What’s in store for 2024?

What’s in store for 2024?

Well, we did it…we survived 2023! Hopefully, you thrived through at least parts of it. The beginning of a new year inspires introspection for many of us…either looking back to evaluate the past year or looking forward to what we hope to accomplish in the new year…perhaps both. I long ago gave up New Year’s…

My 2023 New Year’s Rejections

My 2023 New Year’s Rejections

The blogosphere is currently full of posts about New Year’s Resolutions and Words of the Year. I even contributed one. I remain unapologetic about that; however, my fellow blogger Ally Bean took a different approach that I find intriguing, New Year’s Rejections.  It occurs to me that these two approaches are not mutually exclusive. In…

Choosing a Word of the Year in 4 easy steps

Choosing a Word of the Year in 4 easy steps

Here we are in the first week of a new year…long enough for many people to have set and broken their New Year’s Resolutions. Or perhaps you are among the more than 57 percent of people that don’t set resolutions at all. If you’re not feeling the New Year’s Resolution thing, but still want to…

Are you asking the right question when making big decisions?

Are you asking the right question when making big decisions?

Over the last couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do in retirement…the next big transition of my life.  Do I want to edit and publish my book? Then maybe start another? Would I like to begin a new self-employed career…maybe life coaching or freelance writing?  Do…

Time for some thoughtful rejuvenation

Time for some thoughtful rejuvenation

Can you feel it? The subtle shift in temperature…the longer days…the increase in bird song. Spring is almost here! At least in the Northern Hemisphere. But wherever you call home, a new season will soon be upon us…and with that, a sense of new beginning…a time to rejuvenate.  To add to this feeling of seasonal…

Protect your brain: a simple prescription for fighting off dementia

Protect your brain: a simple prescription for fighting off dementia

Well, we made it. We survived 2020. I do understand that there is nothing magical about January 1. New beginnings can happen…or not happen…on any given day…with any given breath. I gave up setting formal New Year’s resolutions several years ago. Still…there was something about this January 1 that felt like a reset to me,…

Autumn 2020 bucket list update 2

Autumn 2020 bucket list update 2

Two months into autumn, and I am not going to say again, “Where has the time gone?”…even though I’m thinking it. I mean really weren’t we just putting the Christmas decorations away? Anyway…it’s time for another Autumn Bucket List update. I hope you will also share what you’ve been up to so far this season….

60 before 60…and the drawing winners!

60 before 60…and the drawing winners!

With my birthday last Sunday, I am now officially in the final year of my 50s. It’s really kind of hard for me to fathom…I have been on this earth for 59 years. How is that possible? Like all of you, I have had exhilarating moments, moments of pure joy, devastating moments, moments of unbelievable…

Autumn 2020 bucket list

Autumn 2020 bucket list

Well it’s finally here, my favorite season: fall…or autumn…depending on your preference. In fact, this season is so fabulous, it’s the only one deserving of two names. For more on the origins of autumn and fall, check out this usage note from Merriam-Webster. Whatever you call it, ’tis the season of beautiful leaves, cooler days,…

Spring 2020 bucket list – final report

Spring 2020 bucket list – final report

Here we are at the end of spring. My how time flies! Do you ever wonder why? I can tell you. But however we got here so fast, we did…and today’s post is a final report on our Spring Bucket Lists. I hope you did everything you wanted to. Here’s how I did. Health &…