Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mike Donghia of This Evergreen Home. Living with adversity is hard, but a life without clarity is harder. I have found that…
Category: Intentional Living
The speed of my life has decelerated recently. Our baby girl was born two weeks ago—15 days before we expected her. The day of her birth I specifically told a…
Growing up in small-town Iowa, I was close to my grandmother. Our relationship, however, was far from a textbook version. Instead of learning how to bake pies, decorate cookies, or…
The folding chair felt hard the longer I sat. I tried my best to look comfortable. I was, after all, sharing the spotlight. The women seated around me varied from…
Last weekend I stood on L.A.’s Playa del Rey beach, facing the Pacific. My toes anchored in the sand as the retracting tide fought to pull grains from beneath my…
After honing my decluttering skills over the past few years, I’ve developed a theory. Goes like this. Our ability to declutter grows in direct proportion to our ability to make…
On a recent inspiration-seeking Instagram scroll, I came across a quote that stopped me in my tracks. It went like this: “Your home is an extension of your energy field.…
Christmas for our family this year will have an uncanny feel. Instead of spending the winter holiday visiting family or hosting friends, we will spend it… packing. Yep. We’re spending…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by David Nurse, author of Breakthrough. I’m an early morning person, but 4 a.m. is a bit of a stretch. I was up…
My one experience with Black Friday shopping more closely resembled a high school sociology experiment than an actual shopping trip. My brother and I, home from college for the holidays,…