by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 17, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and to honour him and his well-known speech, I Have A Dream, I’d like to dedicate this task to this great man’s courage, faith and dreams. I have a copy of King’s speech in my studio – I bought it in...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 10, 2012 | Journalling, Try-This Tuesday
Every morning in grade 6, we would file into the classroom, sit at our desks like the perfect angels we were, pull out our journal books and write to a prompt written in that beautiful cursive that only elementary school teachers seem to have mastered. That and...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 3, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
I know this title sounds a little bit a la Jiminy Cricket but that’s just how it came to me and it’s sticking! Last week, a reader asked me how I come up with these Tuesday Tasks. Well, I don’t really come up with them so much as they come up to...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 13, 2011 | Try-This Tuesday, Yoga
I know, you’re thinking, how can I take a breath when I have a shopping list to get to, supplies to buy for gingerbread houses to be made at school, appointments to rearrange so I can get to the school to help make the gingerbread houses, the staff Christmas...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 6, 2011 | Try-This Tuesday
It’s Tuesday again! For those of you who have recently connected with this blog, every Tuesday I post a Tuesday Task. As suggested by the title of each post, these tasks are something for you to try. My hope behind them is that they will resonate with you,...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 29, 2011 | Try-This Tuesday
As I’m learning to be mindful of my thoughts and my behaviour patterns, I am finding it easier to identify my little quirks in the tiniest of situations. Yesterday I wrote about how I often seek external answers before realizing that the best answer for me lies...
