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Resolutions, intentions ,and SMART goals are super pops this time of year. In the past. I have lurved to take on goals, intentions, and words. I don’t think I stick with them, but last season’s potpourri of counseling, depresh, Full Focus planning, New Testament reading, and other miscellaneous -ings has led me to this kind…
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Earlier this year, I talked about my No-Buy Year. It was going well. I reported feeling slower, experiencing less decision fatigue, and emphasizing giving. I fell off the wagon because I forgot about No-Buy Year. “Poppy got a little sloppy.” I’m of two minds on the subject of spending. On the one hand, No-Buy Year…
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We are made in the image of God, but we are so stuck in one time, thinking about another time. Maybe we need to be more God-like in how we view ourselves in time, meaning everything about us is at once. This idea of progressing, of journeying, is helpful in being gracious to ourselves. But,…
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That sentence popped into my head, fully formed, on the drive to work. That sentence was unbidden and not in line with anything I was thinking about. I call it a synchronicity. Look, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers…
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I’m regressing in chess big time. I’m like worse than average. What happened? One thing that happened is that instead of doing the things that helped me improve, I stopped doing all of it in favor of doing things that I KNOW aren’t good (exs. playing when tired, or playing short-time games). Why do I…
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Thanks to a German artist I’ve only met on Mastadon, I discovered the “no-buy year” trend. I had never heard of this before, but my gf tells me it’s popular on The Tok and The Gram and what have you. [A quick note on socially conscious and ethical trends – they’re great! I’m glad people…
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In my lil’ beginner running series on Nike Run Club, Coach Bennett briefly talks about how finish lines aren’t really a thing, so much as the next starting lines (I’m paraphrasing). I am really enamored with this idea. As a recovering perfectionist, the freedom from worrying about my finish time or outcome is…freeing? LOL. Perfectionism…
