by thetendingyear | Jun 25, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Slow Living, Values, Workaholism
I live by a balance of routines, rhythms, and rituals. I worked hard to test out different practices and find a pattern that supported me well. Recently, however, my triple-R system has been off, which means I’ve been leaning heavily on another R: rest....
by thetendingyear | May 14, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Slow Living, Values
Healing isn’t a math problem. Even though sometimes, with enough rationalizing, it can feel like there just has to be one right answer out there, if someone would just plug in the right numbers. This post is about the team of healers who help me manage my...
by thetendingyear | May 7, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Time Management, Values, Workaholism
We rely on our resources to accomplish our goals. In order to learn how to better manage my personal resources, I spent a whole week documenting and analyzing my experience with specific resources (money, time, energy, focus, willpower, presence, and connection, to...
by thetendingyear | Apr 16, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Slow Living, Workaholism
Sometimes, you hit a wall. You might have seen it coming, noticed the warning signs of feeling tired, distracted, low energy, or upset, but you chose to push through anyways. Or, you might have been surprised to find a wall suddenly smack dab in the middle of your...
by thetendingyear | Dec 28, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Technology
I can’t believe that I have been writing The Tending Year for 52 whole weeks! I started this blog for two reasons: I had some big goals, but I wasn’t sure how I would ever accomplish them on my own. The potential of helping others through similar obstacles by...
by thetendingyear | Dec 18, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values, Writing
Since December’s theme is Looking Back, Looking Forward, it would be silly not to include a post on reflection. The instruction to reflect holds strong across academia, business, and self development. Yet, regardless of its value, many of us fail to actually do the...
