I’ve been thinking a lot about hope this week. Especially how I tend to live without it. What I mean by that is I’m so used to waiting, and waiting and waiting and waiting, but without the desired results. There are at least two issues with this: I stopped waiting expectantly. I fell into a pattern of judging my life by results. So, I'm always left wanting which is a breeding ground for discontentment and discouragement. Do you know how tiring it is to always be ... VIEW POST
3 Sneaky Problems With Perfectionism
Goodness in the Messy Middle
I didn't like January very much. It felt like a never ending, vast expanse of dreariness. Like thick fog over a graveyard. Maybe because we had to get used to winter without Christmas and home without Hannah. It could be because something is always left behind when you go through a transition. There's also a chance I lost my sense of self-worth in the endless days of nothingness. I actually enjoyed the first two weeks of January. I used the time to relax after Christmas, get the ... VIEW POST
Make Room for Hope
I don't do well with waiting. Especially when I feel like I've done all the things I'm supposed to do to see results; setting intentions for the day, writing goals, and doing the next right thing. Then, I get restless. The next thing I know, I'm rearranging furniture. So, it makes perfect sense (in retrospect) that I was rearranging Hannah's bedroom this week... The Power of Setting Intentions for the Day Intentions are Like Placeholders for Hope Matt and I intended to run an ... VIEW POST
