I’m contemplating a name change. No, not my actual name, but the name of my blog. When I started blogging in 2012, I was using my blog the try to find my voice, blogging about anything and everything, kind of an eclectic mix of a lot of topics. Now I’m trying to narrow my niche and brand myself. So from “My Life This Year” to “A City Girl in the Country”. Why the name change? Because I really am a city girl in the country. I think like a city girl, I act like a city girl, I (try to) […]
Sunday Inspiration: Find Three Hobbies
Everyone has a hobby or two, or three, or six. I think it’s important to have hobbies, and I think that finding hobbies that you love should also challenge you to better yourself. Finding a hobby that makes you money could be as simple as making jewelry or ceramics or growing your own veggies, and selling your wares at the local farmer’s market. Finding a hobby to keep you in shape could mean joining a gym or a rowing club, or going hiking with friends on the weekends. Or you could challenge your friends to join you for a fun […]
My Day Job vs My Passion
I have a day job, and I really enjoy it. I work as a Registered Medical Assistant in a thriving surgical practice and I really love what I do and I love the people with whom I work. I am always in a great mood when I arrive at the office, because I believe that your attitude when you walk through the door will set the tone for the day. Like the quote says, “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” And I believe that because I like what I do gives me the freedom […]
Lent: A Season of Reflection & Promise
I have written about Lent a couple of times in the past, and every year, I feel encouraged by giving up something that I feel is either bad for me or distracts me from my purpose in life. In the past, I have given up simple things like Diet Coke and chocolate, while last year I gave up Facebook. Photo Source: PoetrySync via Pinterest I know the ashes are to remind us that we are all dust, and to dust we all shall return. It’s also a good reminder that life is precious. I’ve heard and read of people […]
How to Live a Simpler Life
As I look around my house, I realize I’ve got a lot of “stuff” and that this “stuff”, if I let it, could get out of hand and begin to look like a cluttered mess. Photo Source: Creating This Life via Pinterest Like the quote above, I realize that I need to be the Miranda Priestly (from The Devil Wears Prada) of my home and question everything that I want to bring into it. I want to live a simple life, but there is just so much stuff out there that I want. Last year, I wrote a blog post […]