Today I wanted to share personalized DIY coffee mug that makes the perfect gift for the coffee and tea lovers in your life.
This post may not seem revolutionary, but believe me when I say it changed my life. I am not a breakfast person. I don’t necessarily love breakfast foods, but more than that, I just don’t like eating in the morning. My first meal is usually lunch, sometimes even dinner and as far as I can remember, I’ve always been this way. Now that I mix my own cereal, I’m inspired by breakfast again.
Over the past few years, I’ve been trying to pay attention to my nutrition. I always joke that I’m on the single dad diet, basically whatever I can grab and throw together with what’s on hand. I simply don’t have an appetite and no one to cook for, so what’s the point? The point is, good nutrition allows your body and brain to function properly, so I’m giving it a go.
There is good news for the grumpy among us. An attitude of gratitude can be learned. One way to inject your existence with more gratitude is to intentionally create a habit surrounding it. Habit creation can be broken down into a couple of simple steps and integrated into one’s daily life. Begin creating a gratitude habit today that becomes automatic tomorrow. Okay, maybe not tomorrow, but by Thanksgiving, I bet you’ll be thankful for how thankful you are.
Thanksgiving is already here – cue the freakout. Where did this year go?! What did I do? What can I possibly accomplish before the New Year? Each year goes by faster and faster and I wonder how old I’ll be when I finally stop saying that. I’m going on four years strong now, officially at the point in my life where I’m done wasting time and energy on people and activities I don’t enjoy. Bye bye loser boyfriends! Peace out mediocre jobs. See ya later annoying obligations. Eeek!
This mindset has been working out really well! I’m finding myself more in control of my time and exceedingly more honest with myself and others in relationships. So, what can we get done with what’s left of this year? It turns out a lot. Here’s a quick list of 50 Things To Accomplish Before The New Year – and if we treated time so fleetingly during every other moon and month just imagine the sh!t we could do. Lots more books could be read, beer could be tasted, errr, I mean closets organized and meals prepared?!
With the holidays just around the corner, we wanted to share a super simple toddy recipe with an extra kick of cinnamon that’s sure to warm you up!
Now that you’ve got the gear, and you’re making your coffee at home (go you!), what do you do with the used grounds?
Instead of tossing them in the trash, add them to your compost pile!
Today we’re sharing our favorite coffee gear within each category of coffee making. You must know all the types by now. There’s espresso, pour-over, drip, drop, and drivel… 😉
Putting down your phone is hard sometimes, but why?! A decade ago, it wasn’t like this. We didn’t immediately forgive each other for looking down at our texts and outright ignoring whomever we were with, instead, we got pissy. We said, ‘Exxxxcuse me!’ or more likely our phones were in our purses or on the table or lost for a few hours. They weren’t an extension of ourselves and it felt better that way. Remember?
World Kindness day is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 13. If you know me, kindness is my thing, first and foremost, kindness to self that way you can extend it to others. I have a shirt that I wear often that says ‘be cool, be kind’ and I really don’t think you can have one without the other. A few years ago, we gave out wristbands for our homegrown Schu Farm Fest camping and music weekend and they read ‘Do Good + Be Kind’ it was this simple message out of everything we brainstormed that struck a chord with each and every one of us on the SFF committee.
I hear a lot of grumbles when it comes to holidays of this nature. Holidays that encourage you to do something you really should be doing every day, but hey, I don’t think reminders hurt. I also think the grumblers need a snack and someone to be nice to them..
Welcome November!
How are you feeling? There are so many things that can overwhelm us at this time of year. The shorter days and longer nights, the colder and grayer daylight hours, the anxiety of the holiday-packed months ahead. Should I go on?
Yet on the flip-side, there are so many things that have me excited to wake up every day. At this time of year, I anticipate spending more time inside. I look forward to lighting candles, cozy dinners, and longer dark evenings spent being creative.
Knowing the transition to winter can be particularly tough we make a concerted effort to embrace the good and face the challenges head-on.