Recently, I wrote about how having systems in our everyday lives makes it easier to stick to the habits we choose https://danalaquidara.com/2023/06/12/minimal-monday-60/. Over the weekend, it occurred to me that for the sake of health and energy and clarity of mind, I needed a better lunch system. So I spent a couple hours preparing ingredients … Continue reading Minimal Monday
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I love how setting up systems is really just an easy, organized way to structure the habits that we want to have in our lives. My systems include filling up my 32 ounce water bottle twice a day, organizing the week's agenda on Sunday, meal planning, and wearing a simple Fit Bud to track my … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
I keep a stack of index cards in various places where I may want to capture ideas for my next book, blog post, or essay. I've done this for years now, placing them strategically at my bedside, my desk, in my car. I periodically collect the ones I've written on and put them in my … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
A lot has been happening since the release of my new book https://a.co/d/hnSw2X4 I read a few excerpts of my book at the International Conference on Shared Parenting. Afterwards, both at the conference and then upon returning home, I was interviewed for podcasts, including the new I'm Her Mother: An Exploration of Parental Alienation (available … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
I have been thinking a bit about how good it is to develop a mostly internal locus of control, and also about what a challenge that is to human beings. From a very young age, as soon as we are affected by the responses of the adults in our lives, we are being trained to … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
We live in such a cerebral culture that I find myself wondering if at some point we collectively left our bodies to hang out mostly in our heads. I was reading about the people of Sardinia who grow their own food and live by the rhythms of the earth and their own circadian rhythms. They … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
I've heard it said that life is half good and half bad, and of course this is an oversimplification. We are having wildly different experiences, different size pieces of the good-bad pie. The good/bad ratio can even change drastically within one person's lifetime. I guess the point of the half good/half bad theory is to … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
I have just finished reading The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks. It is not the first time I've read this book, but it is the first time I can truly say it feels like Hendrick's theory will stick. His theory is this: We all … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
Whether we are talking about a project, a routine, or a whole life, there is something very satisfying about a reset. To stop and capture the status of our situation and regroup before reengaging, in my opinion, is a worthwhile pause. Sometimes this looks like brainstorming, journaling, or rewriting a task list. Other times, it … Continue reading Minimal Monday
Minimal Monday
I've spent a fair amount of time lately getting various things in order so that I can fully focus on my memoir revisions. There is something about having my home, calendar and to-do list in good order that frees up my mind to write. Doing deep work requires we stay in the moment. I don't … Continue reading Minimal Monday
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