by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2020 | Personal Growth
Anyone who’s watched The Office knows a pot of chili can be hilarious, but when you’re on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere Ohio with a spilled pot of beans in the back of the car, you’re not laughing. We were on the way to a family potluck on a morning... 
by Elizabeth | Jul 15, 2020 | Personal Growth
How many times have you seen an email subject line promise to help you “overcome” your biggest hurdle in life? You can fill in the blank with any problem you like. Overcome your: lack of confidence, fear of flying, poor eating habits, chronic anxiety, etc. As someone... 
by Elizabeth | Jul 13, 2020 | Personal Growth
When you’re at a wedding straight out of a Pinterest board, you expect excellent food, an open bar, and if you’re lucky, someone to get drunk enough to tell you a family secret. What you don’t expect is life-changing advice, though that’s what I got. It was in the... 
by Elizabeth | Jul 12, 2020 | Personal Growth
It started with the hallway floors. My boyfriend was helping with some projects at his parents’ house. First, he sanded the floors. Next, he stained them. Then, his sister offered to paint the walls. And as we were all discussing the plan for painting, we started... 
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2020 | Personal Growth
The other day, I saw photos from a popular Instagram hiking account that stopped me mid-scroll. Gorgeous mountaintops and lovely valleys. Stunning. Man, I wanna go. It took me .5 seconds to realize that the photos were of Peru, and uh… I’ve been there. Yet, my... 
by Elizabeth | Jul 8, 2020 | Personal Growth
I learned a WILD fact about bowling scores the other day. Yes, I’m serious. Not like “Tiger King” wild, but still pretty interesting. My boyfriend, who’s in a bowling league, explained achieving a perfect game of 300 is hard–but not as impossible as you might think.... 