The journey from making a living to making a life
30 days ago, I took on a deranged assignment of committing to being creative everyday for the month of March. The reason this is a deranged assignment is because I am one of the most consistently inconsistent people you might ever meet (there are reasons for this inconsistency but this is not the post to get […]
Ever since I was a little kid I’ve been inclined to express my creativity in many ways. Watching my older sister practice her music, I started to sing as a little kid. Watching my cousin at dance performances got me excited to learn Bharatnatyam, a South Indian classical dance form. A keyboard that my brother […]
New Year’s resolutions are a lost cause as far as I am concerned. I rarely keep up anything I simply “resolve” to do without further thought and planning (which is typically how most of us set resolutions). This year I’ve taken a different approach to goal setting that’s been really successful for me. I identified […]
It’s been two years since I embarked on a journey to live a more wholehearted life. Today I had the opportunity to have a lovely conversation about what I’ve learned from this journey with a friend. Without a doubt, the biggest takeaway for me these two years has been the importance of a gratitude practice. For […]
After three weeks of what seemed like a cough that was here to stay, I was finally ready to get back to a day that didn’t involve cough medicine, the hot water kettle and a box of tissues. So obviously, I wasn’t happy when I woke up with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat yesterday. […]
A few weeks ago we noticed a tiny crack running across the entire ceiling of our bedroom. The kind you couldn’t make out unless you really looked straight at it. We called maintenance and they let us know that unless we clear out all the furniture and other stuff in the room, they couldn’t work […]
Last year was a year of self-discovery and important realizations – It was also a year of almost too much TV watching. Seriously, I watched so much TV last year that after a point I began to see things. Don’t worry – I haven’t completely lost it yet. I meant that I started to see […]