I'd imagined this next post would be filled with snippets about our trip. Most likely not too many personal details, but a smattering of photos and surface-type stories about our time in Guatemala. This isn't that post. Less than 8 hours before we were to depart--we were faced with a decision which forced us to cancel our trip. For reasons I wont share, but for reasons which resulted ... Continue Reading
What do you want to be thanked for?
ahhh motherhood. a thankless job? We, the royal-human-race we, talk a lot about gratitude. Finding it, sharing it, showing it, making time every damn day to write it down so we don't miss experiencing it. I'm all about that. As a parent I believe it's pivotal to practice not preach the act of being thankful for what we have. As a human I know gratitude is crucial for my health as its ... Continue Reading
Do we have a happiness set point?
gratitude. Our 2013 gratitude jar commitment has continued longer than I'd dared to hope. Like over three years longer and counting. Quite frankly, even though she was 7 when we started, I'd envisioned the project as something Id have to make nudge The Child to become enthusiastic about. And yet, to my surprise, she's still typically the instigator of our gratitude moments. Sometimes ... Continue Reading
Happy birthday, Dad!
(before) Lately there's been lots of talk about OLD SCHOOL BLOGGING. Bloggers doing posts with random life questions or the ABC's of life (?) and referring to it as OLD SCHOOL. For me old school blogging is something completely different. It's a return to the days when blogging was my life laid bare. Everything hanging out for all to see. Old school blogging is, for me, back when life ... Continue Reading
Opening our 2013 GRATITUDE jar.
It is FINALLY time to *open* our 2013 jar & re-visit the many things for which we were grateful. If you didn't join us last year--consider this your invitation to find a jar, snip some papers, and git ready for 2014! From the time the Tornado was TINY we've focused on gratitude with her. Each night we pray for others, ourselves, and add a snippet of what we're grateful for ... Continue Reading
Tweetsgiving gratitude post.
It surprised me that I found this post to be a challenge to write. The more I pondered the more I realized if I were grateful for only a few small things it would be an easy blog entry to whip out. Im grateful for blahblah A. Im thankful for yadayada B. MizFit OUT! I think it's because I work (which doesnt meant that Im always successful!) to operate from a place of gratitude on a daily ... Continue Reading
Tweetsgiving 2009.
We've talked before about the power of gratitude and how much we receive when we make the time to volunteer and help others. Studies have shown that there actually exists a sort of Helpers High which occurs post-volunteering/kind act. This burst of euphoria/endorphins followed by a long period of immense calm is only one of many positive physical manifestation of acts of kindness. Stress ... Continue Reading
What? Me worry? (video post).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If0gcGFJ6C0 (The gratitude post I mention.) So there ya go, People. My question for you: What things in your life do you ruminate upon/fret about so *vigorously* you're accidentally praying for them to occur? Please to hit us all up in the comments. ... Continue Reading
Gratitude. Spread the Mood. Last Day O’Freebies. (Go ‘head & Brood.)
Subtitle: Next week is Random Act of Kindness week. Please to celebrate all.week.long. In the world of fitness there are, really, only so many topics. There’s a finite amount of shit stuff about which to write (a vast finite—from yoga to ultra-marathons–but finite none the less) so we each strive to simply put our own twist or stamp on well worn topics. Today’s dead horse which we shall ... Continue Reading
A snack from the Goat’s Lunch Pail.
This week's guest blogger is a woman whom I aspire to be like. There is simply something about the way she leads her life. How she writes & writes (seemingly without stopping) and all of it so thought provoking. Each time I visit her blog I'm more drawn to my writer-roots and, sometimes, think that MizFit's lifespan may be shortened as a result. Then I remember Im not as talented as ... Continue Reading