Always evolving, Never Average
I turned 50 today. I cannot believe I am 50. Seriously. How the hell am I 50? OLD PEOPLE ARE 50. Not me. I don’t feel 50. Not on the inside, and not really on the outside, either. But you know what? Even though I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the …Read More
I never really shared too much about Marie Forleo’s book experience. There is something she said that I wanted to share with you. She talked about the difference between using the word can’t and won’t. We use the word can’t all the time. I can’t get up that early to workout. I can’t run. I …Read More
This past Saturday I found myself in an extremely rare situation. Number 5 and Number 7 were both at sleepover birthday parties. So there were only three kids home. Number 3 (14 years old) and Number 4 (13 years old tomorrow — can you believe it???) are pretty happy to spend time alone in their …Read More
Last week I wrote this post proposing that women shift their thinking around Mom’s Nights Out. Meeting regularly with women to talk and vent and just hang out without kids around is one form of self-care. I challenged women to plan a weekly meeting with other women that involved another form of self-care. Exercise. Today …Read More
Number 5 has always been a good sleeper. She learned to sleep on her own when she was a baby — we never had to make her cry it out. One day around five months old, she slept through the night. And that was it. There was a phase when she was two or three …Read More
On Monday night I went into New York City to see Marie Forleo speak. If you read Friday’s post, you know this was way out of my comfort zone for a whole bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is that while I’ve been to the city many times (it’s only an hour away from …Read More
I am on Day 11 of a self-issued September challenge where I have set the goal of writing 30 posts in 30 days. I have been sitting here at the pool while my kids swim for almost 2 hours now and I have succeeded in doing pretty much absolutely nothing. The past 2 nights have …Read More
I used to really look forward to a good Mom’s Night Out. And I’d usually get totally hammered at them. It was fun in the moment, but the next day seriously sucked. And the older I got, the longer it would take me to recover from them. Then I decided to stop drinking (26 months …Read More
I swam all four years I was at Lehigh. I made some really, really good friends. That’s the way it normally works with swimmers. If you are on the swim team, you have friendships and bonds for life. Only swimmers understand the swim life. The swim team is its own fraternity and sorority. Along with …Read More
One of the reasons I am such a big proponent of exercise — aside from the obvious physical benefits and the mental health benefits and the example you are setting for your kids when it’s a regular part of your routine — is that you are pushed out of your physical comfort zone. And this …Read More
