This week the name "Marie Kondo" kept popping up in my world. I'm behind the ball on this one, because I don't keep up with most pop culture things. I guess she has a TV show. I haven't seen it, but for some reason I saw her name, and it stood out to me. So …
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Wear Things That Make You Feel Sexy
Boldness. Something I am meditating on. Trying on for size. Experimenting with. Boldness is a state of being. It doesn't ask how or why. It just is. One of my newest desires, when it comes to boldness: Buy sexy clothes. Wear sexy clothes everywhere. For different environments, just wear different kinds of sexy. Like, have …
Patience… a challenge, but probably worth it
I went for a run tonight. It was 5:30 rush hour in downtown Durham. I ran, weaving up and down streets. No headphones. Lots of cars. My more relaxed moments were on the side streets. I love the relative quiet closing in around me, the world fading out. It's harder to find that feeling at …
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Nature Heals
I took a walk in nature today, and it absolutely transformed my mental state. I walked out the door full to bursting with flitting thoughts, anxieties, shoulds and should-nots, judgments, fears, questions, discomfort. It was actually, on some level, just a lucky chance that I actually went out there - in my moments of serious …
Expressions from this side of the here & now 