Minimalism

The best list of advice on minimalism I have read was in this BuzzFeed article. Best advice on minimalism My favorites include: Purge, don’t organize Reduce number of items Use it or lose it Keep floors and counters clean Replace instead of increasing

Beauty is all around us

Dare you to have a bad day when you can see this.  Look, open yourself to the beauty all around.  Let it infiltrate you.  You will be transformed.  

Fog 

“The fog comes in on little cat feet.” Carl Sandburg

Whirlwind

Time whooshes by at break neck speed when you are busy. I sit here in a Tokyo apartment rented for 5 days. I have been in Japan for 8 days already and it all seemed to go by quickly. I miss the slow pace of my childhood. When Summer vacation lasted so long that I…

There are signs all around us

I’m reading a book on procrastination.  I read little tidbits and use it as an alarm clock to refocus myself. Many times in our lives, sometimes daily, we need reminders of: who we really are what we really have where we really want to go why it is so important to be our best self…

Movement

Quick note for today.  It’s a busy day but thankfully, I got 8 hours of sleep.  So, once my alarm clock (meaning my cat) went off at 6am I slowly awoke and went for a short walk.  I’ve been thinking of the best method to use to make walking a habit: walk a certain distance…

A return to walking

I restarted my morning walks today by doing a leisurely 1.2 miles in 25 minutes. Yes, rather slow. I ended up skipping last week due to work deadlines. But, in fact, the walk this morning helped to refocus my mind.  I was working out 2 issues today and the walk helped me to focus and…

Walking Day 2

Today was much cooler and less humid!  I woke really early and when I normally would try to go back to sleep I actually got up and went out for a 1.6 mile walk done in 24 minutes.  Using Map Pedometer (http://www.mappedometer.com/) to accurately measure the distance. I didn’t use iTouch today and it was…

A Walking Challenge

Met up with childhood friends this weekend and one challenged me to stick to my walking by committing to the Walk for Hunger organized by Project Bread. This would be a 20-mile walk that takes place every May in Boston. Here is my post from my first day of training:  So, I wake to find…