Happier Labor Day: “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ~Dolly Parton🌈🦋✨

I've got a lot to think about this Labor Day. In 2019, I started a tradition inspired by Gretchen Rubin to annually craft a word or short phrase to serve as a north star in my work life. Usually I simply microblog it to my Quiche socials, however, this year there's really a lot going … Continue reading Happier Labor Day: “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ~Dolly Parton🌈🦋✨

2026 from A to Z

It's New Year's Eve, I usually do this on New Year's Day. I have a carefully curated structure for evaluating and updating my aspirations for the coming year that I really like, and I'm throwing it out the window this year. I'm in bed wearing fuzzy footie pajamas with coffee and lavender quick bread to … Continue reading 2026 from A to Z

Something’s Fishy

Life since moving back to full time employment, especially the position I took on, has been relentless, as evidenced by the mostly drafted and never published blog post I started at the beginning of last summer, thought about posting mid-summer, considered posting at the end of the summer as a reflection instead, and transitioned so … Continue reading Something’s Fishy

Proof of Life

I drafted the following post at the beginning of summer to make grand announcements about how amazing my summer was going to be, and it was. I got so busy with said summer so quickly that I never finished and posted it. I considered posting it at the end of the summer as a reflection … Continue reading Proof of Life