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2025 Goal Check-in #2
As we begin to wind down 2025, I wanted to spread out my 25 for 2025 goal check-ins and address five at a time in five different posts, ahead of late December when I’ll turn my attention to new inspiration for a new year. Here are updates on five of my goals: Be A Word-Nerd Status: Ongoing Continue reading
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The Necessity of Close Proximity Friendships
It seems that with every small, and sometimes, hardly noticeable shift in life, the way I’m showing up in friendships takes on different forms. Things have felt different lately and I can’t quite put my finger on what has changed or if I have changed. I’d like to examine some considerations and offer some thoughts. Continue reading
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2025 Goal Check-in #1
As we begin to wind down 2025, I wanted to spread out my 25 for 2025 goal check-ins and address five at a time in five different posts, ahead of late December when I’ll turn my attention to new inspiration for a new year. Here are updates on five of my goals: Hit 25 Total Continue reading
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Pills, Powders, & Potions
By now, you may have realized after a few of my recent posts, that I am transitioning this blog space into a place where I am reflecting on the current season of life I’m in: midlife and all of the changes that come with that. I’ll still be writing about marriage, motherhood, and general life Continue reading
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How to Change Your Mindset by Changing Your Soundtrack
As a Day 1 fan of author Jon Acuff, I have read nearly all of his books and regularly listen to his podcast, All It Takes Is a Goal. A few years ago I came across his book, Soundtracks, and I’ve honestly not stopped thinking about it since. He gives readers a word picture for Continue reading
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In 2025, What Do We Think About Blogging?
Over the past many years, I have basically left this blog alone. I continue to pay my annual domain registration fee and every year wonder if I should keep paying it or just sunset the whole thing. I feel very protective of this space and not many weeks go by that I tell myself, just Continue reading
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Best Books of 2024
For the last many years, I haven’t really kept up with a specific tracking method for what I read. In the past I tried Goodreads, have kept lists in my journal, and for a while was posting each book I completed on my Instagram feed or stories. In addition to keeping a master list of Continue reading
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Intentions for the New Year: 25 for 2025 and My OLW
It’s been a while since I have publicly created a list of New Year’s Goals. Honestly, even now, I feel a little fear and trepidation putting this out here for others to see. I also feel a little fear because in 2020 when I went to elaborate lengths to create a vision board, three months Continue reading
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2024 Year-in-Review: 7 Questions About The Year
*adapted from Full Focus Co Among all movie genres, 2024 stood out as a year of Adventure. Key characteristics of an adventure movie: When I consider all of our family adventures this year, I would say we all exhibited a fair amount of courage, determination, and resourcefulness. Many, many quests and goals for 2024: namely, Continue reading
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Williamsburg (Fort Eustis) Top Ten
(Disclaimer: This post is indulgently long to read. It might take you 20 or 30 minutes, maybe longer if you study the pictures. It took me days to write and years to live. This long-form reflection is my way of cataloging our family story and a way to revisit memories over time. Proceed with caution.) Continue reading
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