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This week I brought home the footstool I had taken out to be reupholstered. Seeing it back in its space - an extension of the rocker brought me so much joy! So much so that I started thinking of all the things that make me smile … I went back into the archives and re-read one of my blog posts on the very subject … Doing that - made me smile! That girl - the one who wrote that - I didn’t give her enough credit … She trusted her instincts far more than I ever understood at the

I recently had a whirlwind trip to see family. It was last minute, less than 24 hours and I was navigating four bebes’ schedules, packing etc. My part of the planning ended - temporarily - when we boarded our first flight … Someone else was responsible for navigating the where’s and when’s and how’s from that point until we arrived back at the airport. It was a great visit, everything went smoothly … Sometimes my brain doesn’t switch off … My papa had upgraded his phone this

I made a joke last week about having a principle that states “I am physically capable of carrying something; that doesn’t automatically make it mine to carry” and then promptly decided to move my sectional - by myself. It was funny. I had quite literally ignored one of my own principles while quoting it. But it also made me stop. I created these principles for myself, to act as guardrails … To keep me accountable, force myself to pause and ask should I be doing this … I lean

When I moved into this place, I saw a gorgeous green couch that I wanted for my living room. I love my current couch - it’s just too small for the space it’s sitting in. This year - I put the couch on my vision board. Yes, I’m a vision board girlie … I like visuals of all the goals I’m pursuing. What’s interesting … As I look at my board, I’ve slowly started building the life I envisioned. That’s the fascinating thing … I wanted it, I imagined it, you could even say I wish

I’ve had the same hairdresser for years … I loved that she knew my hair, my vibe, the amount of time and/or energy I was actually going to put into my hair etc. She shifted to hairdressing as a side income several years ago but kept some of her core clients … There were random reschedules but that happens … In June I got the text that she needed to reschedule .. Ok … I sent her a follow up asking about rescheduling … Nothing … About a week later, I sent another follow up … No

Back to school vibes … I will always look at this time of year in terms of momentum, how that looks will change but there will always be movement. This year I chatted with my financial planner … Now that I’ve had a year and a bit to get comfortable with owning a home and the costs surrounding that, we chatted about changing my savings - I had turned them off and I essentially turned them back on. In the process of doing this, my brain started to shift … I see all these “le

I travel annually with two of my girlfriends … the memes where one does all the bookings, one creates the itinerary and the other travels on vibes? That’s us … give or take. I typically book the flights … I like the details on comings and goings … do I especially enjoy booking flights? No. Do I think finding flights is much more complicated than it needs to be? Yes. I used chat … pulled up all the saved tricks I saved over my media feeds … Do I think this saved me enough to

While I like to pretend I’m not a hoarder … I have tendencies … I hoard vacation - I mean I use it - but not haphazardly. Our cottage rental runs Monday to Monday. I come home Sunday night so I can work on Monday’s - this way I’m taking 5 days off and not 6. Taking the extra Monday feels like a throw away - hence the hoarding reference. This year though … I booked the extra day, I took the Monday off. My parents were here the week leading up to the cottage, the funeral, a

I spent a week with friends at a cottage. A group of us have been doing this for a few years now. One of the things I love about going is how much reading I do. This trip I was in and on the water everyday and still managed to read four books. I love books with characters that the author spends time developing … characters you - as the reader - engage with, cheer for, cry with … I especially love when those characters evolve over the course of the book … It’s easier to conne

A few weeks ago I felt like I’d stepped onto a new path … no idea where it was leading but fear hadn’t arrived yet - trust had. I’ve been finding breadcrumbs - evidence since then … someone told me that grief strips away the noise … I think that’s true … It makes seeing things easier because the excess falls away. Reciprocity keeps coming up … as evidence, in conversation … not in a transactional sense but in how energy moves through us … in the relationship we have with ou

I’m a morning person - I have been as long as I can remember … I’m also that kid who needs sleep or has trouble functioning (read I’m emotional, I have trouble managing my filters etc. etc.). So late nights have always taken more out of me. I also like routines in the morning - so does my papa … The more time I spend with him the more I’m reminded that he’s a creature of habit and doesn’t like his routines disrupted … It's like having an early warning system for my future sel

A few weeks ago I mentioned I was using ChatGPT to help me modify my routines, create more consistency while also balancing my need to get everything done with a sense of calm, a sense of intention. That has turned into something bigger … something almost unrelated - almost! In doing several stream-of-conscious mind dumps - with the hope that ChatGPT would pick up on the patterns … I moved to a “here are all the things I want to achieve” - is there a single tool or applicatio

I am a fan of movies with superheroes, underdogs … I love a good Marvel movie. Rocky is my ultimate guilty pleasure … I like watching people overcome … Real or fiction - it doesn’t matter … Stories where someone is fighting for the life they want, where they get up again and again - even in the moments when it’s hard, when it hurts, when everything inside you is screaming at you to stop … Watching those moments - I feel those moments, my whole body feels those moments. I know

I was in a weird headspace a few days ago … I sat down with my laptop and began a conversation with ChatGPT. It started with my asking for a modification to my strength routine, which included some parameters and considerations (e.g., my current program, areas of focus etc.). Then I decided to ask for a modification to my morning routine based on how I have been feeling and what I want from my mornings. I then threw my budget (at a very high-level) at it and looked for recom

I’m a fan of warm weather - of summer in general. Last year and this year the humidity levels have pushed temperatures into highs I’m not used to and for periods of time I don’t love. The heat is almost unbearable and typically comes with dramatic pressure changes which can push me into headache and/or migraine territory. Which I really don’t love. This year the heat has come with air quality advisories - which makes everything heavier. It also means being outside is harder