Lack Of Moderation

After my blogging burst in January, my writing time seems to have dried up. With guests at home, I don’t think it will be reversed in time for a great post this Monday.

Instead, please enjoy a piece honoring our First President of the USA:

In honor of President’s day tomorrow.

My Favorite Posts By Other People, January 2025

I read many blog posts each day. They mostly focus on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . This January I was more taken with personal updates than general posts. Here are the posts I spent a lot of time thinking about, even after I finished reading.

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Looking Back At 2024, Looking Forward To 2025

Happy New Year!

I don’t know about you, I am happy to bid goodbye to 2024, and say hello to 2025.

Before I consider resolutions (or plans) for 2025, I would like to review some of the highlights of 2024.

The year wasn’t all bad, and I find it is healthier for me to pay attention to things that have gone well, rather than always pointing out what needs to improve.

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In Real Life

I pretty much stopped writing new blog posts in August, when I went home to visit my mom for a quick weekend.

It wasn’t until I stopped using my computer, that I realized how much time I have been spending staring at it.

For one day (just one!), I was hanging out with my mother: we took a road trip to drop off some books, went out to dinner, and then visited my aunt. Growing up, this would have been a normal weekend day, possibly bracketed by a few hours reading a book.

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