Month: June 2021
Life Instructions
This week I was cleaning out a closet full of old stuff, and I came across an email from 2002. The subject headline read: Life Instructions. I was curious, to say the least. Here’s what I had highlighted on the list: When you say “I love you,” say it truthfully. When you say “I’m sorry,”…
Your Thoughts
Did you know that it is estimated that the average person has about 60,000 thoughts a day? I wish I had known this when I used to lay awake at night unable to turn off my brain. I was a relentless Over-thinker. Over-worrier. Over-analyzer. 60,000 thoughts is a lot of junk to sift through every…
Is the grass greener?
When I was younger, I was very focused on goal-setting. Go to college. Land my first job.Buy a new car. Find a romantic partner. Rent my first apartment. My goals gave me a sense of purpose, motivation, and focus. So, I continued to set more. Land my next job. Buy a better car. Get married. Purchase my first home. This pattern of goal setting…
Don’t Stop Believing
Believe and you are halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt When I was in college, I had dreams of living near the beach, being my own boss, and helping people feel better. More specifically, I wanted to be a doctor and live in Malibu. Neither of those things happened, and I ended up on a very different path. …