I’ve hesitated to write and post this, because 2019 was not a great writing year. I wrote 51,173 words, which is the lowest for nearly a decade. This may also explain, at least in some part, why I’ve gone from …
Balancing the Books
Those who have seen my self-help articles or had coaching sessions with me know I go on and on about having multiple small goals and adding up to accomplishments with baby steps. But the reason I keep talking about them …
Lessons in Wanting Too Much (& Doing Just Enough)
It’s the end of May, and this year, you may have noticed, my weekly post schedule has pretty much fallen to a monthly post, after 2 years of consistent, weekly content. Assessing the Signs My little project percentage bar on …
Word of the Year – 2019
Intention I debated different words for 2019, all a little less passive than my past ones. Since 2011, my previous words have included ‘strength‘, ‘connect‘, ‘improve‘, ‘settle‘, ‘kindness‘, ‘create‘, and ‘trust.’ 2018 was about finding roots, about trusting the world …
Reflections of my Word of the Year: Trust
In 2017, I set a ‘theme’ of ‘create.’ For 2018, I choose ‘trust.’ For those of you who aren’t aware of the back-story of my process, 2017 was an exhausting year that marked the end of a difficult transition period …
The Autumn Feels
The weekend began with a gentle whisper. All was calm. That has been rare lately, I have to admit, but I took the space that was given. This week, I sat outside my husband’s work waiting for him to come …