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Sunday Lately, 111

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Fighting, Relaxing, Daydreaming, Delivering, Amusing.

Fighting

I’ve been fighting the urge to sleep all the time. It’s all I want to do anymore. I believe I’m closely related to bears.

Relaxing

I have had way too much self-care this week. I feel like I got done what I needed to, but nothing above and beyond. Isn’t that such a crappy feeling?

Daydreaming

Warmer weather came around this week, but it also brought cold and snow. As much as I dislike snow, I’m daydreaming of a good snowstorm (not too bad, just enough to keep me in for the weekend) so I have an excuse to truly do nothing but eat ramen noodles and watch Gilmore Girls.

Delivering

Good news? A puppy? I do need to send Betty the Llama off to Katy. I’ve been horribly behind.

Amusing

I’ve been trying to do FB live videos (because I’m a content marketer, I need to actually do what I’m recommending to my clients.) It’s been amusing, but not super rewarding. Watch my stuff. Make me feel like someone cares!

 

What have you been up to lately?

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Sunday Lately, 110

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Procrastinating, Hiding, Imagining, Sharing, Praising.

Procrastinating

Ironically, I procrastinated writing this until Sunday morning (usually I’ll do it a day ahead so I can relax in the morning). So this will be short and sweet.

Hiding

I don’t think I’ve been needing to hide anything. I don’t live with anyone, so no presents have to be stashed under the bed or anything. I guess if anything, I’ve been shoving things in closets instead of cleaning and actually getting rid of things, so you could say I’ve been hiding clutter.

Imagining

Warmer days. It was bright and sunny yesterday and I felt so much better than I have in past gray days. Sadly, knowing Pittsburgh, there will be one 65 degree day at the end of February, a little in April, then nothing until late May. And the rest of the days will be cold.

I had to buy flowers the other day just to brighten things up.

Sharing

Yesterday, I shared an ice cream sandwich with two friends. We didn’t have a way to cut it and plastic utensils just didn’t cut it. So we passed it back and forth. (Anyone watch How I Met Your Mother? We passed it around like a sandwich.)

Praising

This wonderful community! I’m so thrilled that Katy asked me to be a part of the Sunday Lately leaders last year and it’s just exploded into this group of smart, driven, interesting women.

What have you been up to lately?


The Mystery of Faith

Faith. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. An entire morning of journaling was devoted to it. It’s a tricky subject because everyone has their own definition of it. And everyone has their own idea of what it entails. But we all have an idea of it and can probably generally agree on a definition, though how it manifests itself is a mystery and as unique as the person embodying the idea.

You can’t hold it, but you can feel it. You can’t see it, but you can tell when it’s there. You trust your intuition and what others tell you and accept there’s this concept out there keeping you hopeful and moving forward.

Think about it, all the “faith” phrases are hopeful: in good faith, a leap of faith, keeping the faith. There’s still that element of not knowing the outcome, but you trust and proceed anyway.

It seems like the people who have unconditional faith, that there is something good out there guiding us and making sure no harm befalls us, do the most good and have a more positive path to walk.

They don’t seem to be worried because they give their troubles to someone else. It isn’t that they just hand all their worries over to the Universe and say, “Okay, your move,” it’s just the opposite. Those people are doing more with their lives. They’re living bigger and pushing further. They trust in their belief so much, they can make bold moves.

Notice I’ve been using the third person. I’ve been struggling with faith. I’ll have a day when I try to be open and accept graciously what comes to me. And other days I completely shut down and throw myself into a loop of extreme doubt in everything I’ve believed. Clearly something is out of alignment. In the meantime, faith is something to hold on to a bit stronger.

How do you keep the faith in your life?

It's hard to keep the faith, especially when you're having a downward vibration kind of day. What do you do to keep the faith alive for you? Really interesting perspective!

Sunday Lately, 109

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Writing, Quitting, Fixing, Celebrating, Updating.

Writing

I wish I could say I’ve been writing blog posts, but that’s been kind of slow going recently. I have been working on a new Blogger Tribe website, which Katy and I hinted at this week, so that counts as writing, right?

Quitting

Hm, there isn’t much that I’m quitting. I guess you could say I’m trying to quit making myself seem small and insignificant all the time, especially around people that seem like they’re busier/more important/better than I am.

Fixing

Another one that’s tough. And I picked these prompts! I haven’t been fixing much around the house since it’s really cold and most projects require being outside. I do have an On a Shoestring post coming up with some creating of things, so I guess that’s kind of fixing (and hopefully leaves y’all with a cliffhanger!)

Celebrating

Making strides with the Blogger Tribe group! Katy and I met this past Tuesday to discuss some projects, again that we hinted about in the group via Facebook Live, and we think they’re going to be awesome, so I’m all kinds of excited to see where we can take this.

Updating

Last week, I needed to change the energy in my office, so I moved some furniture and updated some storage things. Hopefully it brings the good vibes in!

What have you been up to lately? Link up with us and share!


Sunday Lately with the Blogger Tribe, edition 109

Sunday Lately, 108

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Searching, Relying, Addressing, Praising, Singing.

Searching

…for a new planner. Kidding. I feel like it’s tradition for me to write about a planner at some point every Sunday Lately. I’ve been searching for some good organizational systems. I was able to participate in the #createlounge Twitter chat on Wednesday and it made me realize that my space needs a creative refresh. I can let go of a lot of extra things and streamline my office. What’s your favorite storage item?

Relying

I’m not sure what I’m relying on. Myself, I suppose. I’ve been part of a mastermind with Propelle / Rock It this year and our first project was a Chalkboard a la Being Boss. So I mapped out my client goals and blog goals for Q1 and it’s just staring at me and I have to get shit done or else (not that the mastermind will do anything, but I like eating dinner and sleeping under a roof.)

Addressing

My to-do list. If I don’t have a list, I feel like I’m floating. When I have a to-do list, it’s easier to focus and get to work. (I wrote a post last week that talked a bit more about this and why having a list is awesome for your mindset.)

Praising

I’ve been writing every morning and I always try to include a section of what I’m grateful for and a bit of praise of what’s been going on right. Even a little bit of gratitude has been going a long day. Last week was a little rough and this practice really helped me to write what’s bothering me then release it so I wasn’t dwelling on it.

Singing

I don’t sing. I’m not a singer. I can play musical instruments, but my talent stops there. That said, Anberlin is my go-to for car singing.

What have you been up to lately?


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