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Day 65: Unwind
I guess I mean that word in a particular way–as in: Now that you’ve gotten yourself so wound up, do you think you might be able to unwind? Much as I would like to imagine myself as serenely floating through my … Continue reading
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Day 64: Transplant
I’ve had an avocado tree in my office almost as long as I have been at my school–around seven years, I’d guess. It started out as an avocado seed suspended by four toothpicks in a peanut butter jar full of … Continue reading
Day 63: Walk
My oldest had to stay late after school today for an audition, which meant instead of him going home with his carpool ride, I had to pick him up on my way back from work. Not a big inconvenience, by … Continue reading
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Day 62: Detach
…with love, of course, as the saying goes. So tonight is going to have to be another Monday evening quickie. Not too long ago, I read about another blogger’s refrigerator magnet de-clutter project. Admittedly, it’s not a major, life-changing undertaking … Continue reading
Day 61: Maneuver
Today was not really the day I expected it to be. I have a big writing project due in less than two weeks. With everything else that has been going on at home and at work, I haven’t had a … Continue reading
Day 60: Endure
I know the word “endure” usually has such negative connotations, but that’s not what I’m after here. In looking at the Wordle graphic from yesterday, I was struck by the fact that the word I used most over the past … Continue reading
Day 59: Distill
Well, here we are at the end of February. Last month, I took a couple of days to review everything I had written, and to try to extract some patterns in all of these daily experiments. I thought I would … Continue reading
Day 58: Tackle
OK, so the other day I wrote about how all of this effort to bring order to the house was feeling a bit like fighting the tide. I discovered in the midst of that frustration that if I could simply … Continue reading
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Day 57: Yield
Meet our new coffee maker. No, I wouldn’t call it minimalist. Nor is it very simple. But it is ours now, and I’m sure it will do just fine. Our old coffee maker somehow sprang a leak. It took us … Continue reading
Day 56: Intend
I have been a little down on myself over the past couple of days. I’ve started to see some things slip. The past two mornings, my alarm has been set for 6:15am instead of 6am, which means I haven’t had … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, being present, discipline, intention, practice, simple action
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365 Simplify 