And reduce stress. — Let’s not confuse being organized as being tidy. I’m tidy. I can stack books, put papers in folders and create order like no one’s business. I am a clutter-less phenom. What I struggle with is being organized. I only happen to know where everything in my house resides because I’m…

This works especially well when you’re freaking out. — “How we spend our days, is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard It’s a slow metamorphosis. Taking months, years, or perhaps a decade or two, but the time will come when you realize how everything you’ve done, every choice you’ve made, no matter how slight and mundane…

It was as if it had business to do on the boat! — Last week I was on a boat. It was a beautiful day to be on a boat — not a cloud in the sky, the waters were calm, my kids were behaving — perfection! And then there I was, we were not even out of the harbor yet, and I…

Memories can be a bitch. — Is there any real harm in taking a blowtorch to the past and watching it burn? (My family has been away for a couple of days and this is what I find myself contemplating when alone in my house — just me and Miley Jingle — the cat — having…

It’s a jam-packed Sunday Funday! — I have a brewing theory on hydration so consider this my yearly PSA (not that I’ve ever done one) on: Water and Your Brain! Let’s take it back several decades and start the convo with my parents — this may have just turned into a therapy session. So my parents…

The subtle shift that comes from slimming down your word choice. — If you’d like to avoid direct contact with anything having to do with unpleasantness, I’ve got two words for you… “But” and “hard”. Here’s a smattering of examples of how well they work: I need to start eating better…. BUT I have all these parties coming up! It’s so HARD…

More aimless walks, less pounding on keyboards. — Lately, I’ve taken to walking around aimlessly in my yard. Seriously. I don’t even know what I’m doing. At times I find myself just standing there, holding the end of a leash that’s strapped to a cat, and wonder what the neighbors are thinking at that exact moment. And while…

And what you can do instead that will create lasting results. — Congrats! You’re 53 days into a new diet, workout routine, writing habit, or something else that had you patting yourself on the back, and you’re feeling fierce! You and consistency are tight right now and that “high-on-life” feeling is kickin’ in because you’re in the zone — that wall calendar…

I did… and it felt like the great void. — “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball I meditated this morning (thank you very much, pat on back), and like a bolt of lightning striking my neocortex (which also connected the dots…