Gretchen Rubin shared a writing exercise to capture a person or place, called the Five-Senses Portrait. For each of the five senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching), you write a list of five associations to create a sensory snapshot of that person or place. I decided to write a five-senses portrait for my childhood summer spot, but once I got …
Hey, all. At the beginning of the calendar year, I wrote a list of — not goals, exactly; more like to-do items that I wanted to keep on my radar. Now that we are at the halfway point of the year, I’m taking inventory of what has and has not happened so far:
Hey, all, a couple weeks ago I asked what’s on your bucket list, and here are some items you shared:
Last week I went to a work conference(!) and spent five days in the Big Easy. I had this trip planned for months and months, and it’s hard to believe it’s actually over.
Hi, all. I’ll be away for the week, so all is quiet here until next Monday. In the meantime, I’d love to read what’s on your bucket list. And also, I want to thank you for your comments (I loooove comments). I hope you have a great week, and how about enjoying some classic summer fun, like:
You’re still you and you’re still an autonomous adult even if you’re single…
Since I posted about my bucket list last year, I’ve been continuously revisiting and adding to it. The other week, I was talking to a family member about writing a list of her own and asked her to start listing goals/dreams out loud. It took a bit to warm up, but then she started sharing dreams, and truly it was …
Can’t believe it’s seven weeks since I posted my list. It was right after Pesach and my schedule was slowly opening up as the semester wound down. I’m pleased that I’ve checked off half the list so far and done a few other nice things around the city.
Dreaming is the first step.
I started writing a list of Things I Learned From People I Dated and it morphed into Moments From My Dating History That Stuck With Me For Whatever Reason.
