Category — Microblog Mondays

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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If you have trouble with meditation but made it one of your resolutions for this year, you may have more success with a meditation anchor such as mindful eating. The idea is that instead of clearing your mind, you tune all of your thoughts to a single action: Eating a bite of food.

I thought this was a lovely piece on appreciation, and while I don’t think I’ll change my lunch-at-my-desk habit, I do like the idea of setting aside a night once a week to make the table special and feel like a guest in your own home.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Yes, I clicked on some to see what places they recommended, but travel hot lists feel ridiculous. How can you recommend an entire country? Or city? It’s not a book where everyone is delivered the same story between covers. Or even a restaurant with a finite number of dishes on the menu. Or a hotel where the location and amenities remain the same, regardless of the room. In all of those situations, your mileage may vary for many reasons. But an entire city? How can two people have similar experiences in the same place unless they follow the same itinerary?

I felt vindicated by the randomness of the lists.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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After closing the book on a year where it felt like so many things were going wrong, I want to start this year by stating what has gone right so far. In my world: We all remembered to say “rabbit rabbit” at midnight so they were the first thing said in the new month of the new year.

How about for you? What has gone right so far?

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Happy Christmas or Merry Christmas? I grew up hearing Merry Christmas, but Josh thinks that Happy Christmas sounds softer, like merry is a command (be merry) and happy is a hope (hope it’s a happy day). That may not be linguistically true, though it goes hand-in-hand with things like happy birthday, which is more about hoping the person is having a good day rather than commanding them to feel a certain way. (As in, I hope you had a happy birthday.) Happy or merry?

And how are you spending today?

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Ann Friedman has a popular newsletter. While she has been off on maternity leave for the past few weeks, she is telling the story of her thoughts about pregnancy and parenthood with deep honesty. I have wondered how her child will feel in the future reading the essays, but in the here and now, they are a frank depiction of a person who doesn’t know how she feels about becoming a parent. It’s full of thought-provoking statements, such as, “Freedom, I think, is choosing the people you will be responsible for and to. This potential kid is a wild card. I’m choosing a type of responsibility, but not the actual person.”

She is currently on Part 5, so begin with Plot Twist.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.