While I know that I normally write about travel, the outdoors, and a sprinkle of gratitude here and there, one of my 2020 goals was to read one book and listen to one audiobook each month. Then, I wanted to write a blog post about each of them. The reason why I wanted to include it in my blog is because with traveling there can be a significant amount of downtime. If you are taking a road trip, there are…
It’s November – so naturally we all tend to think more about what we are thankful for during this month. You can use this as an opportunity to either start or enhance your practice of gratitude. And I don’t say this lightly. Practicing gratitude can change your life. Literally. What is practicing gratitude? Let’s start at the beginning. If you are looking for a way to learn more about gratitude and incorporating this into your daily routine, check out this book to…
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that two weeks ago I did a daily story update focused on gratitude. I got quite a bit of positive feedback and DMs from this so I wanted to do another blog post about gratitude. Specifically, daily gratitude practice with different areas of focus. What is practicing gratitude? Let’s start at the beginning. If you are looking for a way to learn more about gratitude and incorporating this into your daily routine,…
As they say, all good things must come to an end. That “thing” in this era of our lives would be research year. For those unaware, Austin has been on research year since July 1, 2018 and he finished his research year on June 30, 2019. He started back to official residency on July 1. While he may excited to be headed back into the operating room, I am certainly not excited to have him more busy. Over the past…
I was reminded recently that I hadn’t posted anything on here in a while. The past few months have been BUSY. Going to catch you up on a few important adventures that have happened since I last posted in November and I wanted to start with my two trips to Hawaii, especially in light of the recent volcanic eruptions and lava flows that are disrupting the Big Island. In December, I was able to go to Maui [again!] on a…
But I am grateful anyway. If we are friends on Facebook, you might have seen my most recent Facebook live. Here it is in case you didn’t: However, I want to re-cap for you just in case you aren’t a fan of those things. So I just completed my second round of reading The Magic (The Secret) by Rhonda Byrne and I really wanted to provide a review. Right away at the beginning of the book I begin to relate…