Are you suffering from distraction due to discontentment in life? Have you given up on your ideal life and given in to actions that will subconsciously keep you from thinking about your failures? Like the average American, maybe you are spending over 5 hours a day distracting yourself on various electronic devices. Take a moment […]
Consumer Chronicles Week 6 & 7 Plus Dinner Confessions
I’ve decided to merge my Consumer Chronicles into a post every two weeks, instead of on a weekly schedule. Basically, I find that I am actually doing better than I thought in this area of life, and I don’t have nearly as many wants and items I am purchasing on a whim as I thought […]
New Beginnings
It is always a good exercise to look back and remember where we first started and recognize our progress as a person, while also encouraging others who are just getting started on their own journeys. With the new beginning of February, I’d like to backtrack a little and relive my own beginnings of simplicity, and […]
Consumer Chronicles Week 5
This week came with some purchases that would definitely be deemed unnecessary, but valued and used in my home. When I am shopping intentionally, sometimes I become a deep thinker. I wonder if it is morally responsible for me to purchase things just for ‘fun’, when there are so many people without clean water and […]
Finding Calm In Community
Sometimes I have so many thoughts, needs and wants pulling at my attention, it feels like my thinking is far from intentional, almost out of my control, and it doesn’t feel like I can slow it down. I try meditating, and the quiet just makes everything louder up there. It can become pretty frustrating when […]
