So I’m the type of person who’s always working on something, right? Pretty much I can guarantee that on any given day, if you ask me what I’m working on as far as goals or hobbies or skills go, I will have a ready answer for you. That’s just how I am. But something that’s …
All posters via Runner’s World When I first started really getting into running, I was totally a newbie to the sport–I’d never done track in middle or high school, I’d never enjoyed any time I’d spent on a treadmill, and I’d never run more than 4 miles at a time EVER before I started training for a marathon back …
(Photo taken with friends 3 years ago on New Year’s Eve 2010) Here is a great secret of adulthood: maintaining friendships sure is a lot harder when you don’t have school together every day and church activities together every week. But here is another great secret of adulthood: we all need friends beyond our spouses (and …
Back when I originally started my blog in 2007, I didn’t have any definite plans for it—in fact, I wasn’t even sure I was planning on telling anyone I even had a blog because I kind of liked the idea of just keeping it private (kind of like an easier form of journaling, but …
*Well folks, it’s one of those weeks–a week when the universe conspires against you to make all of your least favorite things happen all at once: parent/teacher conferences, hall duty, monitoring lunch detentions, and midterm grades being due. It’s the perfect storm, and I can’t believe it’s only Tuesday. *I’ve been thinking a lot lately about …
Image via The research on listening to music while exercising is a bit confusing if you’ve ever taken the time to wade through it. Even while googling “exercise while listening to music” for an image, I saw multiple posters with sayings like “Listening to music while exercising can increase endurance by 15%” or “Music blocks …
I discovered a recipe of what to do when I’m feeling unmotivated: Set yet more goals for myself. Weird, but I’m hoping it’s going to work—like reverse psychology or something. If you remember back from my new year’s resolutions post, I mentioned that every month I want to set sub-goals to help myself start crossing …
One thing I love about blogs is that they’ve opened up little windows into a lot of issues that many people don’t talk about too openly: money, marriage, parenting, fears–they’re all out there on some blog, all the time. Call me a nosy bat-face, but I kind of love to hear about the little details …
