It seems like in recent years idealizing working from home has become the new American Dream. I certainly understand the allure. I’ve been working from home since 2003. And I think I have heard every iteration of why it must be so nice for me. The assumption is that I...
Though I love the excitement of the holiday season, I welcome the return to the regular day-to day living. I know that “real life” can feel mundane or boring after all the holiday festivities, but darling, our daily life is where the rubber meets the road....
Welcome to the beginning of another School Year! Everywhere you look, kids are heading back to school. And all around us we hear that now is the time to start fresh! Begin our own year! Pursue those goals and resolutions you set at the beginning of the year. But do...
If you want to get more done, ask a busy person. While I eschew busy-ness as a badge of honor, there’s no doubt that there are folks out there that get a lot done AND don’t succumb to overwhelm or burnout. Though you could argue that personality and responsibilities...
If there’s one thing I know well it’s that the desire to live a more nourishing life doesn’t always align with taking the actions necessary to do so. It isn’t as if you don’t want life to be just a little better, you want life to be...
Once we get beyond the giddy excitement of new year’s resolutions and setting goals. Then the reality of real life sets in. And it can often feel as if we’ll never reach those goals. And then, we roll around to the end of the year and we wonder what...
In the summer of 1998, I had my very first Windows Vista computer and my own AOL account. I set it up at the end of our dining room table, dragged a twenty-foot phone cord from the living room over, and waited for the beep beep beep. By the time fall rolled around,...