Self-Care & Wellness
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Six Months In: What My Self-Care Sabbatical Has Taught Me
I’m writing this on my patio at 7:47am, coffee in hand, birds going wild in the trees, the air already thick with the promise of a 94-degree day. The heat index is supposed to hit 108. It might be the full Strawberry Moon that’s had me up early, or it might just be that I’ve fallen…
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Planting Perennials (And Why I’m Done with Annuals — In My Garden and My Life)
Monday, June 1, 2026 I just cannot get over how beautiful this day is. It’s been in the 70s, low humidity, sunshine pouring down on me and the humidity is low — and tonight it’ll cool all the way down to the upper 40s. Perfect sleeping weather. Perfect gardening weather. Honestly? Perfect thinking weather. I’ve…
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🌿Three Months Into My Self-Care Sabbatical
It’s hard to believe that I’m already three months into this year I carved out for myself — a year I stepped into with equal parts courage, exhaustion, and hope. When I retired at the end of 2025, I knew I needed something different. Not a vacation. Not a productivity sprint. Something deeper. Something quieter.…