My life, for the past six months, has been busy, and there is no sign of slowing on the horizon. This gives me mixed emotions. I feel grateful that I am not the person I was a year ago, reclusive, overweight and tired, wearing my resignation on the outside. I feel proud of myself for Read More
Category: Living
Clean Living
As I was making my bed and getting ready for work yesterday, implementing my Million Dollar Morning routine, a thought struck me. Before I quit drinking, I would never in a million years been able live the way I’m living today. At this productive pace. At this level of fulfillment. The normal day for me Read More
Boundaries over Balance
As always with the new year, I’m spending the first few weeks looking back, looking ahead, and trying to recalibrate. My last post, the first in quite awhile, describes my issues with finding balance. But you know how the minute you put something out into the universe, something pops up to make you question it? Read More
I’m With You
Waking up to a blank slate in 2024, I couldn’t think of a better way to start the year than to connect with my WordPress community. I’ve been tracking many of you with your post notifications, and cheering you on from afar. I have no excuse for not commenting and supporting all the lovely endeavors Read More
Pushing Back to Move Forward
I consider myself an easygoing person, sometimes to a fault. I tend to be a peacemaker, and don’t like conflict. Speaking up, pushing back and going against the flow are necessary for me to grow and thrive. But because this is against my nature, I have to remind myself that the easy way is often Read More
A brighter shade of gray
Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. John Maxwell It’s safe to say most of us don’t like change. And yet, if stuck in the same rut for too long, we begin to crave something different. When I quit drinking, it was a summoning of courage I didn’t believe I possessed. Blind faith; trust in God Read More
Leaving the Nest
Hello Friends: I know it’s been awhile. I’m occupying a place of contradiction; busy yet still, full yet unsatisfied, grateful yet melancholy. I struggle with feeling I’ve nothing new to say, yet I want to make my voice heard. A month ago, I hung a spring wreath on my door made of twigs and pink Read More
Weekend Book Review: Bewilderment
Bewilderment by Richard Powers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Fiction, Dystopian Fiction Edition Reviewed: Audiobook, Unabridged Published September 21st 2021 by Random House Audio “The laws that govern the light from a firefly in my backyard as I write these words tonight also govern the light emitted from an exploding star one billion light-years Read More
Small Steps
Happy new year! I’ve noticed that a year has a cycle of its own: The hopeful, verdant productivity of spring; the hot, leisurely lull of summer; the nostalgic, fire-colored winding down of fall; the final determined frosty push of winter. After December, though winter has still some proving to do, we turn to a new Read More