I consider myself a pretty optimistic and choose-joy, kind of person. Ironically there’s a flip side to that which involves a lot of thinking and thoughts that are the polar opposite. I am not a
Just Because…
Here are a few quick mood boosters for when you’re stuck at home, the weather stinks, you can’t really go escape anywhere, Seasonal Affective Disorder in 2020 is just oh so pleasantly seeping in, and
Read More
A dozen thoughts
Well, I started off this quarantine with a bang: Motivated, pretty darn productive, super healthy, positive, and convinced I could teach Levi how to speak Spanish. Fast-forward to day 285, or whatever it is…and let’s
Read More
Color Therapy. Sort Of.
The way colors interact has always been super interesting. Ok colors in general are. But let me explain. In painting – when you want to make some blues really pop, you add a splash of
Read More
Some Thoughts
It’s 12:06 am on a Friday night. I haven’t been able to sleep at all lately, and figured maybe if I just write a few things down it will clear out my mind to just
Read More
Different Kind Of Spring Mood
Well, what an interesting start to Spring. The days are longer and things are blooming, and I’m just trying to not turn into Bill Murray in What About Bob through it all. There’s a lot
Read More
The Struggles and The Good Stuff
Ok, time for a little journal/writing exercise. This kind of stuff helps me get back into my groove, and sometimes the act of writing helps makes sense of things and ends up being quasi therapeutic.
Read More
Friendly Reminder
Sorry for the lack of posting. I had some unexpected travel (that wasn’t really something I felt like writing about) pair that with feeling under the weather, the heartbreaking stuff going on in the world
Read More
A few healthy things to try this year
I can’t exactly pinpoint the time when my mindset towards health and fitness went from a negative to a positive one. It went from don’t do that, don’t eat that, don’t be that, I don’t
Read More
20 thoughts for 2020
Somehow last year ended, a decade said sayonara, this year started, and I didn’t wake up in 2020 as a new person with a new perspective on life, filled with lists of things I want
Read More
Grey Day Pick Me Ups
I think I do some sort of post like this each year during the next few months. Well, this year it might be a little more of a personal pep talk. Things are cold and
Read More
25 Random thoughts
Took a break. Mind is all over the place. Need to write. Oh yeah, it’s also Mental Health Awareness Day. Which means, time for one of my favorite writing exercises: 25 random thought therapy. So, here
Read More
20 things I’m savoring these days
I’m trying to avoid the word busy at all cost these days. Yeah, I wish I could invent cloning in a humane and non-creepy way, therefore having myself be my own free assistant. But I
Read More
The Odd Self Consciousness of Digital Times
See this picture? I’ve been debating on posting it for almost two weeks. And the internal conversations I’ve had with myself over it are borderline hilarious, and also a bit pitiful. Not because I don’t
Read More
Connecting the dots. On paper.
A perk of journaling: It tends to produce juicy thoughts that tend to make all of the craziness make sense. A perk of always having a journal in hand: You can document those juicy thoughts. Or