Ruby Payne Chart

So I'm wandering around the internet and I see this cute chart and it's talking about socioeconomic guidelines and it says that poor people care about quantity of food,  middle class people care about quality of food,  and the rich care about presentation. 

I take that away and mull over it for a while and decide that I agree with that,  and wonder what else was in that chart.  And do you think I can find it?  I search every which way for an hour,  give up,  try the next day.  I never found that cutesy chart again.  But I did find this:

And it's the same information,  but more formally presented  (the chart I saw was definitely more cutesy,  visually friendly, more my speed frankly.) 

Turns out that Dr Ruby Payne has been writing about class, poverty and education for some time, and has all sorts of interesting and deeply considered opinions.  I fell down a rabbit hole of information about her! 

Each day I've been reading a line from this chart and thinking about whether I agree with it,  if it feels true to me,  what resonates.   It's part of my new year's resolution to keep broadening my interests. 

New Year, New Energy

I like to start the New Year with a brisk sweep out of all the small tasks that were hung over from the last year.  So I've been returning borrowed items,  talking with the bank (ok,  with occasional yelling and eye rolling)  making appointments and filling up my calendar with vet's appointment,  doctor's appointments, etc...  

It makes me feel organized  and a little more in control.  Last year we started with new passports,  this year with new driver's licence.  Easy to remember when they need renewal if they are all around January. 

It's not that my cleaning energy is so strong,  but I do like things to feel fresh.  I wish you a feeling of freshness and briskness and may you get through your list of tasks and feel on top of things!  Tarot is a reading of where your energy is strong, and where it needs some shift to make things happen. If you want to get a more accurate read of your energy,  drop me a line and we'll set up a tarot reading. 

Happy New Year

 May 2025 be a gentler,  kinder year.   

And may you make choices that give you health, joy and peace of mind. 

A New Year is here again

I know New Years are kind of arbitrary - there are Chinese and Jewish New Years,  the whole counting system used in the Southern Hemisphere is based on a system developed in the Northern hemisphere...  and yet still,  they do something to me.  


I feel energized and hopeful,  like a line has been drawn and a new chapter can begin.  It's not that 2013 was bad,  because it wasn't,  rather by the end of the year I often find myself sticky with things not done,  opportunities not taken.  And then you stop even wanting to take them,  it feels too hard. But as the year starts again,  the feeling of resilience and luck starts again too,  and some of those opportunities and wishes seem possible once more.  And of course,  the more you think something is possible,  the more you are likely to do it!


So here is my New Year's wish for you - think of a possible goal,  and give is some energy,  and then see how far you can take it...


Technical difficulties are mean I can't put photos up.  I'll put this up and see if I can't fix the photo problem soon!