A Book to Inspire You: Big Magic

I forget where I first heard of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, but I’m very grateful to that unknown source. I’ve been writing my whole life–I’m no master, but I have always enjoyed creating stories. It’s a hobby of mine I hope to focus on now that the big wedding is done and that I have a little bit more time on my hands. But writing, or being creative in general, isn’t as easy as putting pen to paper (or brush to canvas or hands to flowers)–though, technically that’s what you need. Sometimes, you need a little bit of inspiration. This book more than does that.

Jun062016

Our Last Week(end) in Pics

Lots of good food

May032016

Our Last Week(end) in Pictures or So

Lots of eating and home-cooked meals

Apr182016

Our Last Few Weeks in Pics

I was sick for about 1.5 weeks, out of the fitness game, but still eating well...this weather mirrored me

Fit was sick for about 1.5 weeks, out of the fitness game, but still eating well…this weather mirrored her

Apr042016

Our Last Week or So in Pics

We continued to eat fairly healthy

Mar282016

Our Week(end) in Pics

We had a great Easter with family

Mar222016

What Happened to the Weekend?

The typical work week is Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm with a lunch break from 12:30-1:30 pm, right? Those seem to be standard business hours, but there isn’t anything standard about our society and the hours of operations for businesses that are struggling to keep their expenses as low as possible while maximizing revenue. Now, throw the insane cost of living in some places and all of a sudden, you need to work way more than 40 paid hours a week just to pay rent. Let’s not even bring up student loans.

If you have a salary job, there’s a 90% chance that you’re working way more than 40 hours a week and skipping lunch breaks to hit every deadline for the three jobs that you’re doing since they’re not replacing the other people who left because they’d had enough of being a “team player.” Even with that salaried job, you’re not making nearly enough to cover your expenses so you only have one choice. You have to get a second job.