by admin_ac | May 26, 2023 | blog
In my last newsletter I wrote a little bit about how I was tackling my beleaguered veggie gardens this year. To be clear, they’re not really beleaguered yet, but based on empirical evidence, they will be soon enough. I am, after all, their caretaker and that is an...
by admin_ac | Apr 26, 2023 | blog
Do you ever notice that the things we’re all super weird about are all the things we all do but want to pretend we don’t? All those normal human things we cover up like they’re Pentagon secrets? We are constantly relating to ourselves as weird or...
by admin_ac | Mar 26, 2023 | blog
Well, we did it. We limped over the vernal equinox and we made it to spring. That being said, I’m clear that even though we’ve jumped our clocks ahead (can we just stop this already, please?), at least here in North America, and crossed the 21st of March...
by admin_ac | Jan 27, 2023 | blog
Last year, I set a goal to do a small thing every day for 365 days. And I failed. So, what did I learn about setting goals? Not what you might think. Ah, January. The brand-new year stretches out in front of us like a gorgeous blank canvas; a vision of unmarred,...
by admin_ac | Nov 25, 2022 | blog
Have you ever had the experience of wanting to do something new or different, only to find yourself unable to make yourself get up and actually go Do The Thing? Of course you have; you’re a human and this experience is common and normal. This could be getting up...
by admin_ac | Oct 27, 2022 | blog
This is it: the final instalment in the three-part why-commitment-feels-hard-and-how-to-make-it-easier series. We’ve covered the natural reasons we tend to shy away from commitments, which is normal and human of us, because of how our ancestors learned to...