HABITS

Self-care is hard work. And it’s about time we collectively acknowledge this. The common belief is that self-care should be easy. If self-care is hard work, how could it also be care? Let me set [...]

Winter is the season of feeling stuck.  You feel me on this, right? Last weekend, I’d about had it with feeling stuck. Nathan was working nights again and I was solo with the kids all day [...]

I like sleep. Or more specifically, I like feeling well rested. I used to be more of a night owl, who also happened to wake up early. When I was in my early twenties and living in NYC, I worked 3 [...]

I stopped setting New Year’s resolutions a long time ago. Although I don’t remember when I stopped, I do remember it felt like I’d lifted a huge weight from my shoulders. And I haven’t looked [...]

If you don’t change your habits, how can you change your life? I was listening to a podcast with Rachel Rodgers and she said something along these lines. It wasn’t quite this, but it [...]

As we adjust to our new normal of social distancing and distance learning, I’ve seen all kinds of amazing schedules that my fellow parents have created for their sudden adventures in home [...]

Having a bad day? Who doesn’t have a bad day every once in awhile. Bad days are a universal experience, although how we handle them tends to be a little more specific. My tendency on bad days is [...]

Is your self-care all or nothing? I asked myself this question this morning when nothing went according to plan and found myself frustrated by all of the things I couldn’t control. The first [...]

Soloparenting is rough. It’s not quite the same as being a single parent. I know that this is only temporary. But while I’m in the thick of it, caring for 3 kids under 7, including an [...]

A few weeks ago, I was looking for a GIF and I couldn’t find what I was looking for. GIF aficionados say there’s a GIF for everything, but it turns out they’re wrong. I did [...]