Put yourself first…no excuses
Am I the Drama?
Constant competition confuses me. I believe that I am a highly self-competitive person, meaning that I get a lot of joy and motivation from beating myself if I’m trying to get better at a certain skill like riding a bike well or baking or meditating or running. Beating yesterday Mary at tangible stuff I can…
What the Face?
I never paid attention to most Instagram filters until last week. Aside from me and my kids liking to pretend we have bunny noses and dog ears from time to time, they haven’t been a thing for me. I didn’t find out until last year that some people really do regularly facetune their selfies or…
Earnest
That’s who I am. At my core, that’s in the top three words that fully encompass me. The more I consider exactly what I want my life to look like during any given season and how I intend to live out that vision, the more I come back to the word earnest. I’ve been called…
You Can Settle
A tweet I saw this morning: “Good enough is not enough. Settling is not the vibe. It’s time to stop believing you cannot experience the best relationships, the best clients, the best health, the best love, and the best success. It’s time to demand more for yourself.” On one hand, I get it and fully…
Pics or it Didn’t Happen
I have questions. Before 2005 (the year we started being able to post pictures on FB), nobody knew what you ate for lunch unless you saw them and told them. I say saw them and told them because I did not have text messaging abilities until well into 2009 and I do not talk to…
Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
Hi there. I know it’s been awhile. I took a summer break. I wanted to keep my words to myself for awhile and I thought summer with the kids home was a good time to do that. I thought this summer would be extra awesome and there were so many moments of awesome coupled with…
For the Love of Hammocks
Every time I look back on the middle/high school years, the memories that stick out the most are the hours on hours I spent laying in our backyard hammock listening to music. If it was summer, that’s where you could find me every day and sometimes late at night. Before safe spaces were a thing…
Rage I Guess
Hi there. It’s been two weeks and honestly, I haven’t felt the urge to write. I’ve felt the urge to scream and throw things. If I knew of a rage room situation where I could go or a kitchen demo project that I could take it all out on I probably would have done that…
An Ode to Baths
I didn’t think I was a bath person. It didn’t seem like my thing to just soak for 20 minutes or more and do nothing else. But last August after running more than I ever had before for months, my legs were sore. My body wanted rest. And it’s not like I was going anywhere…
The Favorite Things Post Absolutely No One Asked For
No one, absolutely no one asks me what my favorite things are. Nevertheless, there are a handful of items I use every single day that I feel compelled to share with whoever reads this. I’ve been using whatever I mention below for at least a year, some stuff for the past few years, and it’s…
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