My Year in Books (2022)

You may remember from my recent post “How To Read 80 Books a Year” that I made some pretty lofty book-related goals this year. Well unfortunately for my reading goals I didn’t even come close to reaching them! This meant that I was busy chasing other goals, which is great for me as a whole.ContinueContinue reading “My Year in Books (2022)”

Venn Diagram of Lisa

BUILDING A VENN DIAGRAM OF LISA This was a fun exercise I did for myself back in October. I can’t remember what prompted it, but everyone loves a Venn diagram, right? I love everything. When asked a direct question about my interests, I either freeze up, or I list a dozen and have a dozenContinueContinue reading “Venn Diagram of Lisa”

Our Annual Family Vacation to Jasper and Letting Go Of Mom Guilt

Land acknowledgment: Jasper National Park suffered the effects of another large forest fire this summer. We waited to return until we knew it was safe for us to do so. We as a society now know that the Indigenous fire keepers of the past kept the forests of the mountains healthy and strong. But theContinueContinue reading “Our Annual Family Vacation to Jasper and Letting Go Of Mom Guilt”

December Memory Keeping and Why I Quit “December Daily”

DECEMBER MEMORY KEEPING AND WHY I QUIT “DECEMBER DAILY” I started writing this Blog in December of 2021, but I never posted it. Now it’s creeping up on December 2022, and I find that I am feeling all the same feelings. I know that the tradition of creating a “December Daily” is something that isContinueContinue reading “December Memory Keeping and Why I Quit “December Daily””

Weekly Check-In Prompts

WEEKLY CHECK-IN PROMPTS AND GOAL REVIEW Ideally, every Monday morning I open up my planner and do a little review. Sometimes this exercise is beyond my energy capacity, but I try not to ruminate on those days or weeks when it remains incomplete. This exercise has become important to my routine, and invaluable to myContinueContinue reading “Weekly Check-In Prompts”

Step-by-Step to start your own Family Mini Scrapbook Tradition in 2022

Step-by-Step to start your own Family Mini Scrapbook Tradition in 2022 Step One for me is pulling out the previous six scrapbooks (six!) to reminisce and remember how to do this! But seriously, this has been a fun and amazing tradition for our family. Especially considering that we don’t have a lot of traditions. ScrapbookingContinueContinue reading “Step-by-Step to start your own Family Mini Scrapbook Tradition in 2022”