First, if you haven’t read this poem yet, you should go do so! Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters (it’s only a tiny short poem, and will open in a new window when you click on it—are you convinced to click yet?!). If you haven’t entered the $25 gift certificate giveaway, go do so here. —————– …
At 32, I occasionally have to remind myself that I am no longer a young adult… I’m full-fledged and all, even though I often get mistaken for a college student (which is nice at times—if you look young, people expect less of you. I can deal with the condescension I sometimes get at work because …
It’s quite easy for me to think positively as I’m sitting on the porch in 70-degree weather in sunny Florida. This isn’t always the case (flash forward to me arriving home in the frozen tundra of Rochester this evening). It also isn’t the case that everything is always ideal in life. You know, there are curveballs and …
I kept my apartment totally clean this week. Everyday, I picked up my stuff, cleaned the kitchen, put things where they belong, and made the bed (well, Joe might have done that). Does this sound like a big deal? Because it was. And it was easy too. That’s not to say I never made a …
I have a theory! Actually, I have many, but this is a really good one (if I do say so myself). Do you know the saying, “It takes money to make money?” The concept is that if you have money to start with, it’s easier to make more. Now, I like to apply that to …
Joe and I found out that Owl House is having a set dinner menu this evening, and as a result we decided to go there for lunch while Matthew was still with Mimi (my mom). Win! For dinner, it looks like we’ll be stuck with the original plan (to please my rib-lovin’ nephew), and we’re …
New Year’s Eve lunch was a big win. Takin’ one for the team at dinner… Read More »
My grandparents and my Mom generously paid off my car for me for Christmas. I feel slightly guilty, but also extremely grateful and happy that it has made me 100% debt-free. I also have a plan for the next month, some not-so-sneaky maneuvers up my sleeve, that will get some other things going for me …
“The problem isn’t that we have bodies, the problem is that we’re not living in them.” – Geneen Roth When I talk to people about the concept of mindfulness, their eyes usually glaze over. I use a person’s reactions to my initial comments as a gauge to help me figure out how far to go …
Bring yourself back to your body, even if you have to do it 1,000 times a day Read More »
I just finished watching the local news, which was reporting sensationally on the health of women in the US. Note: 12 states failed, and no state excelled. We’re not surprised, right? They noted that the states doing particularly poorly were those who did not have any legislation about health, or any promotional or educational campaigns aiming to …
I have spent most of my adolescent and adult life trying to be in good shape, and at different times I’ve been in better and worse physical condition, with the low points being (1) after my sister died and I moved from Boston back to Penn Yan (aka: the land of Pizza Hut eaters, no …
