In my old life, getting 10K steps/day was not hard. First of all, if I went for a run — well, there went ~6-10K, depending on the length! Second, life contained myriad opportunities to move from one place to another. From the parking garage…

HI! I have promised show notes, so here we go! Episode #2 is out! It’s 19 minutes long and a detailed account of my current weekly review process, with plenty of ideas for customization! Here is a pic of the Weekly Review checklist that…

I owe you all a more detailed recap of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids, but two lessons from the book have been key for me. 1 is to identify your triggers. Mine include: being overly tired (me or the kids)…

The above looks dramatic if you happen to live where I do, but it’s just a tropical storm prediction map (not hurricane). Isaias is not predicted to be too terrible here though it did wreak some havoc in the Dominican Republic and the bahamas.…

Don’t worry, the habits series will resume tomorrow. I wanted to share that the very first episode of Best Laid Plans is UP! The launch was going to be Monday but somehow Ep1 was already showing up on all of the major platforms so…

I have been doing 10 minutes of daily meditation fairly consistently since this pandemic began. Someone told me about Headspace being free to healthcare workers until the end of 2020, so I signed up (their offer still stands). I have intermittently engaged in meditation…

Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful (and often very insightful) comments yesterday. I honestly thought about taking a few days off, but this posting ritual is (usually) such a life-giving part of my routines right now. So instead of a hard…

Guilt about privilege. Guilt about working. Guilt about not working hard enough. Guilt about sending the kids to school. Guilt about having in home care. Guilt about finding it all painful anyway. Guilt about not “having to work” but working anyway. Guilt about having…

I ended up accomplishing almost none of yesterday’s to do list, mostly because I napped for ~2.5 hours accidentally. Oops. Sometimes Sunday just needs to be lazy . . . We did get the kids outside twice – once for this walk (look how…

Well! A yard that size certainly helps when you are hosting a socially distanced party (they rented the giant inflatable 30′ water slide). I felt pretty comfortable at this party. Everyone masked (kids included when they were not in the water) and the closest…