TGIF! But does it feel like Friday? When we are stuck at home, the days blend into each other. Work time blurs into off time, lunch time blends into dinner time, into one long snack. Bedtimes and wake up times are sliding around, and we are all stuck in this weird twilight of time. When …
20 Mile March
In his iconic book, Great by Choice, Jim Collins tells the following story. It is 1916. Two teams (Admunsen and Scott) have set out on foot, racing each other to be the first to reach the South Pole. The weather is brutal, the terrain punishing, and both groups are working with limited time and supplies …
Fake Busy.
Think about the "I need to" thought that is taking up too much real estate in your brain right now. Is it actually something you need to do? Or something you would LIKE to do and your mind made it into a need in the tricky way it has? I have spent most of my …
Set a Timer.
What are you avoiding? What areas of your house or your life or your mental to do list give you anxiety everytime you think about them? We all have things. It may be the mountain of unfolded laundry heaped in the hamper, the piles of unsorted mail on the counter, or the looming work deadline …
Your Life is Right Now.
How much of your life do you think you actually spend in the present moment? Not drifting back to moments from the past, or worrying about what the future is going to bring? It's amazing how much time we spend rehashing the past or thinking ahead to the future, when the only moment we actually …
Time for a Priority Check
We’ve all been in our houses for 100 years now. Just like Sleeping Beauty, we are waiting for the magical kiss (vaccine?) that unlocks the spell and sets us free again. Being stuck in our house can also lead us to being stuck in our heads. Not always the best thing. We’ve been together (or …
Sometimes Your Best Just Isn’t an A
In our culture, we have this false narrative that we need to excel at everything we do. If we try something, and we aren’t a natural, we feel ashamed, or think ‘this just isn’t for me.’ No one stretches themselves, no one learns, if things come easy. It doesn’t even make sense that you would …
Love yourSELF.
What part of your body have your learned to hide whenever a photo is being taken? Do you stick your jaw out to avoid the double chin? Do you suck in your gut or dive behind someone shorter? Do you put one foot in front of the other to make your thighs appear thinner? Or …
Love Yourself.
I think it's fairly safe to say that this is a group made up of do-gooders. Our quaranspring has been spent washing, cutting, sewing, and delivering. We care about others. We want to see the world be better. We would work ourselves to the bone for the good of our community, we would sacrifice anything …
Homemade Sourdough Bread
It's QuaranSpring, so what is everyone doing? Making BREAD of course! I have been sharing my starter with friends, and experimenting a lot, so here is my Sourdough bread recipe! Homemade Sourdough Bread 1 c Sourdough Starter 1.5 t active yeast 3/4 c warm water 2 T brown sugar 1-2 T salt 3-4 c flour …
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