Caught in the Tide

The stress of modern life can get to be so much that you feel like you are spinning. Having not done my morning yoga, I drove to work thinking about how this is starting off to be day four without any of my goals met. Memories of playing at the beach when I was a … Read more

Age of Contentment

Walking down a local street of shops and restaurants, I spied a little basket of discount Ts. It was one of those serendipitous moments of just-my-size and extreme-cheapness that leads to thoughts of the item having been placed there just for me. Perhaps even wondering if there is a message from the universe in it. As an Eastern philosophy fan, I’m endlessly finding myself drawn to items with a Chinese symbol and accompanying English translation. This time the T-shirt also included some additional text. It read “Contentment” under the Chinese symbol plus it said:

“to hold onto and to let go of everything all at once”

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Where did the time go?

It’s been a super busy period (with sore arms) and it has gone by so fast. I can’t believe how long it been since I last posted. I managed to keep up my goals until two days ago. The last two days went by with no walk or yoga or anything. I guess part of … Read more

Ups and Downs

Stretching street cat (41753892522)

I have had my good days and bad days this week. I missed my morning yoga for the first time since I started tracking my goals – three times. However, I have been doing at least one of my goals everyday so I’m still moving in a positive direction. Or just, I’m still moving. My … Read more

Morning Rituals

Today has been one of those days when my new self took a bit of a vacation and my old self felt quite at home. I didn’t get to bed early enough, didn’t have a good breakfast, and didn’t do my yoga before I rushed like a mad woman out of the door. Very familiar … Read more

Self-Neglect Anonymous

Hi, my name is Pamela… I’m a self-neglecter… Thinking about my mental-struggles over self-care today, I thought “I need a self-care buddy.” Forget a walking buddy or a diet buddy, I need someone to go to the core with me and tell me when I’m rationalizing away my own right to thrive. Then I started … Read more