2025 Planning

Are you a planner?  I absolutely love dreaming up future plans and putting them on the calendar for the coming year – seeing all I have to look forward to. I break down my ambitions quarterly and try to be realistic about what can actually be achieved in that timeframe. In looking ahead, I don’t …

Gratitude as a Strategy

This time of year, it’s easy to focus on what you have to be grateful for.  The holiday reminders are everywhere – greeting cards, plaques, cards, posts – Thankful is the theme. But what about the rest of the year?  How do we make gratitude a strategy we can employ everyday of the year?  It’s …

Blueprint Stack

This post is not sponsored, and no affiliate relationship exists between the author and Blueprint at the time of this post. Biohacking can be a complex affair. Though the benefits are unquestionably worth the effort, I’ve found myself over the years wishing someone would just make it easier to know what I should take, what …

Goat Chili

I’m always on the lookout for novel proteins for my dog, who eats between 7-12 different proteins each week.  One of his favorites on rotation is goat meat. However, I rarely add it for myself. However, this past week my local small grocery happened upon ground goat from a supplier I buy other meats from.  …

Wild Pastures

In the quest for a healthier lifestyle, one of the biggest challenges is sourcing quality food. On the recommendation of Kimberly at Pretty Over Fifty, I went down the rabbit hole of finding higher quality proteins.  As a carnivore, I ran into issue after issue regarding proteins you find at the traditional supermarket. Thankfully, where …

International Living – Retirement Planning, World Travel Style

When you dream of retiring, does world travel come to mind?  Maybe you don’t think it’s affordable on a fixed income. But if you live in the U.S., the cost of living abroad might just come as a pleasant surprise. International Living, an organization “helping people retire, live and invest overseas since 1979”, provides insight …

Earthing

This post is not sponsored, and no affiliate relationship exists between the author and Earthing.com at the time of this post. Grounded.  It’s that feeling we all seek when life gets crazy and overwhelm threatens. But just how do you achieve this blissful state and why is it so important? I found the science behind …