Minimalism: Understanding Happiness

As an over-thinker and a daydreamer, it doesn't surprise me about myself that I am always looking for a solution. To everything. I fancy myself a do-er, not an idealist, however, and because I've been so stuck in the same life for so long, it makes me crazy to think that progress is not being…

Here’s the Thing!

Okay lately I've been struggling with words. For a while I thought maybe I didn't have a thing to say, but I think maybe it was just this problem of execution. As it turns out, if there's something we're thinking, even if it's hard to describe, it is highly likely that someone else has found…

What I’ve Learned from a Month at the Gym

It's hard to believe 1: that I've been going to the gym almost-daily for a month, and 2: that it's only been a month! It feels much longer, but it also has gone from being so difficult to so easy, that the month has flown by. But what have I gained and what have I…

Through Their Eyes

It is an amazing thing to see yourself through somebody else's eyes. The person you see in the mirror, both literally and metaphorically, is not the same person who is seen by the people around you. We are our own harshest critics. That isn't an exaggeration. I think that the most beautiful people are those…

que sera, sera

What will be, will be. Truer words were never spoken, I think. And then there's the other old adage - the best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry. Perhaps those words are even truer than the first. Or at least equally true. Due to my all too well-cataloged failures to take a hop,…

Oh hey there

I guess in a metaphorical sense I'm sleeping better - with the knowledge that I'm making progress in my life. Cool.

Wine, wine, wine: take three

It seems to me that too long goes between the days that I drink wine. I should drink wine every day. Alas, I'll be going the other direction, as I'm giving up wine and all things mega-sweet starting in the morning. It's part of my new change-my-life initiative. What else is on that list, you…

Would You Persist

What would you do if the moon fell out of your sky Would you watch it fall and let it lie Would you pick it up and set it high Would you put it back into the sky? What would you do if the sun was gone from your day Would you let your world…

NaBloPoMo?

I'm thinking about trying out this NaBloPoMo thingamabob. Can I write a post a day for all of November? More than anything, I don't want my posts to ever be meaningless. I want to write about what truly matters to me, or what's going on that I really find funny or meaningful. Do I have…