I was texting with a best bud about all of the unknowns around getting pregnant, and the fear that those unknowns can bring up. I mentioned:
Author: emmaakoch
What’s on your plate?
I’ve been trying to pack more food from home to eat during the day while I’m at work… Continue reading
What’s on your plate?
I love the weekend mornings when I take the time to make real oatmeal – not the instant kind, the steel cut oatmeal that takes on an almost nutty flavor. Top with shaved coconut flakes, chopped nuts, fruit and a drizzle of VT maple syrup- yum!
The downside is, it takes 30minutes, and let’s be honest, most mornings I am too hungry to wait.
Someone recently mentioned the idea of overnight oats – something I’ve been meaning to try. This seems like a great solution for weekday breakfast as well. Once I’ve given it a shot, I’ll report back.
Simplify
Simplify. This is my mantra. My goal. This word is my therapist.
Whenever life starts to feel overwhelming, or my head starts to spin with worries, or I feel the grasp of anxiety in my chest, I try to remind myself to simplify….
Baggage.
Literally. Not figuratively. Baggage has been on my mind lately.
I travel for work about once per month, usually just overnight. Up until last week I had always just used my normal purse to pack for overnight trips – keeping my personal items to a bare minimum. That technique required precision and planning, was getting annoying, and looked like this: Continue reading
plainly mundane 