The Creep
The anxiety is returning. Without even the decency to creep in, it’s more looming and roaring like a thunderstorm you can see coming from across the river. COVID cases are exponentially increasing, the days are dramatically shorter and darker, and…
Common Cents
The time has indeed come. I could wax philosophical about the time I’ve spent away from discussing finances, financial goals, and financial freedom, and how it has been symbolic of the general chaos that has befallen much of our lives…
My Year of Less, Chapter Three: Sobriety
On the 4th of July, I knew I was done. I’d had an impending sense of a pull to abstinence from alcohol for quite some time despite having no “real” consequences from my drinking. I knew this was on the horizon…
Homeschool, Here We Come!
I’d considered including this post in my “My Year of Less” series, because this homeschooling venture fits into “less public school” and will have the domino effect of less of a lot of things as the year goes on but,…
My Year of Less: A Brief Update
In Chapter 2 of this series, I announced a personal shopping ban. Six weeks into it, I’m happy to report that things are going well. I finally found sandals to replace my worn out Chacos (another pair of Chacos I…
My Year of Less, Chapter Two: The Shopping Ban
On behalf of COVID-19, we’re wrapping up nine weeks of social distancing/quarantine/isolation/whatever here in Massachusetts, with a tenth and likely many more before us. The first 8 weeks did not leave me a lot of time for contemplation, as I highlighted in…
My Year of Less, Chapter One
My Year of Less, for a Life of More I’m 37 today. Technically in just under two hours I’ll be 37 (6:09pm), but the 14th of May is my day. I so love my birthday. I feel honored to have been…
Where Does My Help Come From?
Where Does My Help Come From? Facebook, CNN, Fox News, Instagram, your friend group, a well-meaning auntie, and the New York Times. Twitter, too, but I always forget about Twitter since I’m not on it. Either way, the headlines have…
Lent 2020
I have some quiet time all alone in the house this morning and am doing some final mental preparations for Lent, which begins tomorrow (Ash Wednesday). For those who are unaware, Lent is the 40-day period (excluding Sundays) of fasting…
Middle School Chronicles, Episode 1
It’s clear that writing about middle school will be a regular thing as our family navigates with one child who is right now in their second year of middle school, with two more joining him next year. Alas, let’s just…