Stop Thinking and Try Doing
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller First of all, you have to tell […]
Go Ahead, Jump
We spent a little time in Tahoe on our recent trip out west. Man is it gorgeous out there! We all fell in love and started dreaming of going back […]
Peace of Summer
Summer has always been my special time to make myself crazy withprojects. I get flooded with all of these great ideas of things I can build, sew, paint, plant or […]
Success
Today I thought I would share a success story from my life. I have been trying to create a new habit for myself. I have been spending time noticing all […]
Change things up
We started a long overdue ban on electronics from 9 am to 5 pm at our house. I grew up in a home that often did not even have a […]
Intentional Acts of Kindness
I am lucky enough to be married to someone for whom random acts of kindness are not something he thinks about. He just jumps right in and has a way […]
Is your status quo worth maintaining?
“There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them.” […]
Why Worry?
“When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his […]
Have to or Choosing To?
When I was a kid my parents told me, “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.” I’m pretty sure their point was that I could pretty much pick […]
Taking down my “Look Gooder” trait
Part of the work I am doing with my life coach is called “taking down your traits” or getting them on a leash. The idea is basically that you get […]