Musings :: Moments :: Memories
When I started to make this list, the first decision I had to make was right in the first section. I wrote 'In 2023, I want' and immediately felt uncomfortable. Saying I want something seems so forward, direct and impolite. I almost changed it to 'would like' to make it sound less aggressive but I… Continue reading More and Less
This year I have been enjoying the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast as well as Happier in Hollywood. Gretchen and Liz (her TV writer sister) are creating 18 for 2018 lists and since I have been missing my birthday lists, I thought I'd jump on board. I have made most of them finite things I can do… Continue reading 18 for 2018
Today is the first day of #The100DayProject which is run by Elle Luna and Lindsay Jean Thomson. Last year, I took on too much at a time when Austin was still pretty young. I am not sure I have any less on my plate now, being back to work and balancing all that, but I… Continue reading 100 Days of Writing Happy
When I was really struggling with Austin and wondering why it seemed so much harder than last time (apart from the obvious things like me being older, Austin not being Evelina etc.), I realised that what was making it hard was not being in a routine. I was feeding him every two hours, on demand… Continue reading Living on Purpose
I am taking advantage of a rare bit of time without the children to do some of the many things that I have had to put on the back burner since having Austin. I am writing so infrequently here, I wanted to take a look at the blog and decide how I wanted to proceed:… Continue reading Far From Simple
Project 6 (a Living Well project) from One Bite at a Time: Create a Family Purpose Statement I must admit that I have already done this but since I wanted to get my 52Bites posts on the road, and I am really too busy to try anything today, I thought this would be a good place… Continue reading Our Family Purpose Statement
For the past 20 months or so, Mondays don't instill dread the same way they do more most 9-to-5ers. Instead of that Sunday Night Feeling, I get a frisson of hope for the week ahead. It's a new leaf. A new start. A chance to do things right this week. Never one to start in… Continue reading The Possibilities of Mondays
Time is a funny animal. There is never enough but sometimes there is too much. It goes too slowly and it flies by. I waste time more than anything else and yet I am always bemoaning my lack of it. I have a busy day at work today, or at least, I have some important… Continue reading 14. Time
The next chapter of Simple Mom's Organized Simplicity deals with Money. This is a subject that can make me go hot and cold. In the past, I have definitely taken the head-in-sand approach. We have never been very good with money and have always liked our gadgets, holidays and shopping in general. For years, we… Continue reading Money, Money, Money
Notes From My Day 