Monday on the Menu Board

A quote by Joseph Campbell, the longest the menu board has seen thus far and clear proof I'm a girl in need of more E's and I's.

[I feel like there should be some sort of hidden meaning in that.]

Monday on the Menu Board

My friend Zovig recently hijacked the menu board and placed on it a phrase often used by the teacher of a spin class we both take. It's a perfect line for that particular class, of course -- but somehow, it also seems apropos for life scenarios outside the gym, too.

Monday on the Menu Board

Because it is. My favorite line from "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje. (Book version, of course.) See the whole quote here.

Monday on the Menu Board

Like a majority of women I know (especially the Southern ones), I grew up learning how to be a people pleaser. And frankly, that means that a lot of my adult life has been an exercise in learning how to say "no" in a healthier, more self-aware way.

With that under my belt, though, lately, I've actually been embracing more ways to say a healthy "yes" -- and good grief, it is just as powerful as "no," and most of the time, it is WAY more fun.

Here's hoping you inject a little y-e-s into the week.