“Buy less, choose well, make it last.” – Vivienne Westwood I often feel as though I am living in a world that is constantly encouraging me to buy more, acquire more, consume more. Can you relate? All I need to do is pick up my phone, open the Instagram app, and an ad will pop-upContinue reading “The Excessive Acquisition of More”
Category Archives: Reflections
An Ode to Winter
“Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.” – William Hamilton Gibson In the dead of the winter, while so many are anxiously awaiting the return of spring, I have found my love for this season on the tracks of a nordic ski trail. Winter in Central Oregon isContinue reading “An Ode to Winter”
and from that Home, She Glowed.
Life works in mysterious ways, but when you find your inner glow is back and shining brighter, you know it’s right. – Lily Collins Overwhelm. That is what I feel as I begin this New Year. Overwhelm at the projects I have put on my own plate and the goals I have before me. OverwhelmContinue reading “and from that Home, She Glowed.”
An Intention Setting Ceremony
Every December, for as far back as I can remember, I have sat down with pen and paper to write out my New Year’s Resolutions. I love the idea of “re-creation” and “re-birth” of the self, which is why I have always found resolutions and goals to be so enticing. In the past few years,Continue reading “An Intention Setting Ceremony”
A Holiday Pause
Reminder: We don’t have to continue holiday traditions that leave us broke, overwhelmed and tired. – Rachel Jonat We are almost through December. Most years, it is about now that I start to experience some holiday overwhelm. There are almost always items on my Christmas list that start to become daunting as the holiday approaches.Continue reading “A Holiday Pause”
A December List
“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” – Nora Roberts Just as I love the month of October, so too do I love December. Winter might be my favorite season…or is it fall? I don’t know, I like them both too muchContinue reading “A December List”
The Power of an Intention
December has the clarity, the simplicity and the silence you need for the best fresh start of your life. – Vivian Swift My word for 2022 was Courage. I entered the year with a lot of transitions before me and I felt that courage was what I most needed as I stepped into so muchContinue reading “The Power of an Intention”
Thanks ♡ Giving
Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. – Rumi A warm glow radiates through a frost bitten window pane as the family inside sits, gathered around a table full of food. We are all familiar with this image, as it is the one widely portrayed in the mediaContinue reading “Thanks ♡ Giving”
Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. – Plato “I wish I had more money.” I catch myself thinking, and saying, those exact words quite often. Part of me definitely seems to be under the impression that having more money would solve so many of my problems. Don’t get me wrong, money DOESContinue reading “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems”
As If
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment. – Pema Chodron I want to do that; I’d love to be that; I wish I had that. I spend a lot of time in such thoughts. And through conversations with others, I know that I am not alone in this. IContinue reading “As If”
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