Essays

  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Notes from November 2022

    As one of the items on my 22 in 2022 list, I’m writing a quick recap at the end of each month with 10 things to remember. I can’t believe today’s recap is for the second-to-last month in 2022! Time is flying. But I really am enjoying the ritual of taking a moment to pause, remember the little things, and think…

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  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Happy Monday after Thanksgiving! I hope whatever you did, you had a lovely end of last week and weekend. My family’s Thanksgiving is very low-key, with lots of relaxing, football watching and kicking off of the holiday season. I love it.   When I come home to Florida, I really do ‘come home’ – to the same house I grew…

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  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Chicago got cold real fast last week. Like so cold. I was freezing! It was definitely amplified by the fact that a week prior, temps were unseasonably warm (60s! 70s!). But in any case, the freezing temps – combined with the sun setting at 4:30 PM – had me wondering, really? How do I do this again? How do I get through winter? It’s amazing…

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  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Notes from October

    “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables October! Always a magical month.  As one of the items on my 22 in 2022 list, I’m writing a quick recap at the end of each month with 10 things to remember.  I had a really fun time reflecting back on…

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  • Can you believe tomorrow is Nov. 1? Time is flying! And based on how other years have gone, I know time will only start going by faster. Before we know it, we’ll be in 2023. But not yet  Sometimes I don’t know what to do with the pre-Thanksgiving time in November. I’m usually a bit sad that October is over. Winter has…

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  • Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…

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  • Happy Monday! And Happy Halloween!! It’s still a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple…

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