“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” – Kate Morton I love when things come together, just like this quote and my post from earlier this week. I have been more mindful recently of appreciating the things around me as opposed to the things that aren’t. Kate Morton expresses …
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Quote of the Week 5/21
“Everybody, professors and students and Proctors the same, knew that if the sign said ‘do not walk on the grass’, one hopped. Anybody who didn’t had failed to understand what Oxford was.” – Natasha Pulley On my first read of this quote, I chuckled and moved on with reading The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. I …
Quote of the Week 4/23
“The stillest hour of the night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath.” – Kate Chopin Hope you all have had a good week! This week’s quote is going to be a simple one. This is not a quote meant to be picked apart and analyzed meticulously. No, …
Quote of the Week 3/12/23
“Oh yes, I’m a dreamer…. I have such wonderfully complete dreams, papa. They never come true. But even as my dreams fade I have others.” – Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “John Redding Goes to Sea” is a great read filled with excellent questions. The main questions discovered in my readings are …
Quote of the Week 3/3/23
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.” – Oscar Wilde I remember the first time art spoke to me. My family was …
Developing a Self Care Routine
Conversations about self-care hover all around us. There are ads centered around it, posts, books, even memes. The increased intensity of these conversations from a few years ago to now is for good reason. Now, more than ever, it’s important to talk more about taking care of yourself and develop your own self-care routine. It …
Quote of the Week 11/12
“There’s plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.” – Cassandra Clare I remember first reading this quote and laughing. The character that says this is known for his more humorous side, and that is how I first read this quote. I liked it because it implied that with some …
A New Step in building Habits
One of the first habits I built after starting this blog was working out multiple times a week. If you are interested in how this habit was built, there are several past posts covering that. While you don’t have to read those posts before this one, doing so will paint a better picture per say. …
True friends and Happiness
The key to happiness has been a pursuit like that of the philosopher’s stone. We want a magical answer: something simple, concise. We like the idea of being able to turn any object into gold simply by using an object much like we want the secret to happiness being a simple answer like “go outside …
What does it mean to avoid comfort?
I am not the first one to talk about being comfortable with discomfort. Many self-help books, motivational talks, and other blogs talk about this concept for good reason. Being able to be comfortable amidst discomfort leads to many great adventures and a grander outlook on life. When we push past that weird feeling, the opportunities …
Exploring life one trial at a time. 