At the beginning of last year, I set a challenge for myself of learning to keep house from Victorian homemaking books (a surprisingly prolific genre, as it turns out). I…
Tag: <span>expectations</span>
So many of the songs we hear around Christmas time are cheery. From the secular “Holly Jolly Christmas” to the classic “Joy to the World”, most of the carols are…
Six months ago, we went to church, in person, for the first time since the pandemic began. For me it had been fifteen months—fifteen months since I sat in a…
I’m trying to plan a wedding in the middle of a global pandemic. It’s going about as well as you might expect. It’s overwhelming to try and make plans when…
Anyone else been spending more time on the Internet lately? I—along with the rest of the planet—have been spending more time at home these days, and as I’ve been scrolling…
I’m no stranger to feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes it feels like that’s the defining characteristic of my life: so much to do, so little time in which to do it, and…
Ever since I wrote my review of Juliet’s School of Possibilities last week, I’ve been focusing on choosing well. And for the most part, it’s been going okay. I’ve definitely…
Is anyone else out there a sucker for self-help books? *raises hand sheepishly* I think I’m drawn to this type of book out of my own nearly constant feeling of…
How do you handle failure? Honestly, I’m not the greatest at it. I tend to default to self-criticism right away, berating myself for not living up to my own expectations.…
I’ve got travel on my mind this week. By the time this post is published, I’ll be in El Salvador. My thoughts have been taken over by packing lists and…