Last year, medical tests revealed that a rare genetic cardiomyopathy is slowly but surely mutating, expanding, and gradually weakening my heart. Though there are no outward symptoms yet, my heart pumps only four-fifths of what it should, and my future health feels less certain. At age 44, the more I thought about my mortality, the more I thought about my … Continue reading Grappling With Mortality In The White Mountains – Joshua Bright
Category: Family/Life Matters
I Don’t Really See Any Value in Saying, I Told You So, Prince Charles on His Climate-Change Fight, Life with Camilla, and Becoming King – James Reginato
Anyone of my age knows that days pass at a far greater speed than when they were young,” a man nearing his 70th birthday recently told me. “But in my case there are so many things that need to be done.”“Things that need to be done” takes on a strikingly different quality if you are … Continue reading I Don’t Really See Any Value in Saying, I Told You So, Prince Charles on His Climate-Change Fight, Life with Camilla, and Becoming King – James Reginato
New Documentary To Show How Far People Go For Financial Independence – Tom Anderson
Scott Rieckens has the zeal of a convert. The 35-year-old first heard about the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement in February 2017. Now he is finishing a documentary, Playing With FIRE, which follows his frugal journey from beachy Coronado, Calif., to affordable Bend, Ore., with his wife, Taylor, and their 2-year-old daughter. Along the way, … Continue reading New Documentary To Show How Far People Go For Financial Independence – Tom Anderson
Life Strategies – Designing Your Greatest Life 300+ Pieces of High Quality and Diverse Health Content
https://youtu.be/CTA7ax-4fnc Shaping your life is a process that follows many principles, but ultimately, it is about taking the time to discover what you believe at your core and what you really want to achieve in life, then designing a plan to help you reach all your dreams. Life design strategy enables you to recognize your … Continue reading Life Strategies – Designing Your Greatest Life 300+ Pieces of High Quality and Diverse Health Content
20 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think You Are – Brianna Wiest
Take a deep breath. You’re doing amazing and if you doubt that just read these positive self affirmations to boost your esteem. You doubt your life. You feel miserable some days. This means you’re still open to growth. This means you can be objective and self-aware. The best people go home at the end of … Continue reading 20 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think You Are – Brianna Wiest
How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection – Mag
Herb Vogel never earned more than $23,000 a year. Born and raised in Harlem, Vogel worked for the post office in Manhattan. He spent nearly 50 years living in a 450-square-foot one-bedroom apartment with his wife, Dorothy, a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. They lived frugally. They didn’t travel. They ate TV dinners. … Continue reading How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection – Mag
30+ Fun Photos Of My Family That I Took To Fight Boredom – Kate Weiland
My name is Kate Weiland. I’m a happy mother of three kids and the creator behind the delicious (and totally ridiculous) photography food series Our family bites (#ourfamilybites). I’ve always been a massive supporter of the fine arts and having taught Drama and Dance for many years, I was eager to get into the photography … Continue reading 30+ Fun Photos Of My Family That I Took To Fight Boredom – Kate Weiland
10 “Harmless Things” You Say That Hurt Me: Mental Health Awareness — Uncustomary Housewife
I’m letting my heart spill out through my keyboard… metaphorically, of course, and I’m offering it all to you. Today, I’m going to talk about my mental health. This is something that I’ve worked to conceal for a long time, mostly because of the negative stigma attached to mental illness. I’m sharing for two main […] … Continue reading 10 “Harmless Things” You Say That Hurt Me: Mental Health Awareness — Uncustomary Housewife
Peace… Is This What It’s Like — Parenting, patience, relationships and resilience!
It’s been a while since I can say I felt peaceful or even calm. Years in fact! So what does the word ‘Peace’ actually mean. Well this is what I found. I particularly liked the second one as it feels like life has been like fighting a war! “freedom from disturbance; tranquillity” “a state or […] … Continue reading Peace… Is This What It’s Like — Parenting, patience, relationships and resilience!
The Biggest Lever to Manufacture Your Quality of Life and Financial Peace — Choose Your Chaos
The path to being free and fulfilled is, for better or worse, tied to our finances. We work to cultivate better lives for ourselves and our families with the goal of one day being at peace with what we’ve built and enjoying the spoils of our labor (if we so choose). The financial levers at … Continue reading The Biggest Lever to Manufacture Your Quality of Life and Financial Peace — Choose Your Chaos