It has been 10 months since my husband and I left the sunny state of California to move back east, and I’ve been reflecting lately on how my brief time living in California impacted my life. I have lived in North Carolina, Vermont, California and now Connecticut and each location has shaped my life in … Continue reading What I Learned Living In California
This week I spent my afternoons reading The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. For those of you who have never heard of it, it is a wonderful little book that illustrates the ideologies of Taoism by presenting them within the world of A.A. Milne's Winnie The Pooh. The book is a short, quick read, … Continue reading The Tao of Pooh, The Tao of You
It has been somewhat hard to adjust to normal life after returning from my month away at yoga teacher training. Being at training I was immersed in one of my passions. Being back, I have to find a way to balance that passion with work, other hobbies and everything else life brings. This has made … Continue reading Living Authentically
The other day I was having a conversation with a friend; we were discussing our envy of those people that never seem to be at work yet somehow still seem to have all the money to travel, have nice things, go out to eat/drink all of the time, etc. “What a luxurious life,” I said, … Continue reading The Simple Life: Discovering “Want” vs. “Need”
Do you ever get so overwhelmed on your days off or during free time because you have too many things you want to do or accomplish? That’s how I’ve been feeling lately, and this almost always distracts me to the point that I lose motivation or productivity. This is a good problem to have, I … Continue reading The Journey Is The Destination
About five months ago I quit my full-time job. It was the fourth job that I had left within a four year period. I had battled over the decision for many months, knowing very well that I could be making a very poor decision. After all, leaving four jobs in a row after less than … Continue reading How Choosing Happiness Helped Me Redesign My Life
In Alyssa's previous post Mindful March: Exploring The “Why”, she says: This week, I spent time focusing on a few main “whys” in my life. What I achieved was the ability to begin understanding and letting go of some of the factors in my life that are holding me back from truly discovering my version of … Continue reading Finding My Why
