Me not using ChatGPT
I will try and go back and label sections so it is more coherent - but I probably won’t.
Firework thoughts💫
Village -
I am growing my village using the ancient traditions of Minka and Sumak Kawsey.
Minka - everyone contributes what they can
Sumak Kawsey - living the good life
I am also focussing on Generations - ensuring every Generation has a voice, their needs shared - but also what they have an abundance of.
One Generation may struggle with time, where another may have an abundance of time.
I currently have an abundance of time, but lack energy.
When I have short bursts (boom) I try and do something meaningful to help boost the boom for as long as possible.
Boom and Bust
I have Multiple Sclerosis and also carry the BRCA 2 gene.
In July 2025 I had an Oophorectomy (try and say this without making the OOOOOPH sound - I really struggle), so was forced into Surgical Menopause.
It has been the most beautifully spiritual and joyful experience, but also times which have been sadly unpleasant and incredibly difficult.
Luckily I am Super Sparkly - positivity is my only choice
Lovely things-
I have turned my home into The Junglelow - a bungalow with so many houseplants it looks like a jungle. Like literally - Royal Mail have now confirmed it 🤣😂😊✨
I have chicken hour with my darling neighbour - we sit in my wooden garden shelter swaying in the boho hammock chair whilst we giggle, talk nonsense drinking hot chocolate and coffee (made in the expensive coffee machine I bought myself for my birthday - from my mum and dad 😊✨).
Then we let the chickens out. These aren’t normal farm chickens. They are my Spoilt Gourmet Hens.
They were my gift to myself after my parent’s inheritance came through.
My lovely husband agreed to the Omlet Cage in bright pink - the big one - we could get six chickens.
He was the one building it.
I adore Omlet and every single one of their products (maybe not the chicken swing), but it does not take 1.5 hours to put their cage together - well - it did not take my usually very clever husband that.
He insisted that the 3m run would be huge, and once he had finished building it I could see if I wanted it bigger.
Informed him bigger the moment he said he had finished.
They are chickens, they like to fly.
Ordered and bigger arrived shortly after - huge extra cost - one postage charges + all the extra fun bits to go in the much much bigger space 😊✨.
These aren’t normal farm chickens. They are my Spoilt Gourmet Hens.
Anna is my amazing Sparkly Reminder 💫 - thank you💕✨
Spoilt Gourmet Hens -
Understanding my energy-
Think Golem - “my precious'“
Oooh I might do a guide to talking to someone with no energy. - Human reminder please- before Christmas so I can publish it for my husband - ha - and give subtly to people wasting my energy. Anyone who wishes to collaborate with this PLEASE get in touch
ugh I am crashing - bust.
TBC
this is keeping me positive and boosts the boom - as does my community.
= one spoon * = boost
(••••••••) = me because I have already misplaced everything before I start
I use spoons as a measure of my energy - people with chronic illnesses have fewer spoons than a lot of people, use them up quicker, then often lose them. Literally.
But I am Super Sparkly and can sometimes boost * - this does not bring back the spoons - it gives the spoons I still have a super surge - imagine Tetris music whilst feeling like the ‘whizzy smash/hit everything in my way whilst I invincibly sparkle’ star booster on Mario Kart - that is me - but it always wears off.
Build with me
Feel free to copy in your own communities - and do take photos of your lovely Gammon rolls. I will assume anyone wanting to do this has the highest hygiene standards - and checks the meat is 70 degrees
(••••••••) get cereal bowl sized dish out
(••••••••) big blob of honey
(••••••••) big blob of wholegrain mustard
*** mix
Long bit of foil + medium length piece of foil
*** make a T or + with foil
***
Gammon Rolls
I have the most lovely neighbours, my dearest- most darling friend - is currently in a care home.
I live in a community with lots of most wisest residents.
I make them Gammon Rolls whenever I can - usually at least once a week - then me and my darling friend do the happy walk.
I cook the gammon in wholegrain mustard, honey and tinned foil (I buy this in bulk so all good!!).
I then use dairy free ‘buttery Flora’ and fresh rolls
I also get a gluten free loaf and beef tomatoes to ensure everyone can enjoy one.
It takes one hour in the air fryer
Monotropism - apparently it is an Autistic trait - a hoping strategy.
I've always created worlds in my head - normally improving the system I am working in, seeing what needs to be done, to change to be more natural, simple and just easy.
I have Multiple Sclerosis so my main focus is saving energy. I am a Maths teacher and have been one of the top Further Maths A Level Examiners for Decision Maths - Edexcel.
My degree is in Expert Systems and Psychology and as much as I loved robots I always thought it was too early for me - AI was growing in US but I had no money so became a Maths teacher.
I had an Oophorectomy Jul 2025 and after two years of completely avoidable persistent distress caused by my line manager, I requested a new one knowing I would need support whilst healing. I requested a mid July appointment so I would not have to miss much of school - particularly my year 11 class - full of sparkly children who were struggling everywhere else in school and constantly being suspended.
Long story short(ish) in February they removed that class from me, did not tell me, I had to sit in my classroom watching them all go next door - I had been told by my daughter (also y11 at the time) that her friends in my class had a new timetable and they were all confused. I say all, six of the sparkliest children came to me saying they were refusing to go to the new teacher - I started gushing blood, went straight to my dr and they organised an urgent scan. This has happened 2/3 times - after receiving what I consider ‘unpleasant letters’ and URGENT emails - I have medical notes.
Apparently stress eats up all your estrogen. I do not produce natural estrogen - every time work have contacted me - I bleed, and I paralyse unable to move.
The only thing I can physically do...is my Sparkly Multiverse.
It started with the people- sparkly people, then mindful tools - spark pods.
Then the space - sparkly village.
Then the why? Systems - my expertise - I KNOW the systems that drain people because I am hyper sensitive to energy wasting and have the ability to see an easy improvement.
Evergreen Systems - we should be living an evergreen world. all the technology we have means our life should be a good one. Sumak Kawsey - one of my vilage mottos.
And everything links.
Spark pods - come from Ecuador -
Ecuador ancient community mottos are
🌿Minka - everyone contributes what they can
✨Sumak Kawsey - living the good life
Then the Sparkly Bus, Gammon Rolls, Cheese, Humans, gifts,.....it is a MULTIVERSE.
And it is not even difficult, as in not at all.
My hands just type and my brain just speaks - I've been planning this my whole life.
I know how it works.
But....ask me to do a form or talk about my discrimination case and bust.
I crash.
Energy depleted in seconds.
Surgical menopause has taken away all my 'fucks'.
I do not give any.
It has filtered out all the unnecessary nonsense and left me a clear path.
I have put a lot of friends on hold as can not tolerate them.
Their conversations stress me out.
Oh I can talk for hours about sparkly people. it makes everything calm and lovely and easy.
Well 45 minutes then crash
Em😊✨
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Community hub education - notes from over a year ago!
Looking after your body
Looking after your friends
Looking after your family
Looking after younger children
Looking after elderly people
Eating well
Catering for all
Hosting a dinner party
Hosting a BBQ
Hosting a child’s party (of younger children)
Working in a shop
Keeping in touch
Sending messages
Safety online
Being a good friend
Being good to yourself
Ups and downs
When to get support
How to get support
Finding your toolbox
Adding to your toolbox
Adding to other people’s toolbox
Touring the village
Alexa with options
You choose the reply or type your own or categorise (more positive, more negative, witty, serious)
SOFTWARE contact
Different voices
Students on project team
Dreams and ambitions board for each student with Velcro card pieces they can write or draw and add to their space
Their space
Goals
Achievements
Dreams
Ambitions
Velcro points - helpful - kind - creative -calm -polite -brave -
warm up every morning - wake up your sparkle
Playlist- each generation has one
Movements- physio approved - Ana
Lead
Designing menus
-find skills, likes and opportunities
Sample different trades
Different trades come and do taster session
-editions
-flower arranging
-maths
-accountancy
-loads of others connected to students strengths and likes
Mental health first aid
Sign language
Cooking for all different allergies
Cooking bread every day for lunch or breakfast if on trip
Dried fruit and nut snack (allergy dependent)
Travelling
Dr Penelope Sheehan's full list of items for your emergency first aid kit
Assorted plasters (several sizes)
Sterile gauze dressings (again, several sizes)
Wound closure strips
Microporous tape
Antiseptic wipes or cream
Disposable gloves
Tweezers (with a fine point)
Small, blunt-tipped scissors
Sterile saline solution
Instant cold pack
Elastic bandage
Triangular bandage
Digital thermometer
Paracetamol and ibuprofen
Antihistamine tablet or cream
Oral rehydration sachets
Burns dressing or hydrogel
Foil emergency blanket
Torch
Basic first aid guide or leaflet
List of emergency contacts and any relevant medical details.
The government's list of items for your emergency kit
Battery or wind-up torch (because they’re safer than candles)
Portable power bank
Battery-powered or wind-up radio
Spare batteries
A first aid kit (including waterproof plasters, bandages, a thermometer, antiseptic, eyewash solution, sterile dressings and gloves, medical tape for dressings, and tweezers)
Hand sanitiser and wet wipes
Bottled water (a minimum of 2.5-3 litres per person per day)
Non-perishable food (things that don’t need cooking, including tinned meat, fruit or vegetables), plus any pet food
Baby supplies (including nappies and baby formula).
Source: Gov UK.