I'm sure that many of us are familiar with burnout. That feeling of stress and overwhelm that you just can't shake off. The exhaustion that creeps in throughout the day and overtakes you by eight o'clock in the evening. The thought that you would do anything to have just 10 minutes of alone time to do something that's just for you, and not for anyone else. Not because you're selfish, just because you give everything of yourself to everyone else and then there's nothing left to fill your … [Read more...]
Want to Live More Intentionally? You Need to Simplify Your Life!
This post is part of the Blue Bike Blog Tour, which I’m thrilled to be part of. To learn more and join us, head here. In that moment, watching snow flurries fall against a redbrick backdrop out of a coffee-shop window in downtown Bend, I realized that unless our family made more intentional, proactive choices, instead of just constantly talking about wishing things weren’t so busy, we would go on forever wanting a different life. -Tsh Oxenrieder, Notes from a Blue Bike In the … [Read more...]
6 Books that Changed My Life
Does it mean I'm getting old that my memory is a little hazy? When I think back to the very beginning of the radical change that has happened in my life over the past 6+ years, I really don't remember exactly when it started. But I do remember what started it. I read a book. Books are dangerous things, aren't they?! They have such power to inform and educate, encourage and inspire, challenge and convict. They can be so-so-good-I-don't-want-to-put-it-down and at the same time … [Read more...]