“I will live for love, and the rest will take care of itself.” ― Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories week in review gratitude: my fiance this week’s intention: breathe what I’m reading: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success + Essentialism read The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories + Check, Please (#1 – 3) suit shopping for fiance quick
“Creativity exists more in the searching than the finding.” ~Stephen Nachnamovitch I’ve lost my creativity — specific to writing, that is (maybe not lost, but it’s definitely on hiatus). At work, I’m a creative monster knocking out strategic plans and developing new ways to do things like it’s nothing. And, maybe it’s that I’m pouring
Baking. Snuggling. Holiday movies. Napping. Gathering with friends. More baking — and napping. Happiness. The past week will go down as one of my favorites of 2017. With the exception of one day of working (in PJs from the comfort of my home), I savored time with my loves and friends who, like us, steered clear
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if
Phew! What a packed last couple of weeks — and the holiday season has only just officially kicked off. And, speaking of kicking off the holiday, we officially became one of those families who decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving. In our defense though, we were out of town Thanksgiving weekend and the weather was just so nice the
Viewing my Instagram account, the one thing you may notice is how hues of red and orange have taken over the past few weeks. While inadvertent, this happy accident reflects the colors of the season and why I adore fall. I promise I didn’t choose my current book based on its cover colors, that was
“. . . and next, you will repeat the phrase again while thinking of someone you don’t like — someone who may have caused you pain. ‘May you be happy. May you be well. May you be comfortable and at peace.’” A few days ago, I settled into week six of the weekly meditation course
“Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, waste a lifetime!” ~Bill Owen It’s a GABF week (for those of you who may not be into the beer scene, that’s Great American Beer Festival), an event that equates to thousands of beer enthusiasts descending on our city to experience what
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Thirty-seven. I’m not sure what I thought my mid-30s (because I refuse to say late-30s until 38) would feel like, but I’m certain whatever I had imagined would pale in comparison to reality. Life is really, really good — and not just because
Life is a process of becoming. A combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ~Anais Nin
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