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I listen to a lot of podcasts while driving, working out, and doing chores around the house. In this weekly feature, I’ll tell you about one episode I particularly enjoyed that week.
My selection for this week is the Savvy Psychologist’s episode, Is Complaining Good or Bad for You? In this episode, psychologist Ellen Hendriksen debunks several myths about complaining and offers some tips for curbing your complaining habit.
Have a great weekend!
Are you listening to a podcast I haven’t mentioned yet? Let us know about it in the comments!
I’m lucky to live in a beautiful place that offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation. This year, my husband and I made a New Year’s resolution to go hiking at least once a month. We felt like we hadn’t been taking full advantage of the landscape around us, and we thought the resolution would be a good incentive to spend more time together and work our way through our guidebooks to local trails and waterfalls. We’ve really enjoyed our hikes so far and are looking forward to exploring a new spot this weekend. If you need some inspiration to hit the trails, here are eight good reasons to get outside.
I’m on year two of my One Line a Day journal, so for the past two and a half months, I’ve received a daily reminder of what I was doing and thinking on that day a year ago. My March 21, 2016 entry mentioned exchanging favorite Dolly Parton songs with a couple of friends (we were planning a trip to Dollywood) and closed with this line:
“I think listening to music makes me more thoughtful – I should do it more often.”
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
-Mary Oliver, excerpt from “Sometimes,” in Red Bird: Poems
Digital print from PipPrints; hand-painted pine board sign from HighBlossomFarm.
