As I mentioned, on New Year’s Eve, The Climbing Daddy and I did a 10k with an intermission (more commonly known as two 5ks). The second one started at 12:10 a.m.—shortly after a sparkling cider toast. We ended up leaving around 1:00 or so. My hesitation on this run was driving home at that time … Read more
Who are you doing it for? Are you doing it to better yourself? (In what way? Why?) Are you just trying to impress people? When you eat junk hiding in the bathroom, or tell your people you went to the gym when you didn’t, or pretend you ran faster than you did… why? There are … Read more
The other day, I shared on Facebook the four most popular posts from December. Two of them were about Christmas. A friend from way back commented that I’d written a lot about Christmas but not about the lights. The Lights. In short (because I’m not sure that a longer piece would do it any more … Read more
I am not the only one who has changed eating habits, only to be met with this specific piece of resistance from others: “But it’s [a special occasion]!” A few problems with this mindset. First, there are so many special occasions. The bigger your celebrating circle, the more occasions there are. (I framed it as … Read more
To celebrate the new year, The Climbing Daddy and I did a set of two 5ks: the last 5k of 2018 and the first 5k of 2019. One started at 10:30 p.m. and the other at 12:10 a.m., with a sparkling cider toast at midnight in between. So two 5ks, which is the same distance … Read more
I had an e-conversation in response to a few ideas I’ve put out here and, with permission, am sharing bits with you. (Also, as I’m revisiting our conversation, I’m thinking of other things, so there will be a little more here than there was privately.) Hey Heather, I’ve been enjoying your blog…Pregnancy is kind of … Read more
As a child, I was an introvert and socially anxious and shy. As a result, I spent a lot of time watching. I was so anxious about making a social misstep that I watched and learned quite a bit about how other people interact (for better or for worse). As a result, I notice a … Read more
I’ve seen an idea several times where you write down a positive thing each day (different variations of positive, but all more or less the same) and put it in a jar, and at the end of the year, you dump and read the contents of the jar. I’d like to do that here, with … Read more
Please, if you are going to make the effort to make a New Year’s resolution, please take some steps to make it more likely to be successful. (If you have no intention of keeping it, don’t bother making it.) Some steps: Make it something in your control: “The garage will get cleaned out,” when what … Read more
I got a lot of feedback on one phrase in my post on throwing away junk food: “we have a culture of healthy food in our house.” It has been interesting talking to people about the culture at home. First: yes, your home has its own culture. This is why there are so many adults … Read more