courtesy of Elisabeth This is week 4 of Elisabeth’s F.I.G. Collective – Finding Joy in Gratitude and the month of finding little daily joys is coming to and end. It’s been a rough week month for me personally and finding F.I.G.s, therefore, was hard – I am not going to lie. But...
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courtesy of Elisabeth This is week 3 of Elisabeth’s F.I.G. Collective – Finding Joy in Gratitudewhere we will (be trying to) find something positive every day. It’s been another a rough week, which seems to be an ongoing theme right now and which you can tell from the lack of posts here....
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courtesy of Elisabeth This is week 2 of Elisabeth’s F.I.G. Collective – Finding Joy in Gratitude where we will (be trying to) find something positive every day. And try I did. February 8 I did my first run of 2025 in my neighborhood. I know, I am aware it’s already...
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courtesy of Elisabeth As mentioned, I am participating Elisabeth’s F.I.G. Collective – Finding Joy in Gratitude this February where I will (be trying to) find something positive in every day. While I am worried right now and my heart is aching and refuses to believe that there is anything joyful...
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I can’t believe I am able to say this but (most of) the ugly, broken kitchen tiles are finally gone. Good riddance! I feel like we’ve been dealing with this f-o-r-e-v-e-r! And thank you to all of you who have supported me emotionally and commiserated with me along the way. And...
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I saw this post on Cup of Joe and was amazed by all the genius little tricks people use in their everyday life. I thought I’d share my own list of small, inexpensive things that make my life better. And please, don’t hold back and share yours! Sharing is caring!...
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photo credit: Taisiia Stupak via Unsplash I’ve seen a few other people do this kind of post. A quick Google search revealed that the original idea came from the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, who got the idea from Barbara Brown Taylor’s memoir Leaving Church (which I haven’t read, but now want...
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Yeah, yeah, we’re well into January the new year and I will very soon shut up about 2021, but I can’t implement my OWL (“forward”) before I take one last look back and acknowledge the things that didn’t suck in the year that is gone. I am trying to think...
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When I thought about the things I purchased in 2021 that bring me joy, I instantly came up with like 5 things (and then a couple more to make it ten.) I am not a frivolous shopper by any means. When I buy something, I (usually) have put a substantial...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2021 credit: inspiredkindness.com Did you know that today is World Kindness Day? It’s an unofficial, international holiday that is observed annually on November 13 as part of the World Kindness Movement. It is observed in many countries...
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