You’re browsing Amazon and see something you like. * add to cart * After you do a little shopping, you now may have a couple things in your cart. The total price is high too. Before going straight to check out... Let's go through each item again to see if you really like it. But… Continue reading Save for later
Category: Goals
Morning emotions matter
You wake up full of wonder. Your mind is racing - thinking about the day ahead, your past, your future. 5 deep belly breaths to calm your nerves. Use your 5 senses to ground yourself in the now - hear, see, feel, smell, taste. Name 3 things you are grateful for. Bring this feeling of… Continue reading Morning emotions matter
When a person is right, their world will be right
In the happiness project, Gretchen Rubin talks about how focusing on her happiness made those around her happier. I totally agree with that... I have a better attitude in the morning, Joe has a better attitude in the morning. I smile at a stranger, the stranger smiles back. If I'm not thinking right / unhappy,… Continue reading When a person is right, their world will be right
The American Dream
America. A land of opportunity. A place where anyone can rise to wealth and prominence through hard work rather than birth. The American Dream. The idea that anyone, no matter how humble his or her background, could rise to the highest level in society. The American Dream is not college, debt, marriage, kids, a white-picket… Continue reading The American Dream
It’s not where you are but what you are feeling
We are home. We are happy. We are out. We are happy. Or we are home and we are miserable. Or (and this is the hitter) we aren't home and we're still miserable.
A League of Their Own
The Women’s Save the Redwoods League was an influential local force in the growing movement to save the redwoods in the early 1900s. Keep in mind that at the turn of the 20th-century, the culture and norms of the Victorian era still dominated, and there were few ways for women to engage outside the domestic… Continue reading A League of Their Own
