Three years ago I made a note to myself in my journal. I had been reading something--an article or a book-- and wanted to boil down what I had read to a mantra. The entry says this: Work when you are working. Relax when you are relaxing. Write when you are writing. And it is …
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My To-Don’t List
I am a total nerd for lists. Lists and calendars help keep my scattered brain somewhat focused even though it's generally just a mess of ideas, questions, memories, and junk that just kind of scrambles in and out the door before I get a grasp on it. I have a planner full of lists, a …
Hope Is How We Survive
Because I am a lover of words, I sometimes get a single word trapped in my head on a loop. The word won’t leave me until I exhaustively research it, wringing out every last bit of meaning, applying the word to my life, drinking the word up like a big glass of water. Only after …
So Now I’m Learning How To Be Content…
I finally learned something about being content. The key to being content is, get this, allowing yourself to be content. I know, mind blowing, right? Seriously, for some people this comes easily, but for, I want to say MOST of us, it does not. Especially me. It's hard for me to be content. I want …
Bye-Bye to Bad Thoughts – How to Embrace and Work Through Worry
Next up on my road to mindfulness... Working through (and embracing) bad thoughts. Something that has always stuck with me from my therapy days was the notion of ACCEPTING my feelings, worries, and fears. A lot of my stress and anxiety came from the fact that I was upset with myself for being upset. I …
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