I am hesitant to paint this year of struggle, grief, and financial devastation as rosy but there certainly have been moments of joy, beautiful messiness, and rest. When we get back to “normal” there are 9 habits to keep after a year of staying home.
Are you feeling pandemic fatigue? Exhaustion? Burnout? Yeah. Me too. As a nation, we are in the midst of one of our darkest winters in history. And you know what? It sucks. It really does. We have been doing this for…
Today I am talking about picking a word of the year, how I chose mine, and tips to help you pick one, if you decide this is the way to go! Tired of New Year’s Resolutions? Struggle to keep them…
Around the time my little one was three or four months old, I started failing at everything. Seriously. I could not get myself (or anything else, for that matter) together. And this failure might have been one of the better…
Every year at Christmas, I clear out the house and spend one evening drinking a little too much prosecco, watching a terrible Hallmark-style Christmas movie, and wrapping gifts. It is something I look forward to all season. It is a…
What Does Your Lifestyle Say About Your Values? A few weeks ago, I was playing with my toddler. He likes to pretend that everything that is the size of a credit card is his phone (yes. I realize what this…
I learn something interesting with every client I work with. Sometimes, it is new tidbits of info that don’t really matter but thoroughly interest me. Other times, I get something truly of value. This is what happened when I started…
I went back and forth about this post. Wasn’t sure if minimalist beauty fit with what I normally write about with Raising Slow. But, I decided, minimalist beauty is nothing if not a time management tool and an act of…