Category: time anxiety
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Value of a Dollar
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in anxiety, family, Growth, journaling, lessons, Money, mother worry, parenting, time anxiety, work, writingHow do you measure the value of a dollar? Is it how much you value you place on the item and/or person behind it, or how much you value yourself?
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Frustration
Anxiety can’t just tell me I’m disappointing real people. Let’s pile on fictional characters too!
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Bold Update
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My BOLD choice for February, the fourth month of my fiftieth year: take myself on a solo date.
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Vacation over
Now that I’m back home and looking back on my trip with my sister, I am reflecting on how it all went. My husband asked me in the car on the way back home and I said, “It was great. It would have been different if I was with someone other than my sister, but…
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Vegas – Saturday
Today is our last full day in Vegas. It’s been a quick trip, but packed with activity. Today the plan is to catch the hotel shuttle at 11:30 to the monorail, which we will take all the way down to MGM. I’m so glad my husband clued me into using public transit while traveling. I…
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Countdown is ON
I’m back from Ireland and now the reality that my book launch is only ten days away is sending my mind reeling. I feel like there are so many things I should be doing to get ready but at the same time I don’t know what that might be. I thought maybe it would help…
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How do you relax?
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I seem to be lacking the relaxation muscle. Here I am at a point in my writing process when I should be able to sit back and enjoy some down time, but instead I can’t quiet my brain enough to do things I actually enjoy. Sage has encouraged me to have days where I don’t…
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Feeling adrift
I’ve journaled before about my concern regarding knowing who I am once my children leave the nest. I’ve made it a goal to find who I am apart from their mom. Without a job title that was easily definable, I was searching for a new title. I thought Author would be a good fit. And…
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New Drivers, New Worry
My twins turned sixteen at the beginning of this month. They’ve had their learner’s permits for almost a year at this point. It’s been difficult, but I’ve managed to drive with them in a variety of conditions. The state says that parents should put in 30 hours behind the wheel in addition to the seven…
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Red Thread: Trust
Sage continued her theme of Trust in this month’s Red Thread circle. I had accidentally scheduled a lunch for work that overlapped with the circle, but I really didn’t want to miss out. Usually, Red Thread ends up being a CSB page. So, I thought I’d be able to get the journal prompts, then work…