I’m in a good place today. My thoughts are clear and walking through the fog is well, less… foggy. Is this what happens when I take time to care of my soul? Amazing. I haven’t spent a lot of time pondering my soul until recently (thanks to a ‘soul care’ friend ;). I guess I’ve
Once upon a time I met Brandon and fell in love. Today marks the 6th year of our wedding day. Still love struck by him.
The fastest two days of this year flew by. I was caught in a weird time warp where I was moving as fast as I could to get to the Summit… and then like at&t’s service, drop. The Summit was over. Eight months of preparing came down to 2 days of fast paced setting up,
This morning I woke up at 3:30am (well actually 3:38am) to make it to Rockford, IL – for a triathlon- for Brandon. Love that man. The morning had thick air that the moon could not glow through and the roads were covered in a frothy fog. There were gaps where you could see into the
The introvert in me lives on. After learning about Walden in school, I decided to start dreaming of residing in a simple home in the woods, growing a vegetable garden, and writing a book that changes the world for the better. However, my recent self-searching, part narcissistic and part really powerful, completely erases my Walden-inspired
I can’t remember the company but I remember the line from the commercial- We don’t make post-it notes; we just make the yellow brighter. I’ve been thinking about this in the context of my job but I think it has implications beyond 9-5. Most of the issues, situations, contexts, and moments that I experience, I
I read so I can be smarter. I recently read an excerpt from Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation (2000). “There is a Hasidic tale that reveals, with amazing brevity, both the universal tendency to want to be someone else and the ultimate importance of becoming one’s self: Rabbi Zusya, when
Although I can admit that the past 2 years have been difficult, I can confidently write that I am thankful for them. Sitting sweaty palmed in my first interview I asked for a challenge. Weeks later, when I was offered the position about 562 challenges plopped into my lap. Hello challenges. The best part of
This photo is my version of Where’s Waldo. Except replace the word “Waldo” with “Hubble”. Look closely… our strange little dog is there…
Thanks to a friend who hadn’t scratched the code on the Strengths Finder book, I now know my top strengths. StrategicPeople who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues. LearnerPeople who are especially talented in the