On Tuesday I posted about following my own lead when I was tired. I tried to do what I really "needed" to do that day to feel good, not just blindly follow my to do list or self-imposed expectations. The other day, I read about a sort of related idea (but in an opposite direction),… Continue reading Clearness
Last night I was sitting and reading my current non-fiction choice (You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why it Matters), and a couple of lines stood out to me that I wanted to share. "Everybody is interesting if you ask the right questions."-Kate Murphy, p. 40 I had to stop reading for a second… Continue reading Everybody is interesting
I know many people who read blogs also tend to be pretty heavy "book" readers as well, so I'm curious: Where do you get the majority of the books you read? Are you Team Library? Team "Purchase the Hardcover"? Team Kindle/E-Reader? Team Audiobook? I personally am usually a combination of library + purchase, heavy slanted… Continue reading Books: Buying vs. library
I'm almost finished reading Solve for Happy, and it's one of those books I'm sad to be coming to the end of. I really love it.One big recurring theme throughout it is the concept of mindfulness. The author talks about how we so often spend a majority of our lives "living in our thoughts" in the… Continue reading A fascinating experiment in mindfulness
Okay, I gotta share this. It just so perfectly represents something that I think about often, but could never really explain.First- watch this short video clip (if you received this in your email, click through to my site to see the video). It's only 1 minute long. The gist of it is that you have… Continue reading A social experiment
I mentioned this book on our Family Reads list back from July, but I ended up setting it aside when we went up north and then I never really picked it back up again until recently.I finished it the other day. Overall, I think I liked the more general first half of the book the… Continue reading What kids need to hear
Last week Thursday we had a pizza and movie night- well, only Ivan and I watched the movie since the kids were outside at the neighbor’s house. We rented “Little Women”- I’d been wanting to see it for a long time, the one that came out at the end of 2019.Side note: I think I… Continue reading Monday Motivation: Own your story
My planning paid off and I had a nice day yesterday! I mentioned in my reading list on Sunday that I’ve been reading The New Corner Office, the e-book by Laura Vanderkam about how to work better from home. One section that caught my eye was about “taking breaks”. This advice was geared toward working people,… Continue reading Better Breaks
I was just in Barnes and Noble the other day (first time in a bookstore in a long time...) and it was so wonderful. I love bookstores!! Since I knew my weekend was going to be deliciously wide open, I started making plans on Friday to fit in some nice, long chunks of reading. It dawned… Continue reading Family Reads
Full rainbow last night after a storm!You guys, I am SO EXCITED! I just discovered my favorite new podcast. I couldn’t wait to wake up this morning to write this post and share it with you!Quick back story… If you read “My Gratitude Journey” post (link here) that I wrote a while back, you will… Continue reading The Gratitude Diaries
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