Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.Just keep going. No feeling is final. Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours, I 59 Oof, 2021. Or, perhaps more appropriately, 2020 part two — a continuation of the prior year. Does anyone else feel like it just kind of happened? Sure, we celebrated the holidays and turned
Over the years, my annual planning approach has shifted from what would probably be called a traditional-resolutions approach in my 20s to a focus on a single word or phrase in more recent years. Despite the method, as an avid planner who strives for continually learning and growing, I almost create a list for what
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research. – Carl G. Jung Well, it’s official – I’m 40. And, while I’m not sure exactly what 40 is “supposed” to be like, I would say I feel more like 35. Maybe it’s denial, or perhaps it’s my mind playing catchup
“Today I’ll choose courage over comfort.” ~Brene Brown I sat down multiple times over the past few months to knock out my 2020 goals but was never able to finish. The distractions of a cross-country move, not to mention less time due to the move, as well as not really knowing where to start because
Although I’ve been making progress bit-by-bit, I am horrifically behind on all of my 2019 reviews and 2020 planning. I could blame it on the fact that we’re selling our home and getting ready to start a new life 1,300 miles from the home I’ve known for the past 12-plus years . . . actually,
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
“JANUARY, The first month of the year, A perfect time to start all over again, Changing energies and deserting old moods, New beginnings, new attitudes” ― Charmaine J Forde I love beginnings — especially as it relates to the calendar. A new year, month, week or even day provides refreshed opportunities and a chance to begin
I believe we are most beautiful when we are constantly shedding our old selves and moving into new light. ~Suki Waterhouse I’ve given myself permission to enter this year more slowly. This decision was partly due to spending the final days of 2018 away from home and therefore an absence of my review and planning
“The world was hers for the reading.” – Betty Smith I recently took an online quiz that calculates your reading speed and then estimates the number of books you could read if you did so for just 30 minutes per day. My number was 83 books. This revelation triggered simultaneous feelings of excitement (I can
It’s a new year and an opportunity to approach the next 365 days (or, 352 since we’re nearly two weeks in) from the place of a fresh start and renewal. Not that anyone needs a calendar to dictate when they can make a fresh start but the new year does lend itself pretty nicely to
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