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embrace / refrain started at the beginning of 2012 as a year long project.  I had fasted from food and pop in the past, and realized that in our commercialized culture, I could benefit from fasting from all sorts of things.  I had also failed at many attempts to form new habits, and wanted to find new and successful ways of doing so.  As a bonus, I wanted to start a blog and learn web development in WordPress.  So I started embrace / refrain.  Each month I either embrace a practice in hopes of forming beneficial habits or skills, or I refrain from something that needs to be cut out for awhile.  Along the way, I’ve been blogging about my successes and failures.

In May 2012, I embraced blogging on a more regular basis and started writing about a greater variety of interests.   I’ll continue to do that alongside of my monthly embrace / refrain projects.

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  • embrace |emˈbrās|

    verb [with obj.]
    1 hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection: Aunt Sophie embraced her warmly [no obj.] : the two embraced, holding each other tightly.
    2 accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically: besides traditional methods, artists are embracing new technology.
    3 include or contain (something) as a constituent part: his career embraces a number of activities—composing, playing, and acting.

  • refrain |riˈfrān|

    verb [no obj.] stop oneself from doing something: she refrained from comment.