Archive for July 2016
LITTLE BY LITTLE / Simplifying + Sabbath
Hi, friends!! Welcome back to my new weekly series. (In case you missed them, here are Week one and week two.) What a week this has been. It is hard to write today with the heaviness swirling around us, but I am trying to keep going—focusing on giving and loving as much as I can. I hope Ari and…
Read MoreHOW TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE: PRUNE
This is a hard truth: too many good things is still too much. Grace and I picked blueberries this morning (can you spot her below?). The blueberry patch has been here for over thirty years, and these bushes keep making good fruit! How? Our friend, Wanda, works hard to keep them well-fed and pruned. If…
Read MoreMaking Things Happen
Eight years. Eight years! I was thinking to myself that “MTH,” as we call it, is the longest running creative conference, but it isn’t. Because we’re not just for creatives. The Making Things Happen Conference began in 2009, after what seemed like a small leap of faith at the time: I posted a blog entry answering a question I’d…
Read MoreLITTLE BY LITTLE / July 1 can be our New Year
Hi, friends!! Welcome back to my new weekly series! Can you believe we’re at the half-way point of 2016? I was reading Nancy’s goal updates this morning and they got me inspired. There’s nothing magical about January 1–July 1st can be our new year, friends. I’m working on my July PowerSheets today, and feeling good about the…
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