I saw this question in an essay on friendship: “If you disappeared from their life for a month, would they miss you specifically? Not just what you do for them, but you.” And it made me think about things both ways - who am I missing, specifically, and have I been missed, specifically. I’ve drifted … Continue reading Have I Been Missed?
My mind-space is mostly on the house build. So close and yet, this week it was all about the delays -hurricanes, hissy fits, hitches, and holidays. What the H! Hurricanes - While we were lucky to not get a direct hit from the latest gulf hurricane, it brought days of heavy rain. The yard turned … Continue reading What the H—?
One of the tools I started using early in my retirement was morning journaling. It was a tool I learned about in The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron While mine is not quite the 3-5 pages of handwritten stream of consciousness she recommends, it is something that I have continued almost every day in my … Continue reading Journal Writings
While I’ve been writing in the blog recently about my intention to “start as I mean to go on” by creating the small habits and being intentional of where I put my energy so I am living the life I want to live, right now there is just a focus on, “Get the house done!” … Continue reading House Recovery Update
I’ve been reading again on friendship at this stage of life. My plan upon moving back into our home is to “start as I mean to go on,” creating the small habits and putting my energy in places so I am living the life I want to live. Part of this means I am thinking … Continue reading A Reflection on Friendship – Just Be You
But first, a house recovery moment. My house recovery “mental load list” started with 40 items. Then I added 18 more items over the next few months. Only 20 things have been check-marked done. I know I can celebrate that, but there is still so much to manage through. Some of the mental load items … Continue reading September Randomness
I had to go back and look up what my WOTY (word of the year) was (link here) which might have meant I wasn’t really focusing on it. But my WOTY was “Intentional” and I had noted that I wanted to be intentional in being less reactive, to be intentional on setting boundaries, to be … Continue reading August Joys
I recently read an article about habits to help you live a more joyful life (link here for full article), and “it’s the little habitual things” was a key aspect of that article. To counter some of the negative triggers I was dealing with the past couple of weeks, this article really helped me notice … Continue reading Habits for Joy
I am a bit addicted to Facebook (even though I am told it’s for old-fogies now). But I follow a number of inspirational sites and often they provide me with a wonderful phrase for the day, or a question that stirs my contemplation. One that came up recently was, “Do you assume the best or the … Continue reading Do You Assume the Best or the Worst?
My retirement lifestyle vision statement was revised a number of times in my early retirement years but has been consistent now for quite a while. It is based on my core values and remains: Active Body, Connected Heart, Contemplative Mind, Creative Spirit In my journal this week I asked myself, “Do my routines currently hit … Continue reading Do My Routines Reflect My Vision?
