Experiencing the good old days while they happen
Last week I spent too much time engaging with the faceless narrow minded and the trolls. It happens sometimes when there is a major cultural shift. I know better than to immerse in social media and the news stream, but sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm not doing myself any favors when I do …
For the record, I received perfect weather for my birthday weekend. One day was dark, stormy and delicious, just the way I love it. The next day was absolutely spring perfect with high blue skies, low humidity and the freedom to be outside all day long, also just the way I love it. I know …
It's May. May means many things to me. For the last three years it's been a season of graduations, high school graduations followed by a college graduation including two more college graduations this year. It's a season of death, with my 23rd cancerversary on the 9th, and also, thankfully, a season of life, with my …
Easter isn't really my thing. As a child, I loved it, and my parents went all out with the baskets, the candy and the hiding eggs. But as I grew older, I stopped caring as much. When my children were little, we gave Easter baskets but didn't get into 'the bunny' -creepy AF, if you …
I shared earlier this year about joining Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project experience for 2019. I haven't gone after it as hard this month because I haven't entirely embraced the theme. It's 'friends' if you must know, and I find myself already pretty happy in that category. I'm a less-is-more being where relationships are concerned because...introvert, …
I brought a book home from work yesterday, The Happiness Curve: why life gets better after fifty. I'm rather obsessed with happiness research anyway, but it did give me pause when I picked the book up. I don't just want to read this because it's about happiness, I also want to read it because, suddenly, …
I've been following the same morning routine since January. Having a plan when I get up helps me focus and move into the day smoothly, before the coffee kicks in and really wakes my brain up. I know the majority of people have been working their entire adult life, but as usual, I am not …
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