A few years ago (like a decade, really) someone told me the story I’ve copied below. It struck me deeply then, and every so often, I re-read this parable to ground myself - yet again - in the beauty of a more simple lifestyle. Sure, I have common New Years Resolutions like everyone else (get my digital photos organized from last year, exercise regularly…) but one other goal - especially after a crazy 2016 - is to learn to focus on the small details that make life, well, simpl

This is the second of two special guest blog posts from Ariane Trélaün of Do Your Thing.biz. Missed the first post? Click here to read "Your 2017 Plan: Why You Need One." Around this time last year, I was talking with an astrologer the other day (true story), and she said that for her and others in her field, the new year of 2016 is not really starting until February. That would be on account of that planet Mercury turning retrograde, doncha know. For three weeks. Starting Ja

This is the first of two special guest blog posts from Ariane Trélaün of Do Your Thing.biz. This time of year, there’s all kinds of chatter, lots of negative chatter, about resolutions. Yes, lots of people make resolutions, but an even louder lots of people bash resolutions. Make fun of those of us who dive deep into this process and map out what we want, vision board it, chart it, graph it. Tell us that we’ll just fail, we’ll be so good until we give up, somewhere around the

This is the second guest post on planning for the new year by DoYourThing.biz Ringmaster-in-Chief Ariane Trélaün. Good news: I was talking with an astrologer the other day (true story), and she said that for her and others in her field, the new year of 2016 is not really starting until February. That would be on account of that planet Mercury turning retrograde, doncha know. For three weeks. Starting January 5. So basically the whole month. For astrologers and others who foll

This is the first of two special guest blog posts from Ariane Trélaün of Do Your Thing. This time of year, there’s all kinds of chatter, lots of negative chatter, about resolutions. Yes, lots of people make resolutions, but an even louder lots of people bash resolutions. Make fun of those of us who dive deep into this process and map out what we want, vision board it, chart it, graph it. Tell us that we’ll just fail, we’ll be so good until we give up, somewhere around the end