September has always felt like a time of renewal and change. And of getting back on track, into a routine that allows you to predict parts of your day again. Every season offers change but with [...]
It’s the ding that really gets me. My husband and I are sitting out on the porch in an almost-fall-like morning, sipping a cup of coffee when I hear it. The ding of an incoming message [...]
If you want to live a life you love you must let go. You must let go of thoughts, things, and people that don’t offer meaning, necessity, or purpose for you in and for your life. I have [...]
My daughter and I ask this question when things get difficult. “Can I use this as an opportunity or will I let it be an obstacle?” In all cases where something is hard, I am trying to [...]
This is, once again, not your typical post about making New Year’s resolutions. I am not too keen on making resolutions once a year. I have written about this before. And every year I feel [...]
If you’ve read anything I’ve written you know that I am not a huge fan of New Year’s and resolutions. To me personally, it feels more pressure-filled than anything else. Of [...]
The world is full of endings. Your life, actually, is sprinkled with them. You have parties and celebrations and farewells to mark the end of a year, a career, a life. All of these [...]
As we round up the final weeks of this year, it is good to take a look at what will make the next more fulfilling. I know that when I feel purposeful and am an active participant in my life, I [...]
Recently, I learned a doozy of a new word that helps unpack the benefits and power of minimalism: pleiotropic. If that isn’t a spelling bee kind of word I don’t know what is. [...]
When it comes to living with less, knowing why you want to live that way is important. It is important mostly because the idea of living with less can sound a bit daunting, unappealing, perhaps [...]
