It was 11 months ago that I wrote my Editor’s Note about change (https://nonahoodnews.com/editors-note-change-air/). A heck of a lot has happened in that time. I’m learning to embrace change as a vehicle for opportunity, improvement, self-reflection, and discovering what I’m really capable of and what I really want in life. I have many favorite quotes, but one that has been … [Read more...]
Home, Sweet Home
This month marks four years since we packed up our home in Indiana and left everyone and everything we’d known as a family for more than 20 years. It was exciting and scary all at once. I couldn’t wait for my Midwestern daughters to see palm trees and experience the roar of waves hitting the beach, both for the first time. The only stop of many that I remember during my years … [Read more...]
Summer Hibernation
When I lived in the Midwest, it was often dark and dreary – for more than half the year, it seemed to me. And in the winter, when the cold would take your breath away and literally freeze your nose hairs, people didn’t leave the house unless they really had to … to go to work, to get groceries, to go to school, the basics. We didn’t linger and chill out with neighbors outside … [Read more...]
Help! I’m Stuck!
What do you do when you’re stuck? When you find yourself spinning your wheels but making no progress? When you feel trapped in a perpetual state of mediocrity or “survival mode” setting? I’m talking days of writer’s block. And processes, procedures, and daily routines that used to work but suddenly don’t, and I’m not 100 percent sure why. My go-to solution is to take a nap … [Read more...]
Life Is Hard
This whole adulting thing has got me pretty bummed out lately. It’s so hard! And according to my social media newsfeeds, I’m not alone in this sentiment! We’re all struggling in our own ways! We’ve got bills to pay, unexpected illnesses, chronic illnesses, cars to keep running, children to take care of, college expenses to stress over, jobs to perform well at, schedules to … [Read more...]
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