My #yearofbeautiful summarized

At the beginning of this year, I decided to have a theme instead of creating New Year’s Resolutions. I called it my #yearofbeautiful. This is my summation post of that year, in blogs. As children, work, and life have become busier, I let this blog slip and I didn’t post frequently. However, I feel like …

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Grit and authenticity #yearofbeautiful

The culture of the Carlquists is grit. Carl Arvid Carlquist was born in Sweden in 1857. He moved to Utah, raised his family here, had a son, Carl, who had a daughter, Edith, and she is my Grandma DeeDee. I am a Carlquist. From Angela Duckworth's book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, she says the …

Connecting with others by asking, “How do you spend most of your time?” #yearofbeautiful

I thrive off of connecting with people so a big part of my #yearofbeautiful initiative is doing this better. It's my third item (of 3) on my list: "I will strengthen my connection with others." I find, often (especially since joining the SAHM world), that I don't know how to ask if a new person …

daily habit tracker to feel more confident – #yearofbeautiful

It's time to get back on track with my #yearofbeautiful initiative, and this time, I'm working on my goal of FEELING more confident. To do this, I wanted a visual that shows areas where I rock. It will also show areas where I am skipping out so I'm hoping that means if I'm not feeling …

Developing a family narrative (#yearofbeautiful idea)

Part of my #yearofbeautiful is to strengthen my connection with others. I’ve been thinking today about my connections within my own family and came across this article from The New York Times: “The Stories that Bind Us”. Here’s the bathroom break version of the article: If you want to create strong, lasting family relationships, develop …

3 new things I’ve learned to live authentically

The second item on my #yearofbeautiful list is to live authentically. Something that I did for that was for a life coach session with the fabulous Julie de Azevedo Hanks. I have an entire page of thoughts and notes from Skyping with her. If you want your own page of notes, I think you should …

The meaningful work of being a mom

Now hiring: no pay, no quarterly bonus, no promotion, work long hours, no vacations, and difficult working conditions (cleaning the poop out of cloth diapers, yes!). Who would apply for such a job? And yet. And yet, in spite of the conditions, I chose to be a mom. And yet, I chose to have a second …

Motherhood might smother your authentic self

Motherhood can be the overpowering job title that defines you. It’s constantly demanding: breakfast, naptime, middle of the night, when you need to take a poop. Children don’t let you clock out. You have to force yourself to step outside of the role, to take a break, to ask for help and focus on yourself. …

#yearofbeautiful

I want to be more positive. I want to be less critical. I want to be more content. I want to be less envious. I want to be more giving, less self-centered, more present, less distracted, happier, and someone I would want to be around. So I'm dubbing this my year of beautiful. I thought …