When I started this blog, I was a woman on a mission. My mission: to help people be as happy as they could be in the life they were living. One of my main principles is that of “owning your…
Category: Chaos
Getting things in order is a frequent topic here in this blog. Whether it is clutter in my kitchen, clutter in general, doing All The Things, or doing any of All The Things, bringing order from chaos is my lofty…
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this post: I had about a zillion (give or take) ideas that I wanted to write. As is so often the case, I felt like everything had to be done…
Does this sound familiar to you? It’s time to get things done. You’re well-rested, you ate a good breakfast, and it’s go-time. There’s nothing stopping you from moving forward — except you and your brain. You are overwhelmed by the…
Part one of two Gardening season has begun in earnest around chez moi. Between the upswing in temperatures and my liberation in landscaping, the time was right. I have spent many hours outside these past ten days. My parents always…
The tiny monsters speech Are you easily overwhelmed? There is plenty of information to be found about why overwhelm occurs, but when you’re experiencing it, the why’s don’t really matter. While knowing the reasons might help you avoid overwhelm in…
Here I sit at my desk, wondering what to write this week. I have started over several times and I’m dissatisfied with each thing I have managed to produce. I feel compelled to write something about New Years resolutions, and…
Halloween is long gone, Thanksgiving has passed in both Canada and the United States, and the holiday season has officially launched. For most people who celebrate holidays this time of year (which, face it, is almost everybody), this can be…
One of my favorite sayings is, “We plan, God laughs.” Regardless of your religious beliefs, there is more than one lesson to take away from this aphorism. The reason I take so much delight in it is this: It encompasses…
Remember the post where I rather dramatically described a meltdown I had when I was feeling like I was not good enough. That not-good-enough episode was absolutely the trigger of the meltdown. There were, however, a whole slew of factors…