Posts Tagged ‘Goodie Jar’
Posted by terrepruitt on February 6, 2017
We are doing our Goodie Jar again this year. Right now it is a divided bowl. On one side there is paper which we can write the good things on and pens. On the other side is where we are putting our notes. It is getting full. At the end of last year it seemed like we were not adding many good things. It probably didn’t help that my dad died and we were shocked and thrust into having to do a lot of things we had never thought of and things that took up a lot of time and energy. But also it could be that the goodie jar got overlooked. Like many of us, my husband is a creature of habit and he claims his habit, regarding the good things jar, consists of it looking like it did when we very FIRST did it and having it be in the same exact spot. And for ME, that is an overlooking type of habit. With the pitcher in the same spot all year long – for me, it tends to blend into the surroundings and I don’t see it. Ya know, like that item that you have to take to your friend the next time you meet, so you put it near the door. But after a week you begin to ignore it. You don’t really see it there any longer, it blends into the surroundings. So when you finally leave the house to meet your friend you totally forget the item. Having it there was supposed to remind you, but it became so normal for it to be there, it did nothing to help you remember. So I like to switch it up. I like to change the vessel that holds the good things. I thought keeping it on the peninsula in the kitchen was good because we would see it. And with it being different it would attract our attention. Well, at the end of the year it got kinda over shone by other Christmas decorations. So this year we started out with it on the coffee table in the living room. It is pretty in our faces. But as I said, it is getting full.
I am trying to decide what to do. I am trying to decide on something else to keep the notes in. Or I might just move some of the notes into another vessel and keep using the bowl for now. I have so many pretty dishes that are seldom used so having them out with good things in them makes me happy. I might move it off the coffee table for now. If so, I do plan on moving it back during the year so that it is in our faces and we remember. Sometimes it is easier to remember to make a note of a good thing. Sometime it is helpful if there is a reminder or a prompt.
Either way, I am happy to continue this little project that we started years ago. This will be our fifth year. For us we put anything any it that makes us smile. I think I saw my hubby put a receipt from dinner in there. I don’t know what he wrote, but I am guessing it had to do with the nice dinner we had. I was going to put a Dove chocolate wrapper in there. They have sayings on them, so I saved it and I was going to write on it, but it got mistaken for trash and thrown away. But the idea is that you can put whatever you want in your jar.
When I was commenting about it on a friend’s post someone asked if I date my notes. Sometimes I do. Like the other day when I was excited we had 18 people in Nia and 16 people in stretch class. I put the date on that note. But when I was looking at my cats and happy that they are so sweet and I feel lucky to have them, I wrote a note about it, but I didn’t date it. A receipt or a ticket stub is going to have a date, but a candy wrapper would not. It is whatever you want. However you want to document the things that make you smile now and that will make you smile when you read them at the end of the year.
I am thankful to my friend Uptown Girl Denver for posting the practice on her Facebook page back in 2013. I don’t think she is doing it any longer, but we are still enjoying the practice.
Are you doing a Goodie Jar this year? What do you use for your “jar”? What do you use for your notes?
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Posted by terrepruitt on January 2, 2017
So, Happy New Year, huh? Yeah! Let’s just make it a good year. There is always going to be stuff going on that we can focus on to make it a “bad” year, but let’s not focus on that. Let’s just decide it is going to be a good year and make it be a good year. Well, again, I have that whole “thing” with years and days and the like being “bad” or “good”. They actually just are. It is the moments IN the year/day. The moments that make up the year that one might label “bad” or “good”, but to label the entire length of time bad or good, is just not something I do. So . . . let’s make a lot of fun, exciting, smile-worthy moments in 2017!
We shall have so many smile-worthy moments that when something happens that makes us sad or upset we will be able to face it better. We can make it through and not have it turn us into permanent mush. I mean sometimes things will happen in life where you might need to take some time to be “mush” – not doing anything, and just process the situation. But I don’t think it is good to stay mush. There are too many good things in life to just be a pile of mush. So, if there are a lot of experiences that have created smiles AND things to come that will create smiles it is easier to get through the mush times.
My hubby and I read all the things in our Goodie Jar last night. It was fun to be reminded of some of the smile-worthy moments. I did forget about a lot of them, so it was wonderful to be reminded.
I’ve had a week off from my Nia, yoga, and stretch classes and I am ready to get back to them. We are going to be moving and grooving into 2017. We had a nice rain to help us get a clean start in the new year. It is looking good!
I hope you had a nice Holiday Season.
I am wishing you a very
Happy, Healthy, and
WONDERFUL 2017!
Make it so!
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Posted by terrepruitt on December 28, 2016
So we are in the last few days of the year. 2016. I am seeing so many posts on Facebook about what a terrible year this has been and the majority of those posts have been associated with the fact that a celebrity has died. Yes, I, too, feel sorrow when someone has died even when it is someone as distant from me as a celebrity. I certainly feel loss and sorrow when someone close to me, like my father, has died. It was so unexpected I am still, as times, unbelieving of the fact. But I don’t condemn the whole year. There has been a lot of things that have happened in 2016 that have been sad or could be considered “bad”. But there are a lot of things that have transpired or a lot of things that I experienced that were good things. Things I wrote down so that the big sad/bad things are not allowed to take over. So, I am not ending the year saying 2016 was a bad year and I am glad to see it go.
When “bad” things happen, I don’t condemn the whole time in which they happened. I wrote about something like that in my post I Had One Of THOSE Days. I don’t think the day is bad when things go “wrong”. I don’t think the whole year is bad because many of the celebrities from my childhood have died. I don’t think 2016 is a bad year because my dad died. It is just a year. Things happened. Good things. Bad things. Whatever the label. The things that happened are just moments in time. There are so many things that transpire.
We are still doing our Goodie Jar or Good Things Jar. This is our fourth year. We have been writing down the things that make us smile or we have saved a ticket to a show or game, then we put it in a jar. Right now it is not actually a jar but a Christmas dish. We have a few more days left to add things to it. Traditionally, we have read it on New Year’s Eve, but this year we might actually do it on New Year’s Day – depending upon the timing of things, we will have to see. But the same principle applies. We are going to read through the notes, printouts, tickets stubs, whatever we used to remind us of all the good things that happened throughout the year. To be reminded of all the things that made us smile. Then we will be smiling again. So it is like a double smile. All of these things are what makes life good. All of these things, all of these smiles are what makes us able – make us strong enough – to deal with the “bad” things.
That doesn’t mean we can’t cry or lie around and mope for a few days . . . but it does mean that we can’t ignore or belittle all of the great things that happen in our lives. This just helps keep us anchored and steady. The Good Thing Jar is needed sometimes.
In the past our jar has been filled with notes about my Nia students, my yoga students, our cats, our niece, our jobs, our friends, the weather, our house, our food, all the things we are blessed with, all the things that make us smile. Oh! I can’t wait.
So what about you? Do you have any good things that you can reflect upon that happened in 2016?
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Posted by terrepruitt on December 22, 2015
It is almost time to read the contents of the Goodie Jar. Oh yes, the Goodie Jar. We are still doing it. We actually have three containers going on. One was the original one that is the Princess House Pitcher. That one looked pretty festive (and it was full) so I put it in the China cabinet hoping it could be passed off as a Christmas decoration. Then the other one is a container that sits on the peninsula and has to be put away to make room for the Christmas decorations that are all over the peninsula. So I have a note in the present Goodie Jar dish that reminds me to go into the closet to get the planter that we were using to put good things in. So it is almost time. I really like this tradition. I think this is the third year that we have done it. I am not sure, but I think we will do it again next year.
I have not read any of the notes in the containers, but I am pretty confident that there will be a few about our cats. They are such good girls and the certainly make me smile when I think about them. So I am sure both of us have documented that! There are always moments that I write down about my students making me smile. The latest one is my socks. LOOK! Aren’t they cool. They have cats on them AND they can be worn with my flip flops. I was explaining to my students one day that since I have to rush over to class I didn’t want to put on my socks and shoes and my feet were really cold. Ya see, in the morning on the way to my first class I wear socks and shoes. But there is not a lot of time for me to get to my Tuesday morning yoga class after Nia so sometimes I just put on my flip flops after class and my feet get cold. So one of them picked up on that. Super sweet. The socks are super cute. They have cats!!! She is a cat lover herself!
Lately we have gotten some rain. And by lately I mean this week. Rain — for me — always goes in the Good Things Jar because it is really a good thing.
There is just always something that is a good thing that makes me smile. So many of my friends, family, and students are noted in that jar.
If you have not done a good things jar, I would like to strongly suggested it. It is such a great way to remember the good things in life. And it is really fun because you get to get TWO, maybe even THREE, smiles out of them. One is when the thing occurs, two is when you write it down, and three is when you read it. And sometimes it is really funny when you read it because it might take you a minute to remember what you were talking about. Then, if your family and friends (or whomever you are reading them with) are into it, you get to tell them the story. Often times things that make you smile make for a good story.
Ooooo! I am getting really excited thinking about it. Can’t wait!!!
So are you still doing a good jar? Might you do one next year?
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Posted by terrepruitt on September 1, 2015
What better way to start a month than with a Goodie Jar check in? Any of you still doing a goodie jar or any version of one? A Goodie Jar or a Good Things Jar is where you make a note of a good thing and put it in the jar to read later. That is the basics so how you go about it is up to you. The possibilities are endless. You could decide upon guidelines on what is allowed in the jar or just put whatever you want. My idea is whatever is a “good thing” that makes you smile. You can assign yourself a schedule as in “you have to do it once a day/week/month”. Or you can do it whenever you experience something that makes you smile. When you read them is also something unique to you. Our Goodie Jar is read on December 31st. It is kind of nice since we are past the age of going out and getting crazy. We usually are home all night and so this is a little tradition, a way of celebrating. Now, many of you, perhaps people who frequently read my blog, already know about this because I think I am on my third year of doing it, but there are many people out there that don’t know about it. And for a lot of people it is a good way to keep focused on the good things in life. There is always something good so it is nice to have a way to keep that at the forefront. So, I am happy to report that I have had to go back to using my first goodie jar. But that is in addition to the new container I had moved, too. We now have two “Goodie” locations!
How awesome is that? Our Good Things filled up one container so we had to move it to another one! That is good stuff. Granted some of our things are full sized pieces of paper. John used that as documentation for one or two good things. Plus we use all types of paper and all types of sizes. There are also a few tickets in there. So they take up a lot of space, but still! A lot of good things.
There are always good things to say about the Nia classes because of the fabulous students that come to class. In fact, as I type this I was reminded that the attendance I had at this past Nia class on Sunday at the NW YMCA was the largest I have ever had. So that is going in the good things jar. That was a good thing!
My yoga classes are a consistent good thing, too. There seems to be a lot of good revolving around those, too. Currently, yoga in the park. So nice to be out in the gorgeous day . . . even when the lawn maintenance people are there.
Our cats are doing well. We decided to stop the medicine for the little cat. We had three days left and we decided that she was just getting, too upset and it was just causing too much stress in the household. So we stopped that. She has yet to realize that evening time is not “torture” time. But she will get there. I even got an exposed belly and purrs today. The whole situation around us getting the cats and all that mess was really a great time to utilize the goodie jar because that is when I need it. When a happy situation turns to muck, it helps to have a process in place to help concentrate and focus on the good things. So we are rolling along.
So, what about you? Are you doing a Goodie Jar? Do you have a way to help you stay focused on the Good Things? How is it going?
Posted in Good Things in the Goodie Jar | Tagged: adopted cats, focus on the good, good things jar, Goodie Jar, Nia, Nia at the YMCA, Nia class, shelter cats, things that make you smile, YMCA, Yoga | 8 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on May 19, 2015
So, so, so many things to go into my Goodie Jar. I think the last mention of it was in March. MARCH! Here it is, MAY! Well, I have been busy filling that jar. So much so that I had to move it to a different container. And I think since it is only May this one won’t last long. Perhaps when this container gets full I will put the papers in the original container, the pitcher and we will just put things in the new container. It is AWESOME to have to have more than one container to contain the good things! Wahooo. This time it is really exciting because my husband has been putting stuff in. He put things in the pitcher the previous years, but this time he is putting stuff in more often . . . . hence the need for a different container.
My hubby is using some of the ticket stubs and things of that nature as his documentation of the good things. But he doesn’t just put the item in the jar he writes on it to state why the ticket/used gift card/parking pass/whatever made him smile. He is doing a great job. It will be super fun this December 31, 2015 because it will be more stuff from him and not so weighted towards me and my smiles.
I have had a lot of “student” stuff to put in the Good Thing Jar. Good things keep coming to them via movement . Today one woman told me that she is sleeping about two hours longer since starting Nia. Exercise is often praised for the help it brings to people regarding sleeping. Some times the help is in the form of better sleep and sometimes it is in the form of more sleep. I love that she recognized that her sleep benefited from Nia.
I have also had yoga people say this or that has improved. And, yes, again it is the exercise, the yoga that is helping. That is what is so awesome. Hearing people reaping the benefits of movement is definitely Goodie Jar Material.
Recently I was lucky enough to be able to spend some time with my three girlfriends AND my hubby. That was a special treat. Our friend that moved away came down for a visit and spent the day with us. Spending time with my friends is ALWAYS a good thing . . . . so it goes in the jar. Ya know, anything that makes me smile.
After that, one weekend we dog-sat my husband’s “co-workers” for the weekend. That was a treat. That type of thing is a Goodie Jar item.
Oh . . . .just writing about the Good Things in the Goodie Jar is making me smile. I can’t wait to read it all . . . . but then, I can because that will mean the year is gone. I will stick to thinking about the smiles in the container.
Well, this is a share and a reminder. You can start a Goodie Jar anytime. If you are doing one, have you added to it lately?
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Posted by terrepruitt on March 7, 2015
I am still doing my Goodie Jar, are you? I know there are a ton of versions out there. Some people have “Happiness Jars” or “Smile Jars”. Some people have a goal of putting something in the jar every day. Some people’s goals are for once a week. Of course, none of the “rules” matter really, except the one that motivates you to remember your blessings. That is really the point. To have a little reminder of the blessings or things that make you happy, things that make life worth living. There is so much going on in the world and in our lives it is sometimes easy to get distracted. The jar — however you utilize it, is just a way of reminding yourself about the good. Good things in the Goodie Jar.
My hubby and I are using ours. I have Christmas wrapping paper cut up. And some other pretty wrapping paper. We have little sheets of note paper. All kinds of papers to use. Plus we both are putting our tickets in there. We have been blessed with Sharks tickets so those go in the Goodie Jar – win or lose, because a night out with each other is a WIN for us! It turns out that the San Jose Sharks lost, but it was a really exciting game. Or . . . to me it was. I know that people who go to more games than me might have a different opinion, but I thought it was exciting. I am much better at actually tracking the puck. I still “lose” it sometimes, but not as much as my first game. Hockey is so much more exciting and action packed than baseball.
Then there is our trip a couple of weekends ago. That is DEFINITELY a Goodie Jar item. That was a well needed trip. And it was so wonderful. The weather was awesome. I bet if we had gone this weekend it would have been too hot for me. It seems the weather is warming up here.
Then there is our beef. That is always a good Goodie Jar item. I have explained before how lucky I am that my hubby will eat pretty much anything. And he loves beef. So he has been pretty good about my experimenting with cooking the grass-fed beef we bought. It cooks so differently than regular beef. It is just mind-blowing. I was in a rush tonight as the game started 30 minutes earlier than I realized. I put the steak in a really hot oven and hoped for the best. It cooked well even though it didn’t look cooked–as usual. The flavor was meat, which I don’t prefer, but . . . it was dinner. And dinner helps us not need to eat the food at the game.
I still have Nia students in my Nia classes. The San Jose City Nia classes are really going well.
So many things to be thankful for. So many things that will bring a smile to my face at the end of the year! Filling up that jar! Yipee! It is really nice to have something to document the smiles.
Well? Are you doing a jar? What type? What are your “rules”? Got any good things you want to share?
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Posted by terrepruitt on January 22, 2015
What is going on with you? Here? Me? Well, I mentioned that Nia released four new routines at the end of the year. I mentioned I ordered three. Well, I received them and I listened to the music for the one I had planned to learn first and just as I expected. The music for the entire routine is from ONE artist. When I originally noticed that, I thought that might be an issue for me. I thought that it would all sound the same and I wasn’t too excited about that prospect. But the music from the routine I didn’t order was even less appealing. Now, let me explain that we are able to listen to snippets of the songs. Like on iTunes. It only plays for a moment. As you may have found out from listening to snippets on iTunes some times what you hear is not exactly what you get. I mean sometimes a song can change dramatically. The Nia website used to allow us to listen to the entire song, but now we only get a short preview. So . . . having listened to the previews of all the songs for all the routines, I “didn’t like” the music of one routine. That is why I didn’t order it. But I was leery of the “One artist” routine. But the snippets sounded different enough, I thought it would be ok. Turns out . . . not so much. But . . . often times the first “listen through” of a routine’s music reveals an instant “I don’t like”, but that fades or disappears entirely sometimes. So, I have faith it will be fine, but . . . it caused me to decide to work on learning a different routine. So I am in the process of learning a new routine.
I always look at them for the first time and think, “Oh cool. That’s not too hard. I can learn it quick.” But then . . . for me that is not the case. It is one thing to be able to dance to a routine, but it is another to be able to lead it. I could just take it to class and we could play with it, but I like to have a really good handle on it first.
But . . . . somewhat exciting news . . . as is always happening at places that have exercise classes, it seems as if there is going to be a change in the schedule at one of the facilities where I teach. So they are looking to fill a spot, but they don’t really think they want another cardio class, but . . . . I know that it takes time to find the right class and a teacher that can do it, so I offered to do Nia in the meantime. Well, much to my surprise the supervisor took me up on that deal. As in starting next week. The odd thing is – I was already set to sub the class one day, so it is basically like I am taking it over tomorrow.
Another exciting thing is the response I have received from the Nia students that currently attend the other classes I teach. They are excited to have an additional Nia class. Many of them said they would take the class. So . . . we will see. I am secretly –ok, so it is not a secret (!!) hoping that the class will do well and the center will let me keep it. With Group Ex classes we know that nothing is permanent because things sometimes need to change, but there is the “permanent” and we like that. So it could be that I end up taking routines into the classroom sooner than normal if I get to teach four classes a week, regularly!
I am going to go be a student on Saturday. One of the Nia students that used to attend my classes moved to a different area. I am going to visit her. We are going to go to a Nia class she now regularly attends. I think being a student will be a great energizer. I don’t take the time out to be a student as much as I would like. Seems like I am always trying to learn a routine so I don’t take time out from that. But this was planned in advance and it will be perfect.
My hubby and I are still adding to our Goodie Jar. It is looking quite festive with all of the Christmas wrapping paper scraps we are using.
Did I mentioned the Nia Events I have on the calendar for March? There is going to be a Friday evening class and a Saturday playshop? The evening class will be a routine done to 80’s music and the playshop is all about Free Dance. The Nia Teacher that is going to do both is Jason Alan Griffin. I wrote a post about him, First Degree Nia Black Belt Guest Teacher because he brought his Goldfinger routine to the East Bay Area last year.
Whew! So that is what is up with me. Do tell, what is up with you?
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Posted by terrepruitt on January 1, 2015
This year we were lucky to have a visitor for our Goodie Jar reading. My niece was visiting and she helped us relive the moments that made us smile. I am a smart enough aunt to know that I have an amazing niece so she was mentioned often in my notes of “Good Things”. Here are some of the highlights from the jar:
~My niece treated us to the Nutcracker Ballet in San Francisco
~Nightingales
~May 29, (2014) was the first “coffee” visit with they Camden Community Center Nia Class
~Wicked
~Colleen came to say goodbye to Spot (06.24.14)
As you can see from the pictures there were a lot more. I’ve had some people ask me what to put in the Good Things Jar. It really is up to you. I am seeing a lot of different versions of “jars” this year so I really think it all depends on you. What do you want your jar to do? The point of my jar is to keep me focused on the GOOD THINGS IN LIFE. There are so many things that can be considered “not good”. It is very easy to get distracted and end up with a negative attitude and to forget all of the blessings that are around us. So, for me, it is a way to keep the blessings in my life at the forefront. That does not mean I can’t be sad or get mad or pout . . . .or whatever . . . it just is a reminder to not stay sad, mad, or pouty. Because that — to me is an insult to the good stuff.
There is another benefit to my Goodie Jar. In addition to making a note and helping me stay focused it really is fun for me to read the good things at the end of the year and to remember. While my family might not enjoy it as much as I do . . . they tolerate it. I even tell stories regarding some of the GOOD THINGS, if they will let me.
I have mentioned before in posts that I like to use different types of paper. I like to fold them in different shapes and ways. It makes the jar look festive. I noticed last night that the ones my niece grabbed to read were the spiral ones, the ones folded in shapes, or the really festive looking. Yeah, it is fun.
Also pictured here is this post are the pieces of paper we are going to use to fill up the jar in 2015. Yeah, it started off as a one-time thing, but this will be our third year of doing it. I am really loving this tradition. I love the practice throughout the year. I love the decorative jar that sits out all year round reminding me that there has been good things. I love the “ceremony” (to me it is) of reading the good things.
I wish I could remember the origin of this aside from Facebook. I mean, I know WHO I got it from, but I don’t remember where/who SHE got it from. But the Good Things jar was not my idea. Using a beautiful pitcher is my idea and filling it with different types of paper is my idea. Re-using wrapping paper . . . my idea. But the original idea . . . . don’t know. But THANK YOU!
So, what good things have happened to you in 2014? Do you have a Goodie Jar? Are you going to have one for 2015?
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Posted by terrepruitt on November 15, 2014
Once a month or so . . . I think my last check was September . . . I like to check in on your Good Things Jar project. Are you putting things in your Goodie Jar? If you are not participating the actual container do you take time out of your busy day, your busy week, your busy month to thing about the good things? Do you have a moment when you are grateful? I always have good things, but I will admit, last month for some reason I was really “busy” and I didn’t put much if anything in the goodie jar. This month -so far- I did stop and put a few things in. I was able to make note of a few things at once. One of my latest documentations for my good jar is a Nia Class I just did on Friday.
I have a student who really likes Nia and
she wanted a class closer to her home. So she approached a gym or actually a club near her home and asked them if they would consider having Nia classes. Well, we met with the club and we agreed to have a “demo” class. A regular Nia class but one that would I would do free of charge and they would allow anyone that is not a member of the club to attend and they would invite their members. Well, first of all, I am thankful that I was allowed this opportunity. At this point we don’t know that we will have another demonstration there. Along that line we don’t know if Nia will ever be a class that is offered there, but it was nice to have the opportunity. It is always nice to introduce people to Nia. This was probably the first time many people had heard of Nia or even seen the name.
But I am especially grateful to and for the five students of mine that showed up. Actually there were five regular students, one who is a Nia teacher herself and another Nia teacher in addition. So six showed up from what I am thinking of as “Camp Nia”. I am so honored to have such wonderful students that they came to support me and Nia. They came to help show the members of the club how great Nia is. So that list of people is going in my Goodie Jar.
I have another thing associated with this class that I will make a note of and put in this jar. This is something I have never put in the jar . . . but I am grateful for EVERY DAY! That is the bodies amazing ability to heal. While I was leading the class I scratch the back of my left hand. I didn’t really make contact with my right thumb very hard, but it was hard enough to draw blood and it was at just the right angle and spot that my left hand went numb and tingly at the same time. One of the next moves was a fast small chop that we do from the wrist, somewhat as if you are giving someone a “karate chop massage”. Well, I could not do that with my left had without a lot of pain. So I didn’t.
I finished the routine and was only slightly aware of the odd pain-numb sensation until I went to get up on the floor and push up with my left hand. OOOOO! That didn’t work.
The rest of the day I was VERY aware of my hand. It started to feel better than I would do something and realize it was not better. But as the night wore on it got better and better. I am convinced I hit my hand in such a way that I temporarily injury a nerve. I am soooo grateful that it is almost 100% back to normal. So THAT is going in my goodie jar. WHEW!
What about you? Thanks for listening to my good things. I would love to hear about yours? What have you got? C’mon, if you are not doing the Goodie Jar project perhaps you would like to make note of the good things here?
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