I am giddy with the prospect of September even though I thoroughly HATE September and everything September stands for-- except for (maybe) the prospect of "new beginnings" which, to be honest, every month has the potential for, on the first day of its bad self. But after that first day is over, September is especially … Continue reading A New Kind of Snarky Optimism (with spittle)
Category: Lists
Happiness is…
I am happy when I am here typing. I am happy when I am reading good books. I am happy when I am feeling high energy, like after a workout. I am happy when I think that my projects are going forward. I am happy when I am doing my fundies daily. I am happy … Continue reading Happiness is…
Summer Reading List
Oh, Summer Solstice. I both love you and feel sad at your arrival. Your arrival means that summer, my most favorite season, has officially arrived, but it also means that from now on the days start to shorten. Not shorten enough to notice--at least until late August, but we've hit the peak now, the apex, … Continue reading Summer Reading List
5 Things To Do While You Figure Out What You Want to Be When You Grow Up
I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was 51 years old. When I finally found “my thing" it wasn't the thing I thought it would be, and it certainly wasn’t anything anyone would ever pay me to do. But by that point, I didn't really care about money. … Continue reading 5 Things To Do While You Figure Out What You Want to Be When You Grow Up
How My Resolutions Advance My Pilgrimage
How is drinking more water going to advance me on my journey? The answer: My lack of sufficient hydration is starting to cause minor break-downs. In a word, I itch. I have to stop and itch. My ears itch. My skin itches. And every time I have to stop and itch, I have take my … Continue reading How My Resolutions Advance My Pilgrimage
The Journey
Drink more water Break a sweat everyday Meditate Learn to speak Spanish Tend my own sadhana Express gratitude Get to 12% body fat These are my "resolutions" for the coming year. But I don't think of them as resolutions so much as things I need to do to get to My Best Self. I am … Continue reading The Journey
Feliz Ano Nuevo!
Hola! And much gratitude to my commenting readers for talking me down from the ledge, where I teetered precipitously for a few days on the verge of jumping to my death into the 365 Day WordPress Blog Challenge. Whew. Now that I am back inside, sitting on my bed, dizzy, nauseous but alive, and (hopefully) … Continue reading Feliz Ano Nuevo!
What I Believe (a partial list)
My all-consuming project these past few months is this Manual of Me I've been putting together. The idea behind this is something akin to Marcus Aurelius's Meditations in which he wrote down things in order to keep reminding himself of what he believed, what he stood for. His Meditations were never meant to be published, … Continue reading What I Believe (a partial list)
Fun Ruts
The other day I posted on Facebook that I was compiling my summer reading list and asked all my FB friends for one "must read" recommendation. I asked because I've been in a book rut. I read the same kinds of books all the time: new age, spiritual classics, non-fiction, with the occasional novel thrown … Continue reading Fun Ruts
Things I Love…
(on a cold Tuesday night in May.) I am just back from my "Detox Yoga" class which was packed to the gills with some of my fave yogarians-- yogarians who love to sweat and twist and compress and breathe. Yogarians who come in and say: "That P90X yoga that everybody thinks is so hard? Pth. … Continue reading Things I Love…
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