Every Friday, I post my favourite links, posts, & resources from around the Web. Expect to learn, grow, & be inspired! 1. It Should Never Come To This: If you read nothing else this week, read this. 2. The Most Intelligent Thing You Could Ever Do: A simple guide to creating happiness. 3. How to organize your life?: Practical advice about how to decrease the insanity & increase zen through…
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7 Life Lessons from My First Garden
Read moreWe planted our first vegetable garden this year. It’s been an incredible journey watching our tiny seedlings and seeds transform into delicious vegetables. I fell so in love with our plants that it was difficult to kill pick them and then *gulp* eat them! But in the end, it was so worth it. The tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and eggplant that we’ve harvested have been — far & away — the…
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Carousel — 08.13.10
Read moreEvery Friday, I post my favourite links, posts, & resources from around the Web. Expect to learn, grow, & be inspired. 1. Screw Robin Hood: New Study Claims Credit Card Rewards Take from the Poor to Give to the Rich: When I paid off my credit card debt https://livelovesimple.com/financial-freedom-fall/ earlier this year, it felt like the weight of the world fell of my shoulders. This post explains why. 2. How…
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GiT Thursday — 08.12.10
Read moreGiT (Give it Thanks) Thursday: My weekly list of gratitude for the huge & the tiny things that I am thankful for. Dinner & drinks with my ladies. Once every few months or so, my two best girlfriends and I get together for dinner & drinks. It’s nothing fancy & we usually stay local, but there is something so sweet about unadulterated “girl time” (or of course boy time if…
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Trading Cash for Experience: New Jersey State Fair
Read morePreface: I’m not a fan of money, spending money, or obtaining material possessions. In my life, I practice minimalism whenever possible. My opinions about money & possessions are largely shaped by my financial history. Despite the facts that I am frugal & that money is not my favourite thing, there is one thing that I am willing to spend my money on and that is: experience. I absolutely love to…
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How to Create Your Dream Reality
Read moreOne of the greatest insights that has come out of modern physics is that of the unity between the observer and the observed. The person conducting the experiment—the observing consciousness—cannot be separated from the observed phenomena and a different way of looking, causes the observed phenomena to behave differently. —Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now The power that you possess to create and change the world around you—for better or…
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Carousel — 08.06.10
Read moreEvery Friday, I post my favourite links, posts, & resources from around the Web. Expect to learn, grow, & be inspired. 1. But who will speak for the trees?: This is a really important post about the demise of the paper industry & why it is actually quite a good thing, especially for trees. 2. 25 Lessons I’ve Learned in 50 Years: I love when people share the life lessons…
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GiT Thursday — 08.05.10
Read moreIntroducing: GiT (Give it Thanks) Thursday: My weekly list of gratitude for the huge & the tiny things that I am thankful for. The sea. I am convinced that I was a mermaid in my past life. As a toddler, I was thrown into the swimming pool to sink or swim. I swam. People are always amazed to see me swim or tread water for hours on end without exhaustion.…
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Carousel — 07.23.10
Read more1. Eating on the Road: Local Food and Long Distance Cravings: I have fallen so in love with this blog. Part of the experience of traveling is giving up the familiar comforts of home and seeing everything from a new perspective. It’s awkward and frustrating but also brilliant and life changing. 2. You’ve Got to Serve Yourself: Brandon is biking from Berlin to Beijing and sharing his journey along the…