This will be my fourth year in a row picking a word of the year. I added the ‘in a row’ part because I am not always known for consistency. But look, here I am showing up to share my word of the year in 2021 so maybe there is hope for me yet. …
As 2020 begins it feels right to be reviewing everything and that is what I have been doing so much of lately. My quiet moments so far are filled with making lists and taking notes. Writing is hard work and review posts like a 2019 Holiday Review, Books I Read in 2019 or Book I Plan T …
I like to pick a word of the year. Most people use aspirational modifiers. I love to choose solid single nouns. I first participated in this exercise in 2018 when I had just returned from a magical Christmas in England and my word was TEA. It was simple, I wanted to make a habit of …
A Season of Change Things I Learned this Summer: 2019 edition It has been a while since I have written anything here. Things have changed a lot in the last two months. I am slowly growing accustomed to this season of change and trying to re-order everything to live in a way that is consistent …
We always seem to be busy. It feels like we go from event to event mindlessly sometimes. I know I am not alone in feeling like I am losing an important thread as I attempt to craft a life of meaning and worth. I can’t always stop everything I am doing or thinking …
What I learned: Spring 2019 I love this practice of taking note, remembering and recording the lessons of each season. I started last fall when my blogging buddy, Erica told me about this practice that Emily P. Freeman was leading. I encourage you to try it too so that you can go back and read …
Watching An Ancient Thing Burn I saw it burning as I stood in line to buy lunch, staring at the screen from a distance and trying to make sense of the scene. The smoke was clear but where and what was on fire? It was an ancient thing that had survived 800 years of war …
It has been a long and wet winter. When I say wet, I mean it the worst way. There has been no snow just cold biting rain for what feels like weeks at a time. Even when there was no rain, the sky has been gray, giving only a thin blue light through a foggy …
It feels like everyone I know is choosing a “word of the year” and I want to resist but I just can’t. I don’t make New Years Resolutions any more, because I got sick of failure. Instead, sometimes I make one or two easy to measure goals, like I just want to weigh less on …
To say that I was having a hard year in 2016 is an understatement. My stress level was so high that my husband sent me to the doctor to make sure that I was not about to have a heart attack. I had to sit down and reevaluate my days and the flow of my …