I love the freshness of a new year. It’s like writing on the first page of a new journal. It feels ripe with possibility and the promise of new beginnings, the choices still to be made, the adventures still to be taken. But it’s still the same old selves we’re taking with us into the […]
These were the fun gifts I received: A fountain pen. A fancy memory foam pillow. Gift certificates to Amazon. But the gifts that remain in my heart are the extraordinary experiences of the year. An unforgettable birthday dinner in a Mexican restaurant in New York. Viewing a meditation garden in Osaka. Continuing the mother-and-daughter tradition […]
I remember the dread that would come over me on Sunday nights when dusk would fall and I would be driving home from mass. There was the sinking feeling in my tummy, the anxiety, the knowledge that another week of sleepless nights was here yet again. As an entrepreneur, I don’t feel the dread as […]
Filling up waybills. Printing. Cutting and hand-stamping gift cards. Wrapping. Ribbon tying. Nope, I haven’t even started on Christmas gifts. This is currently my process for shipping The Sunday Night Journal. There was a point in the process where it stopped being thrilling and started becoming overwhelming. The tedious cutting-and-pasting of addresses into the courier’s […]
1. The joy of not wearing a bra …We’re at risk of being called dangerous with bras off, and at risk of being called dangerous with bras on. But we give objects their symbolic power. We decide whether the things we wear or leave behind represent repression or liberation or nothing much in particular.That nothing […]
My favorite gratitude practice is writing down five things I’m grateful for everyday in my journal. But I know that not everyone likes to write so here are 11 other ways to say thank you regularly: 1. Post a photo a day of one thing you’re grateful for on Instagram or on Instagram stories. 2. […]
