Today is International Day of Happiness, a day set aside globally to make people’s overall wellbeing a priority. To mark the day, this week’s Simple Living Sunday theme is happiness. Read on to learn more about this day, how experts measure happiness, and what we can do to bring a little more of it into our lives.
Simple Living Sunday – Your gratitude practice
Tomorrow is Blue Monday—the gloomiest day of the year according to some. With spring still a long way away here in the northern hemisphere, and the excitement of the holidays a distant memory, it’s easy to see why this is a difficult time for many people. It felt fitting to make gratitude today’s Simple Living Sunday theme. Read on to learn what gratitude can do for you, and for tips on how you can establish a gratitude practice.
21 things I’m grateful for in 2021
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and I couldn’t let 2021 end without a gratitude post. This has been another challenging year and I’ve often had to remind myself not to lose sight of the good things that happened this year. With that in mind, here are 21 things I’m grateful for in 2021.
What I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. A day to give thanks for the blessings in our lives. 2020 hasn’t been an easy year and this won’t be a typical Thanksgiving celebration for most people. In the spirit of gratitude, today’s post will focus on finding things I am thankful for.
My 1st blogiversary – Tips for new bloggers
One year ago today, I celebrated my birthday by publishing my first blog post. To celebrate my first blogiversary, I’m looking back at what I’ve done in the last year. I’ll also reflect on learnings from my first year of blogging and share some tips for new bloggers that I wish I had known a year ago.
Mom’s life lessons on simple living
Happy Mother’s Day. Today we celebrate our mothers and everything they have done for us. To honour my mum, today I’m sharing mom’s life lessons on simple living and sustainable living.
Who Knew? A poem for our times!
As a follow up to my post yesterday about rethinking normal, I wanted to share this beautiful poem written by my dear friend Pat Bell Keachie. I think it sums up very nicely what is currently happening in our world and the opportunity we have to reinvent it.
Enjoy!