Seeing as we’re now almost halfway through the year (seriously?!), I figured it was high time to do my first check-in with my 101 in 1001 goals, which I set in lieu of the traditional new year’s resolutions this year. One thing I’ve loved about doing this type of list instead is that it has …
I have always been blessed with an abundance of energy and motivation, it seems like–I’ve always had a high drive to set goals and aim high and go for personal bests. Overall, this is a Good Thing–in fact, I’d count it as one of the things I actually like most about myself. But as …
For years I’ve read countless blog posts and magazine articles touting the life-changing magic of set morning routines–from CEOs to famous yogis, prolific writers to politicians, it seemed that everyone was jumping on the morning routine bandwagon, and it made me feel, for awhile, that because my day didn’t start with a green detox smoothie …
As I’ve mentioned before, I try to always be in the middle of several books at once so that I’ve got a pick to fit every mood that might come up. My “ideal four” genres to always have going on? An adult fiction, a young adult fiction, a nonfiction (often a self-help or religious title), …
It’s so random what I remember from my childhood–while I don’t remember some bigger things hardly at all (like the first time I was asked to play the organ in church or my first day of kindergarten), I do remember odd snippets here and there about memories seemingly unconnected to anything important, like wheeling the …
Today, Matt and I celebrate our “Lucky 7” Anniversary (though we won’t be doing much out of the ordinary to celebrate, as we already went out for our anniversary about a week and a half ago). In honor of the day, I thought I’d share 7 little facts about us: 1) We met in high …
If you’re new around these parts, this monthly series is an exercise in brevity as I try (sometimes not very hard) to summarize each day of our month in one sentence. (Also, I’ve been taking a picture of my daughter every day since she was born, and this is a GREAT place for me to …
Even though I don’t FEEL as motivated as usual half the time (I blame pregnancy exhaustion), I’m still having enough huge pushes of energy and inspiration to somehow ensure that I’ve been doing *fairly* well on my monthly goals. I’m sure a lot of it is because I am, at heart, a procrastinator—I thrive by …
