What I’m ready to embrace in 2018

What I’m ready to embrace in 2018

Last week, I wrote about the 10 things I’m ready to let go. To prepare for today’s blog post, I made a list of 11 things, wonderfully long and impressive, to show how I’m taking 2018 by the reins, stepping into opportunity and taking forward leaps (not just steps) to make this MY year. But […]

10 things I’m ready to let go in 2018

10 things I’m ready to let go in 2018

Here are 10 things I’m ready to let go in the new year. It feels good to Marie Kondo not just my closets but also my mind and spirit to see if my current mindsets and habits are still serving me and sparking joy or if they are holding me back from being my best […]

What were the gifts of 2017?

What were the gifts of 2017?

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 […]

Why I launched The Sunday Night Journal

Why I launched The Sunday Night Journal

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 […]

Be grateful for you

Be grateful for you

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 […]