Category Archives: Conscious Living Mr. Watson and I have been contemplating some major life changes. We haven’t made any decisions yet—in fact, we’re still missing some information that will help us make a decision—but our families often ask for updates or advocate for their preferred outcome. We don’t have any answers. Amidst all of that, we’re carrying on with our regular lives. We just […]  In March 2014, I completed a values exercise suggested in Pam Slim’s book Body of Work. After some self-contemplation and narrowing down possible choices, I concluded that beauty was one of my foremost personal values. I defined that value for myself as the acknowledgment of all the beauty in this world, whether in the form of art, nature, or mankind. […]  In the beginning of the getting to know yourself series, I outlined three basic tools—journaling, meditation, and pausing—that enable you to better understand yourself. Now, in this series wrap up, I will share five attitude adjustments that will help you own your own life. Attitude is important. While our beliefs provide the lens through which […]  It’s week nine of the getting to know yourself series and we’re deep into the fruits of knowing yourself, also known as owning-your-life territory. This week, our topic is callings. The word ‘calling’ is most often used to describe a vocational calling in a divine sense. That’s not the only way to think of callings, however. […]  Last week’s post on exploring your interests and passions began to hint at why I‘ve been writing the getting to know yourself series. This week, I’ll make it more clear. In and of itself, getting to know yourself is important. As I wrote in that first series post, “Your relationship to yourself will be the longest […] |
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