Asking for Change

Asking for Change

My niece is graduating from high-school today and that means that just over 18 years ago my whole life changed. My sister was young, pregnant, and scared and she called a family meeting. She wanted to give her daughter the best life possible and she wanted to create a...

Intentions, Cupcakes, and Pure Joy

Have you ever tried to set an intention for your day and seen what happened? I’ve been setting an intention for the day as part of my thought experiment. I tried setting intentions to be patient, to have a sense of ease, to notice beauty, etc. but a few minutes...
Letting go + why I almost didn’t post this

Letting go + why I almost didn’t post this

So it turns out if you give yourself the challenge to be more present it makes it glaringly obvious what makes you not present, which is a tendency to look forward or backward. Thinking about the past is nice when reminiscing about something lovely like holding your...
Week 4: Forward and Backward Thinking

Week 4: Forward and Backward Thinking

How often are you thinking about the future or rehashing the past? If you say to yourself, “for one hour I’m going to notice how often I’m planning, plotting, or rehearsing for the future or reliving the past.” I bet you’d be pretty...
Week 3: Positive Thinking versus Positive Action

Week 3: Positive Thinking versus Positive Action

It’s week 3 of the “Thought” experiment. I was motivated to do this after reading the The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles. I felt a connection to Wattles because he started out talking about the importance of vision. I was thinking yes,...
Week 2: Resistance = Netflix + Wine

Week 2: Resistance = Netflix + Wine

Hello! It’s week 2 of the “Thought” experiment. After a comparably rosy week 1, this week I noticed how an effort to change your thoughts can conjure up some serious Resistance. One of the resistances I manifested was a total crash of my computer...