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Thank you Sarah. I haven't watched the video but listened to the podcast yesterday and it was so life and human affirming! I have been exploring what it means to living a meaningful life or what gives our lives meaning, and this episode was so helpful. I loved the potential of "leaning forward" and how to feel necessary in these times. Thank you both.

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it's exactly these kind of chats that keep me loving life

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I can see why!

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What a fabulous story

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Thanks for this. On plastics- I’m currently in a bit of a mental free-fall with this. I try to avoid plastic and never fully believed in/embraced the recently ended Redcycle scheme in Au, (it seemed quite ‘bandaid’) but it did give me an action-based recycling buzz (and I’m still half-heartedly stockpiling any plastics, for some reason).

I’ve had a few recent moments of letting down my (plastic-buying) guard, and it was the right choice at the time. I forget how much curbing I do in a society that doesn’t hold back in consuming, and I need to let go of my tired grip sometimes..but it’s a slippery slope. Just wish plastic wasn’t there to take up any of my mental energy!

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I agree with all the above. Plastic is tip of an iceberg...but the slippery slope is real. I keep vigilant on the plastics front because it's the entry-level drug, the optical frontline etc ....also, if we quit (as much) plastic (as we can), we quit a lot of dumb consumption. A bit like quitting sugar eliminates a lot of other junk at the same time.

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Good point! Plastic is its own problem, but also a symptom of a greater problem

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I love what Avi wrote on the final email of his. How wonderful - no surprise to us who you continually inspire and motivate to be more ... but important you read it first hand. For you, especially as you navigate the strange chasm of the 'blank first page' to start this next book project.

Be safe these holidays, Sarah. Keep tending to that beautiful heart of yours.

Looking forward to 'this is precious' in 2023.

Ian x

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PS... for those of you who have not encountered Ian, we've "known" each other from my early blogging days. He's a finance dude and fiction writer with a strong Christian faith. We've met a few times for coffee/a drink. But mostly Ian has dipped in and out supporting me with his kind words (and prayers), bearing witness.

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You are a wonderful gift in my life, Ian x

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Still to listen and watch but momentarily got stopped at the opening paragraph and this line....

‘why I choose to live (and it is mostly a daily choice for me; you?)

I make this choice. Daily? Weekly?

I sometimes wonder what would happen if I didn’t have the responsibility of looking after my cat.

Life just seems hard and often pointless given what we are doing to the planet.

Yet here I am.

Another day. Another choosing.

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Yes, yet here we are. And if we're here we can choose to honour life as best we can. The sense of finiteness is what provides me with my focus so often

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