Tag: happiness
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Are We Failing at Adulting?
When my husband turned 30 this month, we couldn’t help but reflect on where we are at in life and whether we have achieved all that we wanted to. When I was a child, I remember creating an outline for my life. By 20 I’d meet my future husband. By 24 I’d be married and…
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Attack Ideas–Not People
Lately, I’ve been consuming a lot of content related to natural living, slow living, and homesteading. Basically, I’m interested in old-fashioned ways of doing things like growing food, making cleaning products from natural ingredients rather than harsh chemicals, using what you have rather than buying new, gifting useful things instead of “stuff,” etc. I guess…
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Stretching Toward the Sun
Two weeks ago I purchased a basil plant and used most of it for a frittata. What remains is a limp rod with two thumbprint-sized leaves surrounded by tattered stems. Although my instincts scream that this is a failed science project at best, I cannot bring myself to throw it away. Why? Because every morning…
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Why Everyone Should Find Their Faith
“Religions are different roads converging at the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal?” -Gandhi Having faith has a bad reputation in the United States because extremists throughout history have tainted the word. Now, when someone says they’re religious, many of us wonder…
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Secrets to a Happy Home
Last weekend we left for a wedding across the country at 1AM and returned two-ish days later at 2AM. To say we were over-fatigued is an understatement and our trip wasn’t exactly smooth. My husband’s suit never arrived at the rental place, which was a problem considering he was in the groom’s party. Our rental…
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Wait…Do I Kinda Like Winter?
Something odd happened earlier this year. While I was thrilled when Spring approached because it’s one of my favorite seasons (if not THE favorite), at times I found myself missing Winter. Like most people, I was taught to think that Winter is a bitter season; one that is simply too cold and too gray to…
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Is More, More?
I remember the moment vividly. It was the first day of a macroeconomics class in college, and the professor asked us each to answer whether we believe that “more is more” or “less is more.” The first two rows of students answered, “more is more.” But when it got to me, I said “less is…
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Finding Joy in Daily Chores
As I was scrolling through Pinterest, I came across a quote from someone who claimed that everyone naturally likes household chores so long as we don’t focus on how long it takes us to do them. Like many of you, my first reaction was a groan. There’s a reason people call them chores–they aren’t meant…
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Stealing Joy
A few weekends ago, I was extremely cranky. Outside, it was gray, gloomy, and pouring down rain–not exactly the type of weather to pull me out of a bad mood. I didn’t know why I was so miserable. My life was full of many blessings that I was grateful for. Nothing bad had happened. Sometimes,…
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Loving Your Body
Recently I watched season seven of Project Runway which was released in 2010. One of the most fascinating things about watching shows from over ten years ago is paying attention to how much things have changed since then. Several times throughout the season, the judges criticized outfits that make the model have a larger butt…
Humble Hollow 