An Inventory Of Life
Every year on or near my birthday, I like to do an inventory of my life. I’ve done this in the past and wrote about it here. For the past couple of years, this has been less of a priority since things have been so stressful in my life. I’ve reexamined my years, but really focused on them. This year as I’ve recently celebrated my birthday (I’m not admitting which one), I decided to go back to my previous practice of looking back over the last year to see my highs and lows. Of course, this will be an interesting exercise since my life is now different in many ways…
Five Years and Counting…
Recently, the five year anniversary of this blog came and went. I meant to celebrate it but somehow things got a little crazy in my life. Which has become the norm I think. I want to believe that things will settle down but I’m not even sure what that means. Back to the anniversary, it was 5 years ago on February 13th when I published my first blog post. I remember feeling sick to my stomach as I clicked on the publish button. I’d been taking a class on blogging and I thought I was ready. In retrospect, I’m not sure I was. I had big plans for my blog…
Is It Possible to Put Yourself First in the Midst of a Busy Life?
I was going to begin my day with dishes. Can you believe it? What a miserable way to begin your day. Unless you like doing dishes, then, have at it. I just don’t always see how washing dishes as a way to take care of yourself. On this day, I approached my sink half full of dishes and said, “f**k it, I’m going to do the things that I want to first.” What did that mean to me this morning? Well, I’ve been wanting to write and read – I have a reading list and we are over halfway through January and I haven’t finished a book yet from my…