Good thing number one: I still have a job — which, unfortunately, is not true for all of my colleagues. This was my first experience working for a company with layoffs and it’s not a good feeling — even when you find out you’re “safe,” it’s a guilty sense of relief as you know there were
For the past two months, I have been exploring the field and tenets of positive psychology through coursework via UPenn and Coursera. I’m about halfway through Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization, which includes four courses. I was initially interested in this field as more of a curiosity. I had heard of positive psychology but really
Can you feel that? The darkness extending through the night just a bit longer. The slight crispness to the air. The trees beginning to let go of their green symbol of summer and giving way to the softer colors. Fall is coming! But, before I can fully engulf myself into all the amazingness that is
July was an activity-filled 31 days that passed entirely too quickly. We ushered in the month in Alaska and celebrated our nation’s birthday on the Pacific Ocean by way of a cruise ship. Throw in a camping trip, starting a new house/furniture project (we may be a bit in over our heads), meeting a few
We officially passed the 2019 mid-way point a few weeks ago, which is both hard to believe and not — just like how some moments pass so quickly you can hardly keep up and others creep along excruciatingly slowly. But, however quickly the time seemed to pass to get you here, here we all are.
June has come and gone — and it brought many wonderful moments and also a few challenges, the largest of which I documented in a prior post: post-achievement blues. I’m a bit behind (like, more than a week) on posting my monthly reflection but, for good reason, as I spent the first part of the
June was glorious. June was rough. An accomplishment-high like no other. And then came the fall. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Okay, I think you get it. Last month, I had my first real experience with post-achievement blues. The first day of our big product implementation was blissful. In
Some people prefer sweet. I tend to lean more towards savory. I can pass up a piece of candy, cake, etc., with little to no effort but put something hot, cheesy, salty in front of me and that’s where my will power gets a run for its money. This dish combines all of the elements
Even when I feel life has been taken over by the mundane and the just-getting-by and I’ve had to put aside so many things that bring me joy (this blog included) to make space for other priorities, it’s rewarding to reflect on a month and find that there were pockets of good stuff. It wasn’t
Spring has sprung and that means all of the yummy produce we can handle! And, while we’re still anxiously awaiting the best part of spring — the opening of our local farmers’ markets — we’re finding many treasures at our local grocery store to experiment with new recipes. Most recently, we tried a to-die-for carrot
