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Thanks for stopping by. Hope you find something that resonates with you. Have great day!
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I’m Andrea. I’m a work in progress. Yes, even at almost 40. This blog shares that journey in all its messiness, triumph, confusion, and everything in between. My sweet, sweet husband, my dog, and our cat are along for the ride.
You can navigate blog categories or see the latest out of my brain below. Cheers!
Yoga on the mat, off the mat, and some musical inspiration, these posts hit it all.
Balance is hard! These posts explore the ways I maintain attempt to find balance.
Kansas City. My hometown. My favorite place. I’m going to fangirl about it.
Books have been my escape for as long as I have remember. I’ll share some faves.
Meal Planning is one of the best parts of my week. When I remember to do it, I’ll include recipes we tried and loved.
After I posted one of our favorite weeknight meals, someone responded to my IG story that they were looking for easy weeknight meals with minimal dishes and effort. Because of who I am as a person, I pulled together a list of recipes that we love AND require minimal effort to send their way. You’re getting them as a bonus.
I firmly believe that a good day starts with a good breakfast. Our weekend breakfasts feel like a bit of luxury that has the power to put the day on the right path, even when the only plans we have for the remainder of the day are house projects. My humble suggestions are below if you’re looking for a little weekend pick-me-up breakfast.
One of the daily prompts is, “What are some recent wins?”
Nothing inspires more frantic soul-searching in me than that question because, when left to my own devices, I only see what I did wrong or could do better rather than what went well. So it’s a muscle I’m making myself build. Some days I have big things like updating a website I’ve been putting off forever, getting through a pile of grading, and knocking out some writing. Then some days, my brain just says, “idk? We’re still alive?”
Hangry isn’t even the right word to describe my emotional state as we exited a noodle bar without having a meal. I was a lot of things in that moment, but it was all underscored by the fact that I was not my best self. So how did we get there? I’d love to tell you.
Once I realized I had been making things more complicated for myself, I noticed a similar relationship with more things in my life, cooking, exercise, and even this blog. For so long, my mindset was, “I like this thing, and I want to do it, so I have to do it.” I made the things I wanted to enjoy chores. I overly complicated them to the point of robbing them of joy.
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