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 […]

Five lovely things: November 2017

Five lovely things: November 2017

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 […]

7 things a regular gratitude practice can do for you

7 things a regular gratitude practice can do for you

Why bother with a regular gratitude practice which consists of writing down five very specific things you’re grateful for EVERY DAY? Well, here are seven excellent reasons why you should start today: 1. It allows you to notice what’s going on in your life so that you’re not just going through the motions of living. […]