Hi everyone,
My weekends have been busy lately, so I’ve needed easy lunch ideas. My friend Ella told me about cauliflower flatbread, and I’ve made it two weeks in a row! It’s easy, delicious and healthy – I hope you’ll enjoy it!
My mom is a great runner. She’s the kind of person who has already been running for an hour before most of us wake up. My brother has always been really athletic as well, playing tennis for hours every day and teaching himself how to snowboard and water-ski. I was always more of a “stay inside and read” kid. When my family was hiking in Peru, it was me and my dad who were red-faced and winded, while my mom and brother scurried to the top like mountain goats.
This past weekend, Greg and I went to Joshua Tree. It was one of the most wild, expansive, and naturally beautiful places I’ve ever been; I would recommend it without hesitation.
When I was 14 years old, my parents arranged a house exchange to Fiji. It took 2 days, 3 planes, and a 4 hour bus ride. While I had traveled a little bit before this, it was the first time I had ever found myself so not “at home.” We spent a month living in another family’s house, driving their car, visiting their school, and sleeping in their beds. Seeing inside their life made me curious about how other people in other places lived. This was when I became infected with the travel bug.
Since then, I’ve been to 28 countries in my 28 years; my goal is to make it to 30 countries before turning 30.
For the past 2 years, I’ve been teaching kindergarten. As adorable as my kids are, they are also germ-mongers. Some of them have yet to master the skill of hand washing WITH soap, and have been known to sneeze and cough directly into my mouth. I’m still a pretty new teacher, so I’m sure I’ll eventually develop a resistance, but for now, it’s their germs against mine, and I’m losing.
A big part of my weekly meal planning is deciding what snacks to have. I used to spend a ton of time on this, so I decided to make a guide to help me. I also noticed that sometimes I was eating combinations that didn’t fill me up enough, or made me too full. I started tracking what feels good in my body, and have found this list to help simplify (and speed up) my planning efforts.
My words for 2016 are light, still, whole, and free. These words capture the way I want to feel.
I discovered the idea of “core desired feelings” from Danielle LaPorte’s work (learn more here). I’ve found that when my goal is a desired feeling, any efforts toward it are inherently satisfying. It isn’t about a final destination or ‘achieving’ in traditional terms – it is about connecting to my internal compass. It is about finding and appreciating the things I can choose to do in order to evoke the feelings I like to have. The ideas I’ve listed below feel like invitations to myself, not a chore list.
Hi everyone!
This week I made another variation of a simple green salad with roasted vegetables. It is easy to prep, lasts all week, and is full of nutrition and flavor.
There is no time like the New Year to try out new routines and organizational strategies. I find that creating order in my schedule and physical environment increases my emotional clarity. Similarly, feeling emotionally disheveled and swamped impacts the way I engage with my space, move through my day, and interact with those around me.
I think mental, emotional, and physical health are interconnected so I like to approach my personal organization efforts in a holistic way. Below are some suggestions for putting your time, space and heart in order this year.
Happy New Year!
Having just returned from a lovely holiday spent with my family in Canada, I wasn’t quite ready to be back in work-mode on Sunday. I opted for a very simple lunch plan and packed everything for the week in 45 minutes.
young, wild, and tidy. 