Mental hurdle: a busy gym I love our local gym, but guess what? So do a lot of other people. And this makes me happy, because it's locally owned by a couple (and the owners are super nice), AND our gym provides an AMAZING place for teens and pre-teens to hang out somewhere safe and… Continue reading Overcoming a mental hurdle, books + a meal plan!
I'm happy to report that my week has done pretty much a full turnaround. After spending much of Monday (okay, and part of Tuesday) sort of wrapped around the axle in a bit of a stress-induced spiral, I feel much better today. I credit this with the fact that yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) I decided to… Continue reading Better
I've been slowly plugging along through Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss, and I'm really enjoying it. I try to write down at least one quote from each interview in my notebook. The book is full of great WISDOM! I had no pictures to go with this post, so I found this owl. He is… Continue reading Quotes/ Wisdom – Tribe of Mentors
I started reading a new book yesterday: This was on my yearly book list, technically for Q4....but I was in the mood for something "inspirational". I've been in a pretty low time of reading. Hasn't felt like I've had much time for it lately at all. I finished a book on June 12 and then… Continue reading New book
In March, I finally finished Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You. I am a big Cal fan, so I was really excited for this one. Unfortunately, I don't think it was my favorite. It was okay- and I think the big, general takeaways have stuck with me. It definitely made me think differently… Continue reading Recent books/ with kids
I was reading some discussion a couple weeks ago now on Elisabeth's blog in response to the question: "When you read, do you read every word, or do you skim the pages?" I was surprised/shocked/literally kind of appalled (dramatic response? maybe? but it's the truth!) to learn that apparently, there are at least a few… Continue reading Reading every word
I read 3 books in January, which for me, is definitely solid! The Family Firm was one I started in December, finished in January. It's basically a parenting book, but didn't feel like your traditional "parenting book". It is written by economist Emily Oster and I felt like she took a fresh approach to common… Continue reading January Reads
First, some numbers, because this is the fun part about tracking stuff. Here were my "stats" for "number of days of intentional reading in the month" for 2021. (From January- May I was strict on trying to do Gretchen Rubin's "Read 21 in 21", so those were all at least 21 minute blocks. After that,… Continue reading 2021 Books
I haven't done a monthly goals post in a while. Mostly because I sort of gave up on really "setting goals" as this year progressed. I mean, I've been doing stuff/ accomplishing stuff, but in terms of meeting specific GOALS each month- not really. Then I got very annoyed with myself for writing things down… Continue reading DECEMBER goals
I made the executive decision yesterday to decorate our house for Christmas, on November 15th. This is maybe the earliest I have ever decorated, and I'm feeling good about it. I have referenced (probably ad nauseum, sorry), that things are BUSY right now. We have like 4 swim meets coming up before Christmas. Asher's birthday… Continue reading Fall, out. Christmas, in. And a book rec.
GRATEFUL KAE 