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Mood Management

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Yay, Summer!

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Summer is arriving in the Southern Hemisphere, and to celebrate I had my first swim of the season. And it was glorious! I swam off all my trapped negative emotions, unhelpful thoughts, and just submerged myself underwater.

Happy Place

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This evening I went for a swim in our local pool. I was reminded again how swimming totally transports to my happy place. I don’t care about anything when I am submerged in water, the world becomes a wonderful, warm, magical place. All my troubles disappear. And this evening I was presented with the backdrop of cloudless blue skies and the green of overlooking trees, as the sun began to set. I cut my last lap short so I could grab a snap before the sun disappeared entirely. It is not the best photo, but I had to share it!

Diving Board

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In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Fun Platform.”

The schools I attended in South Africa all had swimming pools. At my primary school we would have training between 7 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and school would start at 7:45.
(In Sydney schools start at 8:55, it seemed so late when my son started!) On Friday afternoons we would compete against other schools, it was heaps of fun. And it could all be done indepedently, walk to school for training, walk back home after competition. But it seems only a few of the private schools here have the facility of a swimming pool. So the children have to be driven to a pool for swimming training, while the parents sit and wait. I would definitely make it compulsory for every school to have a swimming pool, and allow for weekly swimming training!