A few years ago, I sold my website and started a new venture in mobile apps. Apps were a big failure (lesson?) for me, and after floundering around for a bit, I moved on. Before selling my site, my yearly income was high five-figures, so I knew I wanted to earn at least that (and more), […]
This is a Test
This weekend, I did a little experiment. I deleted the Instagram app from my phone (I deleted FB long ago). Over the past few weeks, I found myself mindlessly opening IG while doing the following: – Taking James out in the yard, any time of day or night – Standing in the kitchen – Sitting […]
6 Essential Oils for Winter Wellness
My mom came up on Tuesday and she brought eight gigantic boxes of Kleenex® that she got on sale at our local market. We thought that having eight boxes of Kleenex might be like buying a snowblower and then having a snowless winter, but alas we were wrong: it’s the 12th day of school and […]
Fun and Freeing Fridays
One Thursday morning in 2011, I saw my friend Charlie Gilkey tweet, “What can you do today to make your weekend more spacious?”. As a mom of three kids, my weekends were anything but spacious. They were the opposite of spacious. They were filled with laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, and yard work. Sometimes, school […]
How to Single Task (And Why You Should)
Last night as I was headed up to bed, I thought to myself, “Did I get the coffee ready for tomorrow?”. The answer was yes. Yes I had gotten the coffee ready for tomorrow. The reason I couldn’t remember if I had or not was because I was on the phone with my mother while […]
5 Essential Oils for Sleep
Let’s face it, we all have those nights when we’re wide awake staring at the clock. Counting sheep quickly turns into counting the hours of sleep we’ll get if we fall asleep right now. LOL. Well luckily, there are five essential oils for sleep that will help you in your quest to catch some Zzz’s. […]
