2022 was the year I embraced a lot of change and new things. We moved twice, began our term as Service Adventure Leaders, traveled to Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Mexico. In 2023, I want to cultivate the seeds already planted. Seeds for new growth, new adventures, and continuing to seek out fulfilling life paths. [...]
Category: Creative
Balance in 2022
What does balance look like to you? For me, I am looking to be less of a workaholic in 2022, embrace more white space, say no when I just need to rest, and find room in my day-to-day to take care of me. One way I started finding more room to rest in 2021 was [...]
Mindfulness | Journaling Practice
I am an avid writer and have kept a journal for yearssss (I have a tub of journals since I've been married). I write when I am angry, tired, scared, happy, and sorrowful. 2020 gave me a lot of opportunities to understand my feelings better. Writing helped me process the trauma of the last 9 [...]
2020 – Word of the Year
I've been choosing a word of the year for the last few years, this year's is a repeat. Not surprisingly. This last summer brought some new joy, I loved watching my little plants grow. To go from seed to plant, to drying out the leaves and jarring the herbs. I was amazed by their growth [...]
Setting up my 19-20 Academic Weekly Simplified Planner
A few years ago, I was beginning a new planner every few months because I didn't like the format or the size or the color scheme or whatever I was using. I was a long time Emily Ley fan and while I loved the planners from the outside looking in, I was afraid to commit [...]
Warm Weather Closet Organization Tips
This post contains affiliate links.Summer is literally 13 days away and even though I wanted to swap out my winter attire for warmer styles plenty of time in the last 2 months I just got around to it on June 1. Mostly cause the winter weather has wanted to stick around no matter how many [...]
Simplified Weekly Planner 2019
This post contains affiliate links, when you buy through these links I recieve compensation. This post is not sponsored. Several years ago, I wrote about the first time I found planner peace when I recieved my first Simplified Academic Weekly Planner. Little did I know then that my peace wouldn't be short sighted, but a [...]
Sustainability | Reducing Waste during the Holidays
Tis the season for wrapped gifts in bags, with bows, and boxes under a tree... but unfortunately, that pretty shiny, laminated gift wrap paper is, in fact, not recyclable. And to include it in the bin with other paper products can make an entire load unrecyclable. If wrapping paper is metallic, or glittery, or has a [...]
Finished Reading: A Well Crafted Home by Janet Crowther
My mom is a crafter, she always taught us to try to make before buying. With her I've made rabbit hutches, customized spirit jeans for homecoming, made more curtains than imaginable, and she's always sewn my halloween costumes. I on the other hand need help with crafting. My mom can envision an entire project from [...]
New York Street Style
If you remember I received the Paris Street Style coloring book last year, I really have come to love this little coloring book. It's a great compact size, has an elastic band and is great to toss in your tote bag for traveling. When I saw the new Tokyo and New York Street Style books, [...]
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