Love, life, & Living
Fitting It-All-In
Fitting it-all-in. Yeah right. All of it, into a life. One life. Getting the balance right. That’s what I’m going to tackle today. Fitting it-all-into one life is easy. HA! LOL! ROFL! Sure, if you’re Buddhist or maybe one of those people that throw everything away except the essentials like a tweezers and a chip clip.…
Read MoreHow Do You Say No Without Feeling Guilty?
How Do You Say No Without Feeling Guilty? I say Yes a lot. I bet you do too. I like to say Yes because I’m interested in so many things. I like people, I’m social and I want to help. Maybe sometimes I say yes out of guilt, guilty – ness ugh, or how people…
Read More*Waves Frantically* Come Sit By Me
*Waves Frantically* Come Sit By Me!– Forget Carbs I’m Kind of Lonely. I just got an email that compelled me to move past carbs and food when talking about health and broach a much more difficult topic: loneliness. I’ve been hurt in my life, felt angry, and been lonely but I think the emotion that ached the most,…
Read MoreLess Hustle, More Joy
Less Hustle, More Joy. I spend so much time thinking about this idea it gets in the way of my Netflix streaming/binging. Here’s what I know. If the culture (looking at you Oprah, Victoria Secret, Martha Stewart) can convince you that you don’t have The Life You Want, that your pores should not exist, that…
Read MoreTired? Manage Energy Not Time.
Why do I talk about naps like other people talk about sex? Here’s the story. “I wish there was a way to exercise without it taking up so much damn time. I have so little time theses days.” This is what I heard myself saying the other day.
Read MoreHow To Not Burn Out
How to not burn out (insert laughter here). I’m laughing because I am burned out. I’m so burned-out I think I burned out my burnout. But, I’m not out of the game and that counts for something (no it doesn’t not really). Because, I can do better than just ‘not out of the game’. I…
Read MoreLet’s Figure This Health Thing Out Together
Come sit by me and let’s figure this health thing out together. I have a lot of friends, but let’s be honest….I need a lot of friends. I’m high maintenance. Not the grooming kind of high maintenance, nope, I’m not a groomer. But I need a lot of chat to keep the wheels on this…
Read MoreLove, Thanks, Hello
Love, Thanks, Hello – these are my favorite words. I can tell they are my favorite words because I use them non-stop in my speaking and my writing. Love, Thanks, Hello I have a writer friend named Craig Childs http://www.houseofrain.com and he posted this on Facebook the other day. “Jasper (his son) says to me, “You…
Read MoreFeeling Tired? Maybe You’re Burned-Out.
Feeling Tired? Maybe You’re Burned-Out. When I envision families with both parents working I think of people who are working so hard for the things they love that fatigue is an every day experience. I think of people so devoted to their passion, so creative and gifted and self-less that I feel hope for…
Read MoreDemco And My Little Free Library Journey
I just took a lovely walk with Demco and I want to tell you about my little free library journey. I’m a girl who has had library-love her whole life. Before I could read I sat in the library moving my lips pretending. I wanted people to think I was a prolific reading genius. Once…
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