Yesterday was the winter solstice- the shortest day of the year. Here in Wisconsin, it's kind of a pastime for people to complain about the short days in December. 🙂 My own husband said one evening about a month ago, "Ugh. Here we go...into my least favorite time of the year. I hate driving home… Continue reading Patience and the Parable of the Pear Tree
I love collecting quotes. In fact, I need to come up with a better system for saving them. I have some in my "notebook", some are in an email folder, some saved on Instagram, others I never do save and end up losing.... 3 that I'm loving this week: 1. "As we express our gratitude,… Continue reading Three Things Thursday + Lights!
Taking a break from my final day of the Productivity Series because I'm short on time this morning! Ironically, during this entire week that I've been writing about productivity, my brain has been completely distracted. Ha. Remember these toys? Well, I'm pretty sure this is what the inside of my head looked like all week.… Continue reading Popcorn Brain
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 seriously debated not writing a post this morning because I am CRABBY. Went to bed crabby, woke up crabby. Dang it. Was hoping it would magically disappear while I slept. Why am I crabby, you may ask? That is an excellent question. I am crabby because my evening last night didn't go exactly the… Continue reading Using “the happiness equation” to solve my crabby mood
Last week a podcaster that I follow asked for topic suggestions/ Q&A questions (in the working mom/parenting genre). I've had something on my mind lately that I truly think would make for a very interesting podcast episode: "How do you handle it when your child is not just like you?" The handsome child in question… Continue reading Personality differences
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
My calendar this morning raises a very good point. Specifically, the last line:This sounds very simple, but the truth is, it's much easier said than done.Today's quote is talking about gratitude, and that it really comes down to simply thinking more about what is right and less about what is wrong. I think this is a… Continue reading Simple, not easy
I love fables. I think they are such an amazing way to share a lesson. I ran across two recently that I thought were awesome, so I'm going to share those today. I also posted my personal favorite fable back on Cinco de Mayo here if you want more. 🙂 #1: "You never really know for… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday
