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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Photo of my desk this very morning. My creative process isn't tidy and requires coffee. Can we talk about the fact that it's nearly February? It doesn't seem possible that the first month of the year is almost behind us. Personally, I feel like I climbed a mountain of hard things right at the beginning …
Someone asked me the other day about the Happiness Project. I talked about it for a few minutes, about why I paid to join a coaching system and what I hope to accomplish. Then there was a follow-up question: So how many "resolutions" do you have this year? I don't know. I'm taking it day …
In November, I wrote about how 2018 was a year without a name. The concept of a word or theme for the year is fairly widespread (go ahead, google it if you need more information.), and I have taken part in the concept for years. Maybe you think it's hokey or gimmicky, which is fine, …
