It is officially cold in Chicago. We had our first snow a few days ago and it's been hovering around freezing since then. Plus Daylight Savings Time ended last week, so now we're really getting deep into the darkness. This seems like a good time to get into some cozy vibes, so I am trying … Continue reading Nourishing November
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Mindfulness May
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! And AAPI Heritage Month! This month we are veering off the railroad tracks in favor of a theme that aligns with mental health awareness. Because, tbh, my mental health could use some tending to right now. It's been a demanding Spring semester, on the heels of a busy Fall semester, … Continue reading Mindfulness May
2019 Retrospective
Happy still-pretty-new year, friends! Today I am spending some time reflecting on 2019. In a separate post, I will look ahead to 2020 and set some lunalutions for the new year. Before digging into the details, a quick overview of the year. In 2019, I did 30 days of yoga in January that turned into 364 … Continue reading 2019 Retrospective
December: Brush Lettering and Looking Ahead to January
It's that part of the year between Thanksgiving and Christmas where time seems to slip right through my fingers like sand. There isn't actually less time than usual in this 3-4 week period (is there?), but somehow what would normally be experienced as several weeks seems to amount to just a few days. Am I … Continue reading December: Brush Lettering and Looking Ahead to January
Thanks-giving November: A 21-Day Gratitude Challenge
I suppose it's time for a new post. This time around the mood is not light and cheery. It's grumpy and anxious. Things making the author grumpy: Her bedroom radiator. The abrupt and unannounced arrival of Winter. Life conditions that have required an uptick in spending. Life conditions that have impeded regular exercise. Life conditions … Continue reading Thanks-giving November: A 21-Day Gratitude Challenge
New Year Reset!
Today's "wild and fun" adventure is to embark on a brand new set of lunalutions. What is a lunalution, you ask? A lunalution is a resolution on a monthly scale. Last January I decided to set myself 12 lunalutions-- a challenge for every month of the year. Turns out, I quite like living through lunalutions, and so this year I'm taking on a new slate of monthly challenges.
December Already?
Oh boy. It feels like I've been on a long and somewhat bumpy slide since my last post, and suddenly it's December 1st! Much of it was spent writing fellowship applications, reading lots of philosophy, submitting my first ever paper to a journal, and submitting my second ever paper to another journal. Plus: the culmination … Continue reading December Already?
Getting Ready for Less-Sedentary February
Mindfulness January is quickly coming to an end, so it's time to review how it went and set things up for Less-Sedentary February.
Mindfulness Check-In
The month is more than halfway up, so I'm overdue for an update on how my mindfulness lunalution is going!
The Project and Month 1
The new year is here, and the time has come to set those 2018 resolutions!
But this year I've decided to do something a little different. Instead of setting 3+ ambitious year-long resolutions that I forget about by mid-January, I have decided to set 12 monthly resolutions (lunalutions, if you will) of varying degrees of ambition. And this blog is where I will keep myself accountable to those lunalutions and report on my experiences as I go through the year.
Lunalutions 