With all my informal research on minimalism, I have discovered that most people looking to simplify eventually end up drastically paring down their wardrobes so that they mostly include well-made classic pieces and just a few “fun,” trendy/colorful items. As my own look has evolved from mostly t-shirts and jeans to a more professional, …
Last weekend was charmingly simple—we didn’t have much going on, which is how I like it sometimes. Sometimes the social media world at large (I’m looking at you, Pinterest!) makes us think that we have to go all out for every holiday in order to maximize the enjoyment and show the world that we …
image via Runner’s World My half-marathon is coming up on Saturday, and with a 10-mile run last weekend that went superbly, I’m feeling a lot better about the upcoming race. It had seemed like all of my long runs (just about, anyway) during this bout of training had been uphill battles that I was …
We have been living in our current apartment for almost three years now (it will have been three years in about 3 weeks), and here is the sad truth: I’ve kind of hated our apartment almost since day one. At first, my twitterpated newlywed self could easily look past the many indiscretions and blemishes …
If you’ve been a blog reader of mine for a long time, you might remember my post on minimalism last summer or even my whole 50 Weeks to Organized project I worked on all last year. Basically, the drive behind both of those was that I was feeling an intense desire to simplify my life …
1. My goal to lose 5 pounds before the half marathon is going splendidly—something I forgot with weight loss is that two things really help me out: one, if I track my calories via myfitnesspal, and two, if I am able to see results relatively quickly. My problem before was that I wasn’t seeing …
Since one of my bucket list items is to visit all the national parks in Utah (all 18 of them!) with Matt, I figured we’d best get a move on with the ones closest to us first. I knew that the Golden Spike Monument was west of Brigham City, so I figured it …
Human pride is a funny thing, and it’s something that’s come to my attention a lot in my runs— If while I am running, I see someone else running, I tend to speed up. If I was about to walk during my run for whatever reason and I see someone—anyone—in the area around me …
