I took some time off last week. I was starting to recognize signs of fatigue that happen during the slog that is the time between the winter holidays and the next day off: Memorial Day. That’s 20 weeks! I had time to take, so I took some (and you can…
Now for something a little lighter. (That was punny. You’ll see.) If you’re like me, you might have trouble peeling yourself off the couch when your nightly pandemic social time (AKA copious amounts of television) ends and it’s time to go to bed. I know some people have found success…
With COVID restrictions easing up again, I keep thinking about something I call “false finish lines.” I came up with the term when a friend of mine, after working really hard to hit her goal weight, stopped working so hard and gained back all of the weight she had lost….
The other day, a friend asked me how I did with my Buy Less (clothing) 2020 resolution. I was telling her about my rough start (it totally backfired in January), but then how I finished the year feeling really good about my mostly secondhand and/or local purchases. We chatted about…
Today’s my birthday, so I figured I’d post here to celebrate. (Okay fine, I didn’t get a post written in time for my usual Monday morning deadline.) On my birthday, I often find myself reflecting on how lucky I am. Just the other day, I started a sentence with, “With…
It seems like we’re always trying to find ways to focus on one thing at a time. We’ve learned that multi-tasking is terrible for productivity, and that our favorite apps are designed to addict us and keep us hitting “refresh,” even when we should be doing something else. So here’s…
I believe that variety is a (but maybe not the) spice of life and that novel experiences are huge contributors to happiness. The research backs it up. I’ve also eaten the same thing for breakfast nearly every day for five years (maybe more), and it has made me incredibly happy….
Hahahahahahahahahahaha: “2020 in review.” In years past, I’ve done a recap of each month of the previous year and touched on the highlights. This year, I’d like to list accomplishments, both big and small, because accomplishing anything in 2020 was a huge win. Back in May, I wrote about starting…
I forgot to mention something in my post about a streak last week. It was that some days, hitting 10,000 steps was easy. So easy, I’d get them all in by 10am (or earlier!) and end up somewhere in the 20- or 30-something thousands for the day. Other days, I…
On November 30th, I hit a 103-day streak of walking at least 10,000 steps a day. (And then my watch charger broke. That doesn’t mean I stopped walking, but I have no idea how many steps I got each day my wrist was naked—and those steps definitely didn’t get recorded.)…
