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 …
I always thought that our spending habits when it came to groceries were pretty normal (maybe because for the first six years of our marriage, we lived in a poor college town full of poor college students), but based on some of the comments coming in lately asking how we manage to spend …
You guys—I’m on spring break. I have actually been on spring break since Tuesday at exactly 3:06 PM. Sadly, you wouldn’t know it by looking at my daily activities though, which have been noteworthy only in the fact that I’ve gotten a little bit of extra sleep. Recently, I have come to accept the …
Life’s been pretty busy lately, but now that I’m going into the home stretch of the school year, I have had a *little* more time to read, and my latest crop of books has not disappointed. Just a reminder as to the significance of the ratings: 5 stars = life-changing (and I try not to …
After my humiliating goal attempts in February, I was determined to make last month count. And I don’t know if it was the determination that came from having achieved so very little the month before or if it was the coming out of the sun and springtime weather, but I kicked BUTT in March on …
