Carolyn Weeks Carpenter, who led us to "Take a cold shower" with her guest post last year, inspired this Nudge. The idea is to pick a chore that's typically drudgery and turn it into something mindful--or even fun! Merriam-Webster defines the verb relish as "to be pleased or gratified by: ENJOY" and "to appreciate with taste and discernment." Lots of possibilities for this: Turn up[...]
Carolyn Weeks Carpenter, who led us to "Take a cold shower" with her guest post last year, inspired this Nudge. The idea is to pick a chore that's typically drudgery and turn it into something mindful--or even fun! Merriam-Webster defines the verb relish as "to be pleased or gratified by: ENJOY" and "to appreciate with taste and discernment." Lots of possibilities for this: Turn up[...]
I hit the ground running pretty much every morning and don't stop till I collapse on the couch to eat dinner. (Yes, I know I should be setting a pretty table and eating there. That's a Nudge for another day.) This week's Nudge is designed to get me into the habit of pausing and checking in with myself on a regular basis. Here's my goal: At least once every day, stop whatever I'm doing[...]
I hit the ground running pretty much every morning and don't stop till I collapse on the couch to eat dinner. (Yes, I know I should be setting a pretty table and eating there. That's a Nudge for another day.) This week's Nudge is designed to get me into the habit of pausing and checking in with myself on a regular basis. Here's my goal: At least once every day, stop whatever I'm doing[...]
We have a cabinet filled with games–Monopoly, Taboo, Clue, backgammon. I recall pulling a few out early in COVID, but we spent much of our sheltering-in-place binging on TV series. It’s time to open up that cabinet and PLAY! This Nudge, like so many others, has multiple purposes. Time together–just Thor and me, or maybe we’ll invite friends to join us–plus pure fun, plus perh[...]
We have a cabinet filled with games--Monopoly, Taboo, Clue, backgammon. I recall pulling a few out early in COVID, but we spent much of our sheltering-in-place binging on TV series. It's time to open up that cabinet and PLAY! This Nudge, like so many others, has multiple purposes. Time together--just Thor and me, or maybe we'll invite friends to join us--plus pure fun, plus perhaps al[...]
Remember this, from back when we were sheltering in place? The idea was to take photos of things that made us happy, to lift our spirits and foster hope for better days. I recall seeing images on Facebook and Instagram from friends who accepted the challenge. Now it's my turn. P.S. YOU make me happy, simply by being on this 52Nudges adventure with me. Say CHEESE! ;-) What Happen[...]
Remember this, from back when we were sheltering in place? The idea was to take photos of things that made us happy, to lift our spirits and foster hope for better days. I recall seeing images on Facebook and Instagram from friends who accepted the challenge. Now it's my turn. P.S. YOU make me happy, simply by being on this 52Nudges adventure with me. Say CHEESE! ;-)[...]
Good grief. Where did this wacky idea come from? It might have been inspired by The Island of Missing Trees, a beautiful novel by Elif Shafak that was one of my favorite books of 2023. One of the characters is a fig tree and...well, it just works. Or maybe I was thinking about an article I read in National Geographic a couple of years ago about how trees are interconnected, how th[...]
Good grief. Where did this wacky idea come from? It might have been inspired by The Island of Missing Trees, a beautiful novel by Elif Shafak that was one of my favorite books of 2023. One of the characters is a fig tree and...well, it just works. Or maybe I was thinking about an article I read in National Geographic a couple of years ago about how trees are interconnected, how th[...]