Every month I come up with a list of six habits that I want to make routine for myself. For the most part, for the past 6 months or so, 5 of them have remained unchanged because I think that these are core to what will make me a better person. Those habits are meditation, gratitude journaling, exercise, reading, and drinking 100 oz of water. These are the habits that I know will serve me in the long run. Do I complete each of them every day? No, that would be exhausting. And then the sixth I have changed from month to month based on what my needs may be. For instance, I noticed that I am leaning a little too much on sweets and desserts in the past months, so this month my sixth habit is: not sweets or desserts. This sixth habit I truly try to stick to for the entire month. And then there are my monthly goals that I set for myself. Among other things, this month I set for myself to complete two more “perfect” days than I had last month. For April, that translates to 20 of 30 days wher...

I have been neglecting this blog for far too long this year. Sure, in the past, I have made commitments (and failed to follow through on those commitments) to keep this blog updated regularly. So today, I am going to get back on the horse and commit to posting more regularly. Ah, what does regularly mean, you may ask? And my answer to that would be a resounding: “I have no idea!” What I do know is that I need to start updating this space more often and work on my journey toward being more creative. Why do you have to be more creative, you ask? “Well, I’m not sure.” would be my answer. But I know that it is something that I have always aspired to in one form or another since I was a little kid.  As a kid, I wanted to learn an instrument. Music always fascinated me as a kid, probably because my older brothers were always listening to loud music in their bedrooms and in their cars. This was a bit problematic because my elementary school music teacher made it clear that I was not a ...