Category: Good Times

This is the time of the calendar year when all the end-of-year lists come out and the goal-setting commences! One fun exercise is to choose a theme word for the upcoming year. I’ve been tossing around a few ideas for fun

Time management writer Laura Vanderkam shared a suggestion on her blog to identify “merit badge requirements” to make vague goals more concrete. Just like Girl Scouts can earn merit badges by checking off steps towards a goal, you can, too.

My friend shared more about her plans for winter fun and I wanted to share my notes:

I went to Miami for a quick getaway over my Thanksgiving break. I was so incredibly blessed to have sunny 80 degree weather every day.

Last week I had a great catch-up conversation with a friend, who shared that she made a winter fun list to help brighten the months ahead.

And I’m so excited.

Do you have any daily rituals or routines that bring joy to your life?

The other day I was thinking about how to delineate the seasons of the Jewish year and it occurred to me that there are six seasons as follows:

Closing out the week with a few bright spots:

The night of the 2020 election, I baked oatmeal squares.