A couple of weeks ago, I posted my summer reading list for 2018. I got a lot of enthusiastic responses, especially on Facebook! (Did you know I have a Facebook page? Follow here for all things books, reading and writing.) But one friend said something that gave me pause. She told me, “People are going […]
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Blog Hiatus: 4 Lessons I Learned Behind The Scenes
While I was on hiatus from the blog, I was busy behind the scenes. The process of brainstorming content, creating a newsletter, and updating all of my old posts taught me valuable lessons about blogging and the overall direction of my writing life. Lesson 1: Have An Artistic Vision Based on brainstorming during the Pixels […]
Believing In Signs, Validating Choices
I used to believe very strongly in signs. I believed that there was a universal force woven into my life, one that gave me subtle signals to guide my choices: which job to take, which boy to date, which hobby to cultivate. I believed that if I was in tune with myself and with the […]
Adventures in Budgeting
Around Thanksgiving, my husband and I decided that instead of going back to work at the end of January as we’d originally planned, I am going to stay out on maternity leave for the rest of the school year. I’m very happy about this decision because I love motherhood much more than I’d expected, and […]
Where To Find Free E-Books
When I bought my Kindle last summer, the biggest drawback in my mind was that I’d end up spending more money on books. Even though e-books are cheaper, I so rarely purchase books that cost was definitely a factor. At the time, I saw myself using it mainly for travel purposes, which made the additional […]
All the Money in the World
If you had all the money in the world, not literally, but enough to accomplish whatever you wanted, what would you do? How would you live? How would your life be fundamentally different from the way you live it now? What can you do to make some of those dreams into reality, with the resources […]