Essays
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I love reading all year round, but there is something about fall that makes reading feel especially appealing. This weekend, I was curating my list of books I hope to read this season and thought, hey, this might be interesting to other people! So, today, I thought I’d share a little snapshot of my reading life right now: what my…
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Welcome to Volume 8 of The Light List: a monthly, running list of things making life feel a little lighter lately. Today’s Light List is a collection of things I’ve been reading, wearing, watching and loving lately – with plenty of early fall coziness mixed in. Let’s get into it! Reading: A Gentle September Reset for Burrow Season: 30 reset & joy-inducing…
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Tomorrow is September 1! Typically, I feel a little sad when summer starts winding down. There’s so much I love about summer here in the Midwest, and knowing that fall means winter is right around the corner always feels a bit daunting. But this year, I’m realizing I don’t really mind the changing of the seasons! In fact, I’m finding…
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I was in a yoga class recently when the teacher casually said, “Do it for enjoyment, not achievement,” as we were flowing through our sequence. As soon as she said it, I felt my shoulders drop and my jaw unclench. And it really changed how I experienced the rest of the class. Since then, I’ve found myself thinking just “enjoyment!”…
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Becoming a mom has made me much more reflective – and made me think about my own childhood far more often. So, when I heard a question along the lines of the below on a podcast recently, I could not stop thinking about it: What parts of your childhood do you wish your own kids could experience? And, in reverse, what parts…
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Lately I’ve been feeling a little off. Not in any big, dramatic way… but just enough to notice that I haven’t been feeling quite like myself. As I started paying attention, I realized it was a collection of little things contributing to this feeling. It’s been almost four weeks since I’ve done a dedicated workout (beyond walking in our neighborhood, which…
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Good morning! Wow, it’s been two weeks since my last newsletter. Between Ben starting daycare (preparing for that first day was more emotional than I expected) and navigating our first round of daycare bugs (poor little guy was starting to turn a corner, only to take a step backward again this weekend), life got a little fuller than expected. I missed…
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Welcome to Volume 6 of The Light List: a monthly, running list of things making life feel a little lighter lately. Reading Let’s start with a reading and book update (always a great place to start)! I’m loving summer reading this year. I’m always happy when I take the time to do a little research and put together a summer reading list. It…
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I love when a similar idea finds me from multiple directions. It’s like the universe is gently nudging me to pay attention to something. Last week, I came across these quotes: “Be interested in big things and happy in small ways.” – Edith Wharton “The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the…
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Good morning! Writing this on a June morning when the hydrangeas are coming back into bloom outside my office and along our driveway, the air perpetually smells like fresh-cut grass, and even though it’s early, it’s already light out. Ahhh, I love summer!! So, pour yourself something to drink – a coffee or maybe something iced (I’ve been back on…
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Notice anything different this Monday?! Welcome to the refreshed Megan’s Monday Motivation! At the beginning of this year, while on maternity leave (and once Ben was sleeping a little more consistently!), I got a burst of creative energy and motivation to do something I’ve wanted to do for a while: refresh the look of this newsletter. Over the past few…
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Happy June 1st! I am very much welcoming this fresh start of a new week, a new month and a new season this morning. To be honest, I wasn’t sad to turn the calendar to June today. May wasn’t a bad month, but somewhere along the way I felt like I lost a little momentum. I let a few balls…
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