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What comes to mind when you hear the word balance? If you look it up in the dictionary, you’ll find different definitions. My favourite is from the Oxford dictionary: “a situation in which different things exist in equal, correct or good amounts.”
This week, on Simple Living Sunday, it’s time to restore equilibrium by reflecting on the elements of a balanced life, and identifying areas where we can make adjustments.
As we say good-bye to February, there’s a sense of hope and anticipation in the air! It has been a long, hard winter so I’m excited for warmer weather as spring approaches. In Ontario, we’re finally seeing the end of some pandemic restrictions, so I’m hopeful for better times ahead. Although I felt like I didn’t spend as much time reading blogs last month, I did identify 7 fabulous February blog posts to share with you.
It’s ReFired Not Retired Day—a day dedicated to changing the way we think about how we’ll live the last third of our lives. Today, I’ll look at why the time may have come to retire retirement, and focus instead on creating a plan to make the most of our best years.
Are you a patient person? How do you react to a long line at the supermarket checkout, or a traffic jam on your way home from work? In a world where we demand quick service and instant results, minor inconveniences quickly escalate into major stressors. We’re just not willing to wait for anything.
Today, on Simple Living Sunday, we’ll take a deep breath and look for ways to improve our patience.
Simple living may be trendy these days, but it isn’t a new idea. In fact, philosophers and great thinkers have been talking about simplicity for centuries. Today, I’m turning my blog over to some of the wisdom that has been shared over the years with my favourite simple living quotes from some of the smartest people the world has ever known.
This week’s Simple Living Sunday theme is listening—a skill that’s in short supply as the pandemic protests and debates rage on and each side accuses the other of ignoring their concerns. Today, we’ll explore why it’s so difficult to put something we’re born with the ability to do into practice. Then, I’ve got three tips to improve your active listening skills.
Since this week’s simple living theme is authenticity, it feels like a good week to respond to a couple of nominations for the Be Unapologetically You tag. Tom over at The Doubting Thomas tagged me in this blogging tag a few weeks ago. Then, a few days later, I was tagged again by Em from Invincible Woman on Wheels.
This week on Simple Living Sunday, it’s time to get real. Authenticity seems to be an increasingly rare quality in our world, with people constantly trying to impress and live up to other people’s standards. Today, we’ll look at why being truly authentic is good for your mental health, and small steps you can take to be true to yourself.
January went by in the blink of an eye, and we’re now a full week into February. Here in southwestern Ontario, it was one of the coldest and snowiest Januarys in recent memory. It was a great month to curl up with a cup of tea and read some blog posts, and the blogging community delivered. I’m happy to share my roundup of 7 brilliant January blog posts.
Beauty is all around us. It would be easy to forget that watching the ugly and disrespectful protests that took place in Canada over the last week or so. That’s why it felt right to make beauty the Simple Living Sunday theme for this week. Because we are surrounded by beautiful things if we only take the time to look for them.
