I’ve been totally nerding out and reading a bunch of habit building books. I started reading them towards the end of the year which proved to be an unintentional power strategy. [Note to self: do this again next year.] When February rolled around I was armed with tips and strategies to set me up for…
Read MoreA tour of my Bullet Journal
Yesterday it occurred to me that no one knows about my notebook life. I guess my husband kind of knows but not fully*. It’s not like some deep dark secret or anything. I have a notebook. There, I said it! *Never mind. I asked him. He knows. :) Our personal organizational methods are one of…
Read MoreBullet Journal; how it started how it’s going.
“I have 8 sketchbooks that all have the same purpose, really. None of them are filled up.” — Something I wrote in an old journal from 2016 I’m a messy, scatter brained, artist-type through and through. I like the idea of the Container Store, but it’s not my natural habitat. I was born with a…
Read MoreThanks for being here and human
Every week I toss my thoughts out into the ether and wonder if they actually land anywhere. Not that they need to. I’m not writing to help or inspire or motivate anyone beyond myself. I think of the blog, and my long winded instagram captions like an eccentric millennial journal. Still, one does wonder if…
Read MoreSocial Media LoverHater
I think social media is the bomb dot com; 9 times out of 10. Scrolling through my feed is like getting glimpse after glimpse of other people’s joys. Sure, there’s some ego and narcissism wrapped up in there but I’m okay with that. Gimme all your vacation pics, pet pics, toddler pics. Post it all!…
Read MoreBack from break!
Whoop! I’m back! I took a longer break than I planned on and didn’t get as much writing done as I wanted to, but all that space allowed me to reevaluate the blog and how I want to forge ahead. I was planning to take more pictures of my cupboards and closets. I was going…
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