Lessons at 40

I’m turning 40 this month and shared in my recent newsletter many of the ways I’m choosing joy in this season of life, by loving others and loving myself, raising kiddos, leaning into the waves that ebb and flow and just owning my imperfections. Would love to hear anything different on your list.

  1. Celebrate all the things!

  2. Create - seriously, Picasso said it. We are all artists. make art, make cake, make music...

  3. walk in the woods - "it is a great art to saunter." - Thoreau

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Winter Daze

With a December and January snow storm under our belt, plus several additional wintry weather delays, I’m ready for spring. How about you?

I do enjoy the slowness that a snow day creates, but those shifts in schedule can sometimes be hard to take. For me, having a plan (or just a general idea of the rhythm that works best on snow days) is key and helps me be intentional with this gift of time with my kiddos.

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Calm

“How can we begin to move gracefully toward the people around us without stomping all over their nuance if we don’t first take the time to listen and see?” - Emily P. Freeman

How do we take time to listen and see if we do not have intentions?

How do we have intentions without the space and calm to be intentional?

How do we have space and calm when we are surrounded in clutter?

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