I don’t like running on a treadmill. I try to run outside whenever possible, but this week I ran on a treadmill. One reason why I don’t like treadmills is I find it hard to tear my gaze away from all the stats on the treadmill: calories burned, distance, elapsed time, incline, and speed. When I run on a treadmill, I fixate on the stats. How fast am I running? How far have Continue Reading
Why I Want to Be a Nomad
I love traveling. I would be a nomad if I could, wandering the world without permanent roots. But I love a man that needs deep roots in order to be happy. Our compromise is to have roots, but travel frequently. I recently returned after being gone eleven days. Four and a half days later, we left again for a shorter trip. Those two outings gave me opportunity to analyze Continue Reading
A Little Known Way to Happiness
Have you ever done something that was way harder than you expected? Back when my husband and I were still dating, we took a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Unlike the other Boundary Waters trips we’d taken, this one was just the two of us. It was our own private outing. The route we picked looked easy enough with only four short portages. However, it Continue Reading
Why My House is a Pigsty
There is too much to do in life. Here are the general categories of life tasks, in no particular order: Work Chores necessary for the continuation of life: laundry, grocery shopping, food prep, eating, food clean up, taking out the garbage Other chores: dusting, vacuuming, organizing, cleaning in general Trips and adventures Local fun Keeping in touch with Continue Reading
