It sounds (it seemed at first) counterproductive, but sometimes it's necessary to stand completely still in order to continue forward momentum. I felt stuck - or even like I was going backward - but sometimes you need to stand still - pause and listen. Sometimes that means going to bed crazy early to reset both… Continue reading The Thing About Momentum
I'm a planner. By the time eighth grade rolled around, I already had my entire high school course load mapped out. My senior year in high school barely began, and I knew every class I was going to take for my college major and which clubs I was going to partake in. My dad would… Continue reading The year of momentum
It's been two years since I've committed to One Little Word because the only word in my vocabulary during that time was "survive": survival of profound loss, survival of learning how to be a mom, and survival of all the "adulting" that went on in between. Although things finally feel like they're settling into a… Continue reading 2016: The Year of RELEASE
image sourceI remember a time in the not-so-distant past when I considered myself a blogger. Now my blog is but a memory of those days, and my Blogger dashboard is littered with nearly-finished and some just-started drafts that I've been writing for the past few months. For some reason I haven't been able to get from… Continue reading Redefining balance
As was probably evident in yesterday's visual year in review, 2012 has been a fun but busier-than-before year. Thus, to say that I bit off way more than I could chew with my goals this year is an understatement. That said, I still have a lot to show for oh-twelve.In the midst of the crazy… Continue reading 2013: The Year of Balance
How is it possible that we're already approaching mid-July?! Way back in December (which really feels like just yesterday), I had decided on renewal being my One Little Word of 2012. I thought since we're more than halfway through the year now, it would be a good idea to "check in" with my word.✗ Renewal of BodyGood… Continue reading One Little Word of 2012 (6-month update)
RENEWALA theme in Judaism, especially our Mi Shebeirach (video link) prayer, is the renewal of body and spirt. Singing this at services and having just experienced a renewal in my commitment to Judaism, I've been thinking a lot about this concept and how renewal would be a good area of focus (and thus my one little word) for 2012:Renewal… Continue reading One Little Word of 2012
