Counseling Session in Progress

I've been so immersed in learning about counseling techniques, theories and strategies that I feel like I incorporate a lot of them into my daily interactions. Especially with friends that come to me frequently with their problems, worries or concerns.

Not sure if it is unethical or unprofessional to treat some of my friendly conversations as a "counseling session in progress", but I just feel like some of the basic principles of counseling are more beneficial even to friendships, than judgments or advice-giving.

Endless Possibilities

I'm in a good mood today. Probably because I've completed all my schoolwork ahead of time and can relax a little bit. Once I meet with the new practicum/internship coordinator, I'll be even more calm.

Now that it's fall and the weather is beginning to reflect the season, I've started thinking of new recipes to try that require fall ingredients. Pumpkins, apples, cinnamon, cranberries, squash, etc... I always forget how much I really love fall and what comes with it.

Since I love cooking and baking so much, I'm really regretting having been dumb enough to delete my old food blog. I'm considering starting a new one, and hopefully being able to update it more frequently. Suggestions? Comments? Would people even read it? Now that I caved in and got a smartphone, I assume the picture-documenting portion would be easier too. I just think it would be nice to share the results of my culinary adventures. I think ideally I would also want my blog to be more interactive, meaning getting recipe suggestions that friends have been wanting to try but haven't had the chance to make, creating them myself, and then writing an entry with feedback and suggestions to help them create it whenever they can. This would be more interesting and fun than just updating with my own entries every couple of weeks...

I've also wanted to start some sort of mail-order baking business. Starting with something small like having a handful of cookie or brownie options that people can order and have sent to their lucky friends, families, colleagues, etc. Have a signature look and design and logo. That would be fun...

Maybe if this teacher strike really happens, I can focus on this. Or I can try starting this during the holiday season with my month-long hiatus between semesters. I'll keep you all updated, but just wanted to receive some feedback about this idea of mine...

Hopefully I can start up the food blog #2 sometime this week.