by thetendingyear | Jan 1, 2019 | Mindfulness, Personal Development, Slow Living, Values
I’m rolling 2018’s guide word “tending” into 2019 because I continue to be fascinated by its duel impetus—to tend to: taking responsibility or care of something & to tend to do: developing habitual actions or beliefs. But, I’m also bringing in another one: garden....
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...
by thetendingyear | Dec 11, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Dissertation, Habit formation, Personal Development, Productivity, Values, Writing
Before I share my progress on my 2018 goals, I want to take us waaaay back to The Tending Year’s introduction post. Cue flashback chimes music: Over the next year I’ll use this space to record my practice of improving my life via the concept of tending. I knew I...
by thetendingyear | Sep 11, 2018 | Personal Development, Values
School has started. I’m working a new job. I’m dissertating. I’m feeling very motivated to start building new habits and boosting my mood, and I’ll be researching and practicing tools this month that will help me to achieve September’s blog theme: Live the Life You...
by thetendingyear | Aug 20, 2018 | Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
Let’s get one thing straight: I already know that you are good enough. You probably think that I am good enough, too. I also bet that sometimes you don’t feel like you’re good enough, because I know sometimes I sure don’t. The self development realm is practically...
by thetendingyear | Jul 9, 2018 | Mindfulness, Personal Development, Slow Living, Values
If you remember back to Week 27, “How to Live with Intention Using Values + Presence,” intentions are states of being that we manifest and inhabit, often in line with our values. One of my biggest intentions for The Tending Year is to live a life filled with good. I...
