's important to God too. This is my favourite scripture about freedom:

2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” NIV

This blog post is short and sweet because it's pay day tomorrow and I need to do my budget recon before all the new money comes in :)

But tell me, what does freedom mean to you? What are you planning for Freedom Week?

I'm so tired

I suspected that once I left, I'd feel extra tired because I've been running on faith, adrenaline and the grace of God for so long. And you all know how emotionally exhausting it's all been.

And yes, indeed it's hit me.

I'm sleeping about 8 - 9 hours a night, and if the opportunity presents, I still get in a nap...

That said, I made a little list today of things I'm going to do every day BEFORE blogging or reading blogs. I have some priorities:

1. my health - making proper food (salad and/ or veg in addition to the easy part), drinking enough water, exercise, sleep

2. something for my career - business/ job search/ writing book, etc.

3. something for the house - cooking/ organising/ decluttering

And of course, I'm reading. Too much actually, if such a thing exists.

I read 9 books in April and have already finished 2 in May... and we're only on the 4th.

My 5 big projects for the week ahead are:

1. Finish re-writing the consultants manual (church course)
2. Vote (this will probably take as much time as the first project!!!)
3. Finish April photos - organising and back up, if I get to the printing, bonus!
4. Business planning for May - entire blogging calendar for the month plus promotions and thoughts on generating income
5. Write at least 6 blog posts and all 4 newsletters

(I'm not going to post the work stuff on here, at least I don't think so...)

What's on your list for this week?