How I Stay Organized: The Passion Planner

I’m a little old school when it comes to my planner. I’ve tried the calendar on my phone and many different apps for my calendar and to-do lists, but I always fall back to good old fashioned paper. The Passion Planner is more than just a calendar. It’s a tool to help you identify your…

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Three Words for 2016

I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a few years ago. Try as I might, setting a resolution to “get in shape”, “eat healthier”, or “wake up earlier” never turned out to be a great way to actually make those things happen. When I made resolutions, it was as if I was setting myself up for…

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Reflection: December

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Each month, I set aside a chunk of time to reflect on the previous month: memorable moments, lessons I learned, how I spent my time, how I’m different, who/what I’m grateful for, improvements for next month, and goals to work toward….

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End of the Year Review: 2015

At the beginning of the year, I chose three words to grow in and help guide me throughout 2015: blossom, love, and fearless. It’s been a long year and a lot has happened. For a few of my highlight, I… Started freelancing. Joined a soccer team. Made many new friends and deepened old relationships. Traveled locally…

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Why I Chose to Wear the Same Dress for (Almost) a Month

What we wear can say a lot about us. People base much of their first impressions on what we wear. They (think they) can easily categorise us as hipsters, gamers, athletes, professionals, hippies, gay, straight, religious, promiscuous… the list could keep going. But clothing doesn’t define who we are. And not everyone has the choice…

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My Bucket List

A few years ago, a friend and I made bucket lists with everything we could think of that we wanted to do in our life. That original piece of paper is now long gone, but I’ve kept track of my list with the things I’d someday like to do! ! Some items are big (and highly…

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With a Dress as Our Flag

We are over a week into Dressember! Dressember is a challenge to wear a dress for all 31 days of December as a reminder that not all women are free. I have been blessed with privilege of being able to choose something as simple as which outfit I wore today. Not all women have that…

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Reflection: November

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Each month, I set aside a chunk of time to reflect on the previous month: memorable moments, lessons I learned, how I spent my time, how I’m different, who/what I’m grateful for, improvements for next month, and goals to work toward….

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Embracing Freedom and Femininity

We’ve got a lot of issues in our world. Poverty. Homelessness. Terrorism. Disease. Racism. Violence. When faced with the horrors that fill the news every day, it can be frustrating and overwhelming — the classic, “what can one person do to make a difference?” But I do believe that even if you aren’t working for…

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When Enough Is Enough

I really hate taking sick days. Maybe it’s because I don’t like quitting or leaving work I have to do unfinished. Maybe it’s because I often feel run down and tend to deny that I am actually getting sick. Or maybe I’m just a workaholic. Who knows. But a lesson I’ve been learning (over and over)…

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