Whelp, I still have a goal of writing once per month, and you might guess from this coming to you in February, not in what felt like an endless January, that I’m off to a rough start. 2026 has been unkind so far and everything is so difficult and chaotic and even discouraging right now that I haven’t felt like writing. At all. But I am trying to remind myself that my core values say I believe sharing goodness and struggles and doing things that scare me or seem daunting are important. So with that, here we go… moving forward to the year of Ms. Continue reading
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Coffee shop joys
Remember back “in the before times” when it was totally normal to spend hours in a coffee shop catching up with friends and family or getting work done? I had a whole draft I’d update to eventually share on the blog and the draft was called “COFEE SHOP COMPLAINTS” and I’d add to it any time I was trying to work and something would be horribly distracting. Here’s how far I got before the pandemic hit: Continue reading
What it’s like to be a recovering perfectionist
I have described myself several times as a “recovering perfectionist” and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Continue reading
Alphabet Resolutions 