The one where I review Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, plus some bonus books! All the wisdom, joy, and revelations we get from reading really is magic…

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." -Mary Oliver

On the kindness and willing warmth of people. Humanity’s natural state.

We will never have the control over the world around us or what happens in our lives that we think we have.
This might be hard to come to terms with, but it can also be liberating.

To simplify is to subtract, so you cannot have simplicity, clarity, and ease, without ever being willing to let something go.

On embracing discomfort and giving our attention to our chosen important matters.

You can nerd out about anything. The point of being nerdy about something is that it doesn’t have to have a point. You can just love what you love. You can let what you love improve your days and magnify your attention. Part 3/3.

On nerding out, learning, paying attention, investing time and effort, having fun, and growing patience. Part 2/3.

I am a strong proponent for getting really nerdy about things. Part 1/3.

How can I let this be easy?

How can I remove any drama or struggle and welcome contentment instead of such highs and lows?

How rich are we, to have each other?

We’re better together.

Together, we bloom.

“happiness does not enter making noise

it is there everyday amid the little joys

~ look closely”

— Cailin

You have time. No need for panic. It will all unfold just as it should, and patience is crucial. You got this.

Also, there’s not much time, so why delay?? Just get started.

Tiny, extraordinary, magical things.

Your lizard brain will always win when activated, unless you work hard to intentionally put new patterns and habits into place that can consciously overrule the lizard brain.

On showing up and celebrating the little and big magic along the way.

On taking things too seriously.

I am responsible for my own growth.

I have a duty to the potential and desires within me.

My joy is my job.

On sharpening our wits.

I am in the messy middle. Spoiler alert — it really does feel messy. But here is what I know to be true…