There’s a spectrum of preparedness and procrastination where I fall somewhere in the middle . . . okay, leaning a little towards the latter. I […]
Writing at Mozart’s
After work, I meet Madeline at Mozart’s, a cool coffee shop on Lake Austin Boulevard that overlooks the water. It’s got plenty of outdoor seating […]
Connection Not Calories
I do not want to be that girl who feels shame about my body. I’ve covered this before, right? But today I made a few […]
Keystone Habits
Keystone habits are those activities that which, by doing that one thing, all the other things seem to follow effortlessly. In all, this is great […]
Morning Trade-Offs
Later blog tonight. My morning routine got thrown off at about 11:15 last night, when I was still awake, and reset my alarm accordingly. I […]
Keeping Food Boring
I think I owe a lot of my success to successfully tracking my food (for the last 270 days straight through MyFitnessPal) to not liking […]
Wisdom When You’re Ready
You can hear the same words of wisdom over and over again, but they don’t mean anything until you are ready. Sometimes, you’re not ready […]
Feelings on the Pavement
My dad used to tell me to put my feelings on the pavement. To take the anger or stress or whatever angsty teenage emotion was […]
Looking for Excuses
I kept looking for excuses yesterday to stay home or go home. It’s a very middle school game for me to play, but my resolve […]
When Shit Goes Down
It’s taken me a long time to understand some basic stop gaps for shame spirals and awful news. I’m still working on it. I had to put some into practice today so I thought I’d reiterate.