Tag: presence
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Why You Need A Solo Retreat
For Christmas this year, I gifted myself two nights at an adorable Air BnB out in the woods, just 20 minutes from my home. The purpose was to attend to some personal internal matters that were weighing on me, surrounded by nature, in a cozy rustic environment. I wanted to work through a grief recovery…
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Banana Bread: A Cautionary Tale of Multitasking
This morning, I was hurrying to get ready for work, with the final step being breakfast. I loaded up my bowl of overnight oats with all the things, then eyed a loaf of banana bread. Do I really need a slice of banana bread right now? No. Do I want one? Yes. It’s delicious, I’m…
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A lazy day gone wrong
All week I was looking forward to a lazy day extravaganza on Saturday. We were expecting a tropical storm to blow through, and as I wrote about previously, there’s nothing like a good rain storm to help me get fully cozy and let go of responsibilities. Unfortunately, my lazy day didn’t go at all as…
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Enjoy The Rain
There is a beautiful rain and thunderstorm happening right now, and I want to enjoy it. When this happens in the middle of the work day, I want to immediately go crawl under the covers with a good book. Now it’s the evening, the moment is here, so off I go, under my blanket with…
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Energy Through Deep Work
A couple weeks ago I introduced the book Deep Work and my inspiration to greatly limit the amount of time spent each day on Instagram, on a quest to eliminate mindless, unsatisfying, time wasting scrolling. I’m happy to report that after just a few days of not checking IG during the workday, the unconscious habit…