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Keeping it real: cultivating authenticity

April 5, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 4 Comments
Keeping it real: cultivating authenticity

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ~Marilyn Monroe My sister Connie and I are reading The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Connie’s in Arizona. I live in Utah. But we text back and forth about what we’ve been reading—a long-distance book club of sorts. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book recommendations Tagged: authenticity, Brene Brown, imperfection

Connected or disconnected?

March 29, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 2 Comments
Connected or disconnected?

Are social media and our beloved mobile devices making us more or less connected? On the one hand, with all the distractions at our fingertips, it’s a lot harder to get or give undivided attention. Look around any public place—or private home, for that matter—and you’ll see people (probably lots of them) gathered in one … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health and wellness Tagged: relationships

On the road again: training for a half-marathon

March 22, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
running, training, half-marathon

Dead Last is greater than Did Not Finish, which trumps Did Not Start. This week I officially started training for my first half-marathon in nearly four years. Yikes! I’ve run some 5k’s and 10k’s since then, but I thought I was done with halves. Now here I am preparing to do it again, and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Running Tagged: goals, half-marathon

Mazatlán Part II

March 15, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Visit Mazatlan

For Part 2 of the visit Mazatlán travel blog post, I chose one photo to represent each day. I hope these photos of the day give you a sense of how incredible this trip was. Day 4 brought a freak ice storm—and by ice, I mean ice crystals the size of eggs with sharp, irregular edges. Ouch! Even … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Mexico, photography, travel, vacation

Coming to you from beautiful Nuevo Mazatlán

March 8, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Coming to you from beautiful Nuevo Mazatlan

I am writing today’s blog from El Sol La Vida in beautiful Nuevo Mazatlán. I feel so blessed to be in a position where we can travel to such wonderful places. Don’t get me wrong, We’ve worked hard to get to this point of our lives, but I also recognize that there is some good fortune involved as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Mexico, photography, travel, vacation

Who would you spend your day with?

March 1, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 2 Comments
Who would you spend your day with?

If you could spend one day with anyone you wanted, who would it be? I asked myself this question recently and agonized over it all day—as if I could come up with one, it might really happen. In the end, I narrowed the list to three; that was the best I could do. So in … [Read more…]

Posted in: This and that

Top 10 Fabulous 50s Facts

February 23, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 30 Comments
Christie Hawkes.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride!’” ~Hunter S. Thompson In my head, I am still … [Read more…]

Posted in: This and that Tagged: Aging

Creating your best life

February 16, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Create your best life

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~Mark Twain Several years ago, I discovered a book called Creating … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book recommendations, Reading and writing Tagged: book recommendation, growth, writing

Are we there yet?

February 9, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Are we there yet?

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ~Sam Leveson Today’s blog continues with last week’s theme of time—only this time, I have a confession to make…I’m a habitual clock watcher. I’m the one sneaking a peak at my watch during a conversation, glancing furtively at the wall clock during a meeting, or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health and wellness Tagged: goals, mindfulness

The best time of the day

February 2, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
The best time of day

“Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs.” ~Sebastian Faulks, Engleby What is your favorite time of day? Mine is dinner time—and not just because I love to eat (which I do). For me, on a typical day, dinner signals the end of the “must dos” and the beginning of “me time.” I know for … [Read more…]

Posted in: This and that Tagged: joy, mindfulness
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