Oh, why hello my gorgeous readers! It is so wonderful to see you here on this beautiful Friday afternoon (or whatever day/time it is where you are). This week came in like a lion and is heading out like a lamb… typical March weather in the North Eastern US. Last week received over three feet of fluffy white stuff (snow!). Currently the temperature is on the rise and it’s beginning to melt. Is this a sign that Spring is on its way? I sure hope so!
And now on to this week’s charming Carousel. I do hope you enjoy…
1. Quick easy tips for travel health and Living in the now: Two awesome posts from Vagablogging this week. One contains common sense tips to keep you healthy while on the road and the other talks about the importance of fleeting moments in time. Lovely.
2. This is So Inappropriate!: “Your choices always carry tremendous weight, even when you feel like you have no choice in the matter. We don’t need enormous reserves of skill or advantage to make big differences to what happens to us — and to the manner in which we ‘happen’ to the world.”
3. The Sure Fire Way to Sabotage Any Relationship: In this post, Jared explains why trying to “get back to the way things were” is like signing your relationship’s death certificate. Do you agree?
4. 5 Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home: This post is far & away, one of the best that I’ve read on the topic. Can you take travel lessons and apply them to your life? Can you use these lessons to live the life of your dreams 100% of the time? Yes, you can! This post will tell you how.
5. Avatar’s Impact: How To Train Like A Na’vi: Have you seen Avatar yet? I saw it once in 2D and then again in 3D—yes, it was that good! I love Amber’s take on the movie in this excellent post. “While the special effects and imagination behind the film are awe inspiring enough, what excited me the most was the vital ecological message that’s reaching millions. The fact that people from around the globe are beginning to see the significance of our connection to all organisms is incredible.” Yes, yes, yes! Exactly. She’s hit the nail on the head.
6. What Are Values?: Many people pay Tim Brownson good money to help them define values; but in this post, he’ll show you how to do it for free! I absolutely love (& agree with) the way that he introduces the post: “So what I’m really saying is this is some heavy personal development shit that needs your total concentration and commitment if you’re going to get the most out of it. And make no mistake, it’s the single most powerful thing you can do if you genuinely want to understand yourself.”
7. how to: focus in batches: “Limited resources force you to focus on your creativity.”
8. Coping with Major Life Changes: Excellent tips to help get you through some of life’s most challenging moments.
9. The War Over Wolves: One topic that I haven’t written too much about yet is wildlife & environmental conservation. It is one of the things that I am most passionate about. This post from the National Geographic Blog broke my heart a bit. Despite my inclination to preserve as many creatures as humanly possible, there are always two sides to every story. I’ll be making some posts on this topic in the near future.
10. Olympians’ daily food choices as important as their rigorous training: Want to learn to eat like an Olympian? Is the food that you put in your body really that important? After reading this, I say YES!
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That is it for this week’s round up. I loved all of these great posts and I hope that you will, too. Perhaps just the burst of inspiration you were needing to get your weekend off to a great start?
Have a lovely weekend. Spread love & light!
Love this. I need to start purging and organizing again as well. We got rid of most of our belongings when we moved across the country, but we’ve already accumulated so much junk since July!
I can’t believe it’s been since July that you moved! I feel like it was just last week. How time flies…
It’s SO hard purging. I remember when I had to do that for the first time when we moved into a 600 sq ft apartment in NY. It was one of the hardest things I had to do, a lot of teen memories I kept. After that, it’s been easier to purge.
BTW, I just can’t get over how much I love the color of your bedroom walls!
It really is hard. And thank you, I love the wall color, too. Next time we paint, we’re going to paint the whole house white! It will be a stark change since our walls are all rainbow colors now. I’ll miss it — but my style has evolved since we moved in five years ago.
your home pin board looks very similar to mine! how have i not been following your boards until now?? (yup, just started!). girl, you and i have been doing the exact same thing. i’ve been making organization and simplifying my mission this year. and just like you said, it’s SUCH a slow process having an energetic toddler running around the house and wanting to get into EVERYTHING mommy is doing. still, not gonna give up. oh, and how i wish i could have white or light bedding! dumb cats sleep on our bed day and night…and the dogs slide right up against the bed each morning when we wake up. ugh, all the hair and dirt!!! drives me CRAZY. this (and the kid) is why we can’t have nice things! 🙂 one day.
I have a dream catcher in my room, too! It’s over the crib. I bought it from the store where Lorra used to work in Vancouver.
Our new house is going to have all white walls. Now we have a red bed room, yellow living room, orange bathroom & blue kitchen!!
This is just beautiful!!!! Im in love! 🙂