Tag: books

Inspired By In June 2025

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She said she liked the way the people in Mansfield seemed to have enough.  She said they weren’t into “more, more, more, for the sake of more” the way many people in Portland are. And she found this lovely and refreshing.  She finds it refreshing, but frankly, this ‘enough’ mindset drives me bats. I see it as a form of complacency.

Inspired By In March 2025

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The problem with me is that I am a terrible photographer. Not only that, but I always want to take a picture at the wrong time, like during yoga class when everyone is in Happy Baby, or of someone who definitely does not want their picture taken. I take these forbidden pictures anyway.

Inspired By In February 2025

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I’m currently reading Something In The Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson. It’s making me feel kinda the same way I felt when I read Braiding Sweetgrass. Like nature will cure us if we let her. It makes me want to go for long walks in the woods, and not think about all the things.

What Makes You Feel Inspired?

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This blog is called Inspiration Location, but it’s not where I go. I come here to pressure myself to keep noticing my life, to keep looking for the magic, for what lights me up, and not drown in to-do lists and routines. I have to keep myself inspired to be happy. But it’s hard.