"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild precious life?" -Mary Oliver During the past years, the planners' world wagon has been like a "hop on hop off" bus for me. Form the expensive Kikki-K to the convenient To-Do list apps, I’ve tried a variety of things. Truth to be … Continue reading 2019 Planning
2019 Intentions
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." -Mark Twain For the past twenty thousand years, losing weight, paying off debt and keeping in touch with my loved ones have been among the items in my goal list at the beginning of every year. None of those goals have been significantly accomplished, of course. My … Continue reading 2019 Intentions
Memory Keeping Plans for 2019: Why I am taking a break from Project Life
(I'm sharing images below to show how my memory keeping has changed with time.) After seven years documenting my life using the pocket pages system (four years and a half using the Project Life App), I have decided to try something different for my memory keeping endeavors. Put it simple, I want to create digital … Continue reading Memory Keeping Plans for 2019: Why I am taking a break from Project Life
The things we forgive
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” -Pema Chödrön Running away from problems and moving on. That’s how I’ve spent most of my life. I’ve never begged to … Continue reading The things we forgive
Empty
“Grief is just love with no place to go." -Jamie Anderson. Around noon, on February 8, 2018, I looked through Azul’s eyes for the last time as I put him in some stranger’s arms. She let me take his blue collar before we parted ways. I had to go, with teary eyes, and pay the … Continue reading Empty
