Of course, I’m still over here ruminating on the subject of joy. Incidentally, I probably shouldn’t have used the word ruminating in the previous sentence, but it does allow me to show off something interesting I learned about psychology this week: Rumination on meta-thoughts, that is, thoughts about our thoughts is found more frequently inContinue reading “A Sneaky Little Thing Called Joy”
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You can’t fake joy
So…day 2 of trying to serve my family with joy was not so great. Firstly, my youngest is in a phase where he is waking up again at 5:00AM. Now that the two boys are sharing a room, this means my eldest is also waking up at 5:00AM. Only yesterday morning, my eldest was theContinue reading “You can’t fake joy”
What is “serving”, anyway?
Hah! Yesterday, I wrote about how I was told, in that quiet little secret place in my heart reserved for the words that definitely are not my idea, that if I wanted to start living miracles and amazing situations again, that I needed to start serving my family with joy. Already, my first afternoon, Sunday,Continue reading “What is “serving”, anyway?”
Week 2: Connecting and Becoming Royalty
As I have been saying all week, my resolutions this year are myriad. Well, twenty-two to be exact. Although I can’t update progress on the whole lot of them the way I did with my five little rules last year, I can give you a few highlights. Progress Point: #1 Connect better with the scalawagsContinue reading “Week 2: Connecting and Becoming Royalty”
22 in 22: Artefacts, Geekery and Flawed Humanity
Here I go! Gotta keep talking through the progress I hope to see this year and imagining how I am going to make it happen, or else this year is just going to slither on by and I won’t have seen it happen! Gretchen Rubin, the author who got me thinking that there might beContinue reading “22 in 22: Artefacts, Geekery and Flawed Humanity”
Week 1: Meet the 22 for 22
One of the very most beneficial things I did for my Buy-No-Clothes-in-2021 Challenge was to do a weekly check-in. Each Saturday, I sat down with the list of rules and goals I had set for myself, and I considered how I may or may not have made progress towards them. Naturally, knowing me, I can’tContinue reading “Week 1: Meet the 22 for 22”
So now what?
No, really? So now what? I asked myself. What am I supposed to do now? Just waltz into a thrift store, or a sock store with the wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket? (–Umh, Lily? Umh, hunny, to what cash are you referring?) After a year of being hypervigilant about my shoppingContinue reading “So now what?”
Challenge Update: Week 52
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We did it! Stay tuned to the end for a podcast trailer! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet Well. As I mentioned yesterday, Ms. Lily Fields has been sidelined with the COVID this week. So, one good thing about that is that, while covet and COVID only differ by two letters,Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 52”
Challenge Update: Week 50
Two more weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought nothing. Yay me. Can I take a pass on that coveting question? Just this once? Challenge Rule 2: The Inventory Well, the deed is done. everything in my closet, including my evening gowns, has been worn at least once this year.Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 50”
Celebrating Everything: A Christmas Concert
TL;DR–To celebrate the end of my year-long challenge, I roped some friends into performing with me, and it was amazing. A little video surprise at the end of this very long article. The Why I am addicted to progress. It’s something I wish I had understood about myself 25 years ago, because I am certainContinue reading “Celebrating Everything: A Christmas Concert”
Sing With Your Feet 