Now that the kids are back to school, I'm finding myself sliding back into old patterns which turns out are crucial to maintaining my mental health. Oh how easily I abandon all routine. I don't know what it is but when my kids lounge around, I lounge around. When my kids can sleep in, I…
Tag: mindfulness
Thirty-Ducking-Eight
You know what, I haven't had a reason to take a selfie since I stopped posting on social media. But I'm taking one today because I’m having a good hair day and what better reason to shoot a selfie than when you’re experiencing your best self. Anyway, today I’m thinking about the fact that I'm…
Tippy Tones
Thursday Thoughts have kind of fallen to the wayside the last couple of weeks. There's been snow days, and sick days, and soccer days, and you know the whole being a parent thing where your kids actually have needs that you need to meet. It leaves little time for creativity and, you know, thinking. But…
Pick Up Where You Throw Down
I don’t have too much to share today because, well, I’m in the throws of COVID recovery. If I haven’t mentioned it before- fucking COVID. Anyway, today is much better than yesterday but when I start feeling better I tend to be an over-doer and I definitely over did it. My bed space is calling…
Midi-Mark
Okay, some weeks I have everything written and scheduled and posted in a timely fashion and some weeks are like this week. I’m completely flustered and scattered and finally getting my 6 am Milo Monday post up 13 hours later and if I’m being honest I probably won’t get to a Tuesday post tomorrow so…
Thursday Thoughts: Wrestling with Rest
Y'all. It's all too much. And by "all" I mean the pandemic. For the zillionth time, I am in health care. I have gone into work for three days of 2022 and it is fucking madness. COVID-19 is out of control. I mean that very sincerely. If you are one of the lucky ones that…
Christmas Shopping Edition: Need
*Please note: this post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here.* Tree is up. Elf is out. It is officially the Christmas season! I talked about how we plan to shop for Christmas this year here. In line with intentional shopping, I have been taking notes as to what my children "need".…