Motivation

This week, I’m thankful: for abundant freebies I really love that the internet has provided ways for people to give away their old, ugly items …

This week, I’m thankful: for space to paint Last night I was spray painting an old pot and I was thinking how thankful I am …

This week, I am thankful: for a stretch of beautiful weather Last weekend, the weather was positively heavenly. Low humidity, temps in the high 70s/low …

I was chatting with a reader on Instagram last month after she’d made a thankful list in the midst of personal hard times, and I …

I have exactly 30 minutes before I have to leave to go get a tooth filling taken out and replaced, so…I’m gonna speed run this …

I took my final exam on Tuesday and I am so, so, so happy to have made it to the end of the semester. It’s …

Hello everyone! I’m writing my list kinda late today; school has had me snowed under (my school + helping Zoe with her end-of-semester stuff). I …

This week, I am thankful: for the overnight rain on Tuesday  Overnight rain is my favorite: all the benefits of rain, and it doesn’t interfere …

This week, I am thankful: that I have a signed lease! I did all the paperwork yesterday, and I should be able to move in …

I was emailing with a reader yesterday about thankfulness in the midst of hard times (she’s facing some challenges of her own), so I was …

This week, I am thankful: that my taxes are filed. Whew. I was pretty darn last-minute this year, but hey, as long as it’s in …

This week, I’m thankful: that I have a few hopeful leads for a place to rent I have had plenty of experience with hopeful-sounding places …

Hello, everyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for your many kind comments, emails, and private messages. I don’t know if I have …

This week, I am thankful: that I got a walk in yesterday before it rained I was so happy that it was still partly sunny …

Back in January, I was listening to a Before Breakfast podcast episode about motivation. In it, Laura Vanderkam was talking about the relationship between progress, …