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Time off. Everyday #123

May 2, 2012

As you probably know by now, I’m in Miami for Mom 2.0. Today was spent arriving and seeing my family. Tomorrow I’ll arrive at the conference. Eventually. I want to be present — both for family time and professional time — so I’m giving myself the rest of the week off. I’ll post pictures and [...]

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Packing. Everyday #122

May 1, 2012

I’m packing for my trip to Miami, and it’s become woefully obvious to me that I am out of practice on focusing on me. Packing for three kids? Piece of cake. Packing for three days without kids. Meep! If you had told me seven years ago that this would be a problem I would have [...]

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Imagination will get you everywhere. Everyday #120

April 29, 2012

Love this notebook and quote. (Find it here) Logic is what holds me back. What about you?

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First grade classroom rules. Everyday #118

April 27, 2012

I love these.

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“In Praise of Slow Mastery” Everyday #117

April 26, 2012

Those middle moments, the grey areas between beginning and end, are the moments when we’re most prone to abandonment. I love this list of great achievements that took time at the99percent.com. If you’re feeling discouraged, this will help

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940 Saturdays. Everyday #116

April 25, 2012

There are 940 Saturdays in a childhood. How do you feel about that? According to a new book No Regrets Parenting, there are apparently only 940 Saturdays between the time your child is born and she goes off to college. If your kid is 5, you’ve already cashed in 260. 940 Saturdays, you guys! — Via [...]

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Keep it simple. Everyday #115

April 24, 2012

I don’t even know if this is a real quote, but I found it on pinterest and I like it. Via. I love simple pleasures, but I still fall for the making-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be trap. Coco Chanel said that “elegance is refusal” and she is right, of course. Allow yourself to keep it simple.

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Let it go. Everyday #114

April 23, 2012

You need the space. So let it go. Image by Anthony Burrill

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Rainy days and Mondays… Everyday #113

April 22, 2012

Today was a rare rainy day after a warm winter. You don’t even know how odd is it to write that as a Bostonian. Crappy weather is our birthright, as is complaining about it. But lately we’ve had nice weather. So much of it, that I feel like we’ve had summer already. A few years [...]

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Read outside. Everyday #110

April 19, 2012

Is there anything better to do, really, on a perfect Spring day than to sit outside and read? It’s the perfect way to both feel connected to the present and escape to another world. Enjoy these days, before it gets too hot or too cold.